Had some time to kill and starting watching clips from the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE), his podcast. Joe has been constantly wondering aloud why more isn’t being talked about the preventive measures you can do to help boost your immune system. He’s right! All the talk is mask, vaccine, distance, help, OMG, did that person [...]
I think most people are wanting 2020 to be over with. I am included in that thought. I continued to write blog posts on various topics I thought would draw interest from you throughout this year. There is still a lot of interesting research and data out there on the development of youth athletes. That [...]
I’ve been an attendee of an online seminar, for the better part of this month. It is focused on speed development for track and football players. One of the discussions has been on how much time should be devoted to speed development? With this particular crew of coaches, they think that top speed development should [...]
There is something impressive when you watch a volleyball player take those couple steps and leap into the air as he/she goes to spike the volleyball. It would be fun to watch those volleyball players enter a dunk contest to see how they would fair. Wouldn’t you like to have some volleyball hops like that? [...]
I would say at least half of the athletes we work with have a dream of playing college sports. When you live in Columbus, Ohio with The Ohio State University right in your backyard, it definitely wets the appetite a bit more. I always strongly encourage my athletes to pursue playing college sports if that [...]
During my off-season, I’ve been able to pick the brains of several college coaches about their training methods and tactics. Sometimes, what they share with me can be applicable to high school athletes and younger. Other times it can not. One sprint coach I was talking to shared his thoughts on in-season training. This one [...]
My daughter plays in this 3-3 basketball league. Nothing too complex. 12 minute games. Running clocks and kids call their own fouls. They do their own substitutions. Basically, pick up ball. There is supposed to be no parent involvement for most of the kids in this league. I think the younger kids are allowed to [...]
November through February is a down time for several sports. The sports don’t have a lot going on so it is time to focus on what you need to do to get better at those sports. Lacrosse is one of those sports. Like a lot of spring sports, you want to make sure that when [...]
About 8 years ago, I wrote a blog post on how to improve your speed for the 60 yard dash. If you are a baseball player with aspirations on playing in college, you understand the importance of this run. At some point, I might write a 2.0 blog post on improving the 60. That is [...]
There is a lot of new science out there that we are implementing to help athletes get faster. It can be mind boggling to say the least. What new tool to use? When to use it? I’ve always been a proponent of keeping it simple. If I can get speed improved with some simple drills [...]