This pandemic has affected so many facets of our society. I know and get that, but I’m going to talk about the cancellation of sports and the young athletes that it affects. I am a speed and strength coach, so you don’t want me analyzing the economy correct? School sports are suspended or cancelled. Club [...]
The Whoop Band is a remarkable piece of equipment. If you have read some of my posts recently, you’ve seen me mention it. I’m fascinated by all the data it collects. The simplest way to explain what it does is that it takes the data it collects to determine how much strain your body has [...]
The baseball hall of fame announcements were made last week and Derek Jeter, not surprisingly, made it his first time on the ballot. When hearing anecdotes about Jeter, one of the recurring themes was how confident he was in his ability to get the job done. He felt he was going to have success each [...]
You ever watch someone run right at you and notice the running mechanics might be slightly out of sorts. Maybe the athlete runs bowlegged or the feet angle out or in. Sometimes, this can be structural and there is nothing you can do about it. Meaning, the legs were developed this way and you can’t [...]
The more I’m researching about training for your athletes, the more excited I get about the information that is out there for them. I’ve recently stumbled across something that I had heard about, but really knew very little about it. It is Heart Rate Variability or HRV for short. What is Heart Rate Variability? HRV [...]
This may be a whacky idea, but I’ve been thinking about this idea for club sports for a while. Maybe it is more specifically for club track or individualized sports, but what about a virtual coach or club for your travel sports? Let’s take my sport, track, for example because I’m not quite sure this [...]
Last year around this time, I wrote about some amazing technology that could advance your training. It was called the Oura Ring. The premise is that with today’s technology you can more accurately pinpoint the optimal time to train and maximize that window. I did not pursue the Oura Ring because I just am not [...]
The block start in track can be one of the most difficult things to master. It takes many, many practices to understand how to explode out of the blocks and use it to your advantage. I’ve had some athletes that just can’t pick it up. We end up just having them stand as opposed to [...]
I’ve heard it many a time from parents. “Once little Johnny gets up to speed, he is pretty fast. It is getting there that is the problem.” The first step is huge in sports, especially in soccer. You need every advantage you can get to get to the ball before your opponent. Soccer is typically [...]
I completely understand trying to avoid unnecessary injury, but if you were that paranoid about injuries, you wouldn’t play any sports. Once again, I heard someone complaining about a pain and the first thing the coach says is, “Stop lifting weights and doing those plyos during the heart of our season.” Yes, of course, it [...]