I’ve been lucky enough to work with a few state track & field champions in the great state of Ohio. A lot of the theories behind our speed development program for all athletes is what we have done with these state track champions. Think about it. If we put a track athlete through a program, [...]
If you want one more thing to blame on 2020, it could be a rise in injuries that you are seeing across sports. I kind of saw this coming if you recall the post I wrote last May on your athlete getting out of shape. I didn’t quite predict this, but I did say that [...]
I try not to take things too personally when it comes to my athletes and what they are doing outside of our facility. I get that they have obligations to their team and their coach. But, sometimes I get a little frustrated when athletes get taken away from us because they simply have too much [...]
Every year, I have a battle with incoming athletes to my track program. The battle is me telling them to wear sweats during practice and them not doing it. It could be 40 degrees, but if the sun is out, you will see athletes wanting to wear a t-shirt and shorts during the workout. It [...]
After finishing watching the college football season, one thing is very clear to me. SPEED IS ESSENTIAL. The phrase used to be “speed kills,” but in this day and age I don’t know who will get on me for saying that so we will stick with “speed is essential.” Watching Alabama play and win another [...]
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 [...]
I don’t listen to many podcasts. Ours is one of them. Yes, we are doing podcasts. You can see some clips on our Facebook Fanpage. One I do like is the Joe Rogan Experience. I like the banter and the topics he discusses. Recently, he had author James Nestor on his show. Nestor was on [...]
Every team wants to be peaking at tournament time. And that means different things for different sports. Typically, your team sports want to be gelling. They want to be in sync and sharp. Basically, you want to be peaking at the right time, tournament time. Other sports, you want to be moving your fastest, jumping [...]
As our athletes come back to school and start sports, it wouldn’t hurt to examine what we need to do to help boost their immune system. I’ve been doing some fun research on this and have learned a lot, but today’s post will focus primarily on the foods you need to consume to improve the [...]
You don’t see many NBA stars playing well age 35 or older like Lebron James has done this season. I believe Steve Nash is the only player older than Lebron to lead the league in assists. Nash was 36 and Lebron is 35. I’ve written several blog posts throughout the years about Lebron and his [...]