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 [...]
Ultimately, all seasons come to an end. There is only one winner per sport. Once the reality sets in for 99% of you that you came up short, it is time to assess how the season went and what you need to work on to be better next season. How do you go about doing [...]
One of the biggest problems I see with today’s young athletes is lack of sleep, or sleep deprivation. Today’s young athletes need to get 8 – 9 hours of sleep a night. Closer to 9 would be fantastic. How many hours is your athlete getting? Probably closer to 7 and that might be generous. Sleep [...]
Back in the day, the biggest thing that stressed us out was whether that sabretooth tiger was going to sneak up on you or not. Whether you’d be able to find food or whether someone was going to steal your food. We don’t necessarily have those worries, but stress is all over us like flies [...]
Several of our athletes were competing in their sports’ state championship this past weekend. Lacrosse was one of them while others were in track. I was lucky enough to have an athlete qualify for the state meet from the track team that I coach. This athlete also happened to be my daughter. That being said, [...]
Having watched track athletes all these years, I see this all the time. It never fails to occur the first time in the season you have warm weather and a nice sunny day. At least it never fails in Columbus, Ohio where I reside. Maybe if we lived in Florida year round I wouldn’t see [...]
Nothing frustrates me more than an athlete that is constantly sick. Well, I’m sure there are things that frustrate me more, but that is up there. Especially when it seems every two or three weeks you have an athlete that seems to always have something making them feel like blah. Why does it bother me [...]
The New England Patriots have won yet another Super Bowl. Julian Edelman was named the Super Bowl MVP. Edelman had an interesting year, as he was coming off a torn ACL from last year and a 4 game suspension at the beginning of the season. Here’s the interesting story about Edelman. He was a college [...]
When you dissect the characteristics that make up a great athlete, one of those traits is the ability to compete. Sometimes they might be too competitive, but the athlete will do what it takes to put him/her in the best position possible to compete and compete well. You see competitive in all types of athletes: [...]
2019 has arrived and it might be time to put together a training calendar for your athlete. Even though it might not be a perfect 12 months depending on what sport your athlete plays and where you are in the season, this can give you an idea of what you need to do to get [...]