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 [...]
Watched another ball drop and low and behold another year has begun. The time certainly does fly by. Seems like it was yesterday I was struggling to stay awake and see that ball drop. Oh wait, that was just yesterday. Moving on. As we look forward to this year, there are some trends I have [...]
The older you get, the more opportunities you have to regret certain choices that you might have made. Do you think Pete Carroll regrets going for the pass in the Super Bowl when you had Beastmode in the backfield? I hope he does. Something about him irritates me. I’m sure there are choices that you [...]
I recently wrote a blog post on how to get your athlete recruited for college sports. I had people comment to me about the post and still asked, “So what do you think is the best way to get recruited?” I guess it doesn’t shock me that in this day and age where we need [...]
Last week, I discussed the speed and strength program that helped make Aziza Ayoub a state champion. Obviously a large part of her success was the running plan her track coach had her on. Our speed and strength program was just part of the ingredients for her success. I finished up last week talking about [...]
If you have a youth athlete who is actually a great athlete, then you can do wonders with your team. One of those athletes can carry your team to the finals in your league. But, what you might not realize is at that level your youth athlete can make an impact on your team and [...]
What I do not like about the youth sports atmosphere currently is the seriousness level that is being played at such a young age. I’m not a big fan of the glorification of the Little League World Series for example. They are playing that thing at a time when kids should be playing with their [...]
I think the toughest thing for kids to handle is being cut from a team or not making the ‘A’ team that they wanted to. I’m not talking high school kids, I’m talking junior high age or younger. We have put such an emphasis on sports that there is a heck of a lot of [...]
Speed is a skill. Speed is a skill that can be taught. Throwing the football is also a skill. That is why you have quarterback coaches out there making crazy money because they are teaching you the finer points of throwing the football. Speed is a skill that can be taught IF you have someone [...]
Every summer we get a bump in attendance as kids want to take advantage of no school, extra free time, and get better. We also lose a handful of kids because the summer training with their school is ramping up. The summer training is supposed to handle all the needs of the athlete – speed, [...]