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 [...]
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 [...]