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 [...]
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team just won their second NCAA basketball championship in spectacular fashion. Two buzzer beater shots in both the Final Four and the championship game captured the title for them. What I found amazing is that this team had four players injured due to tearing their ACL. I don’t know if [...]
The first step! Athletes need it in some capacity in every sport. Ok, almost every sport. Sorry bowlers and golfers. In tennis, it is getting to that tennis ball before it gets by you or bounces twice. In soccer, it is beating your opponent to the ball. In track, it is getting out of the [...]
A couple years ago, Tiger Woods was battling through a back injury and made a statement about how he couldn’t activate his glutes. Of course everybody had a field day making jokes about that. Not me. I actually wrote an article about what he could do to get them activated. You can read that article [...]
I hear a lot of dumb things that come out of people’s mouths. You’d be amazed at the old school training myths that people still believe. Hello people! Step into the 21st century! I was listening to a soccer player talk about the strength training routine that the strength coach had her do. She felt [...]
Several of my coaches were on vacation this week, so I had to be more hands on with the training. It was good to see how our athletes were progressing and let them know I was still alive better than ever. One thing did catch my eye and I wanted to discuss it with you [...]
Last week, I had interviewed a couple collegiate strength coaches about their thoughts of in-season training. I’m a big advocate of it, but the problem seems to be dedicating the time to doing it. […]
USA made it to the knockout round of this year’s World Cup. They got knocked out by Belgium, but the no question star for the U.S. was goalie, Tim Howard. He set a record for the most saves in a World Cup match (which is great, but says something about the pressure Belgium was putting [...]
We are smack dab in the middle of soccer season (sorry I’m old school and don’t consider the spring part of a soccer season). Most of these athletes are playing close to 5-7 days a week. So, if you are playing 7 days a week, then YES, you guessed it, you do not have a [...]
I have a daughter who plays soccer and basketball. She is at the age now where a decision needs to be made whether to pursue the high level competitiveness of travel teams or stick with your school athletics. […]