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 [...]
I continue to preach having kids to be multi-sport athletes, but ultimately I believe most kids will end up picking just one sport to play. At what age that happens will vary. Also, multi-sports nowadays means playing two different travel sports in the same season. Not quite what I was hoping for. Anyways, what happens [...]
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 [...]
If you are married, there wasn’t really a book that you read on how to have a great marriage. I’m sure there are actually plenty of books on that subject, but most people don’t read them. Thus, you find out a lot about what married life is like by experiencing it. With that in mind, [...]
Halfway through our track season, I am more convinced than ever that whatever success you will have in your season is almost always related to what type of work you are doing in the off-season. Yes, you have to have practice and learn plays, etc. But, however well you personally are performing in my opinion [...]
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 [...]
One of the biggest issues I am dealing with right now is shin splints. I coach track and runners usually are the athletes dealing with shin splints, but it can happen in various sports. Knowing how to care for your shin splints can be the difference to whether they go away or linger and become [...]
As a track coach, I am in a constant battle with my players about proper warmup. Specifically, what the heck they are wearing when it is 50 degrees prior to their workout. If it is called a warmup, why is the athlete making it that much harder for him/herself by warming up in a shirt [...]
We had a track meet this weekend. It wasn’t a huge meet, but I was trying to make sure a few of my athletes had opportunities to decrease their times. One of my sprinters was in a position to improve her time for a couple of events and really solidify her position to qualify for [...]
This past Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers were taking on the Kansas City Chiefs. San Francisco is led by $137 million dollar man, Jimmy Garoppolo. The one who TMZ loves following because he dates super models and porn stars apparently. On a scramble out of the pocket, Garoppolo was running for the first down when [...]