In a little over a month, you will be hearing about the NFL Combine. This is where a bunch of NFL hopefuls from this past college season will be trying to impress NFL coaches with their athletic prowess. Some top candidates will choose not to attend the combine, but will have their own pro day [...]
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 [...]
If you haven’t heard, I’ve expanded my resume. I’ve recently been named the head boys and girls track coach at Bishop Watterson high school here in Columbus, Ohio. There was an open house this past weekend and I got to meet a lot of potential future high school tracksters. One of the parents asked me [...]
One of the big misconceptions out there is in order to be a good coach, you have to have been a good athlete for that sport. Sometimes we can be blinded by all the accolades of that athlete and think, “I’m going to be taught by the best.” Well, as Magic Johnson found it, it [...]
If basketball tryouts have not already started for your athlete, they will be starting within the week. Hopefully, your athlete did enough to get prepared for tryouts so he/she can make the team. What would one need to do to make sure they were super prepared? Some kids go into it thinking that they were [...]
There are many factors to speed that can affect whether an individual will get faster or not. Running mechanics is huge. If the mechanics aren’t right, then that will definitely affect how fast you can be. Your genetics does play a role. I could have you do the exact training that Usain Bolt does, but [...]
I was a strength coach at Columbus Academy about 12-15 years ago. I was doing my darndest to get as many sports into the weight room as possible. I just felt that each team could reap the benefits. Not every sport head coach agreed. Which isn’t too far-fetched. Some coaches are old school and just [...]
One of the frequently asked questions that we get is if we can train your particular athlete for whatever sport they are playing. My simple answer is yes, but it is more complicated than that. If you want to do training for a particular sport, you should really do it for more mature athletes i.e. [...]
When athletes start working with us, their parents usually ask, “Is this something we will have to do forever?” Which is a good question since our service is a paid service. They don’t want to sacrifice their college savings for this. Unless, they are gambling that this will pay off in a college scholarship [...]
There are a lot of individuals in my industry – the industry of making athletes faster. Some do a great job and others need to brush up on their stuff. I feel like an airlines when I say to our athletes, “I know you have a lot of choices out there so we thank you [...]