Part 3 of our series of how we got a track athlete (Anna Kessler) faster so she was able to have the necessary speed to make the state 100M finals. The previous two weeks, I discussed the previous season’s times and what the object was for the offseason to get her in a better position [...]
Back in the fall, I wrote a blog post about one of our athletes, Aziza Ayoub, and the program we did with her to help her win the Ohio state track championship in the 800M (twice). You can read about Aziza’s program by clicking here. We were fortunate enough this year to have three athletes [...]
Club sports and year-round training has been a hot topic for a lot of parents of athletes I train. At some point in our conversation, I seem to be saying similar points about less practice and more pickup sports. Everything in an athlete’s training is structured and regimented. If you screw up, you have a [...]
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, [...]
If you can drive, have you ever sat at a red light and then accelerate as soon as you see that green light appear? I’m not saying you are playing the Fast & Furious with your car, just trying to get going as soon as you see that green. Your acceleration will begin based on [...]
Taking video to help enhance your sports has been done for years. When I was in high school, we would come in the day after a football game and watch video of the game. If you had screwed up big time in the game, you certainly were not looking forward to having the coach point [...]
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 [...]
In my field, you will hear about athletes doing sand training as way to improve speed and conditioning. I don’t live around much sand, so I don’t get to experiment with this a whole lot. Until this past week. My family was down in Florida for spring break. With my daughters smack dab in the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]