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 [...]
I was out with a couple of buddies recently and they enlightened me on an Oura Ring, which apparently Prince Harry has made famous. And from what they were telling me about this ring, it could be a gamechanger on how we train our athletes. In a nutshell, this Oura Ring is supposed to be [...]
A couple years ago, my youngest and I were having a discussion about club soccer. She was trying to convince me to play and then came with the phrase, “I’m not going to get any better if I don’t play club.” I had to stop and think about what she said. The statement wasn’t entirely [...]
When I was a strength coach at Columbus Academy back in the day, before they got this nice cushy weight room, we had our weight room in a place we called the barn. Garage door opening, no A/C, everything tucked in nice and neat. Yes, very “old school”. Even though, I am well-versed in SAQ [...]
I try to make it out to as many games possible that my athletes play in. That being said, I can usually tell the type of effort my athlete will give during a game based on what I see during the warmups. Part of my mission with athletes is to teach them what it means [...]
I was in the process of prepping another blog post for you guys when I ran into one of my former athletes, Aziza Ayoub, at the Central District cross country meet. Aziza is now a sophomore at The Ohio State University running track. Before that, she ran at Jonathan Alder and part of the reason [...]
If you have a youth athlete who is actually a great athlete, then you can do wonders with your team. One of those athletes can carry your team to the finals in your league. But, what you might not realize is at that level your youth athlete can make an impact on your team and [...]
When I was a strength coach at Columbus Academy way back when, one of my biggest challenges was convincing coaches to do in-season lifting. There were a few teams that bought into it. Typically the football team, girls’ tennis, and maybe basketball. But, for the most part, I was ghosted. I am now the head [...]
I haven’t quite mastered the Instagram game. In fact, our own Instagram account isn’t very productive. We get posts up only when I think about it. But feel free to like it and follow please. ;) I don’t usually stalk the celebrity accounts, but I have recently been looking at some of the athlete accounts. [...]
When we assess an individual to find out how we can improve speed, we have to look at everything. Running mechanics are huge and faulty running mechanics are usually due to some type of strength and/or flexibility imbalance that needs corrected. Speed coaches sometimes refer to your ankles and feet as an athlete’s wheels. Just [...]