This three part blog post was written by one of my former athletes, Mara White. If you haven’t read the first two posts, please look through this blog to find it. Mara did specialize in one sport in high school and this post is in her words why she felt that wasn’t the right decision. [...]
I had a quick email exchange with a father this past week who was explaining to me why he hadn’t been back in touch with me to schedule an assessment. He said he was trying to get a commitment from his son if the dad was going to spend the money. He finished by saying, [...]
Last week was a busy week for my daughter. She was in the school play which ran this past weekend. She was also part of something called Battle of the Books. Basically, it’s like “In The Know” except it is schools battling over answering questions about a ton of books they read. She also [...]
I can’t hold my tongue any longer. I’ve watched too many games this past year from little kids up to pros and I’ve come to the conclusion that we as coaches are ignoring potentially an athlete’s biggest asset – their mind. I see so many athletes doing dumb things during the games. Where did they [...]
Its that time of year again, when fall sports season starts to come to an end. Fall Ball, football, cheerleading, whatever your sport is you likely started in the heat of the summer back in August and have watched the seasons change. I’m not entirely sure why, but fall sports just seem to feel like [...]
Having had a speed and strength training business for years now, speed and strength are the two skills that attract parents to us. It doesn’t matter what the age, parents are constantly looking for the help so that their athlete can be better at his/her sport. So most of the time those are the two [...]
The longer that you go in sports, there are very little physical traits that separates the very good from the great. I hear golf analysts say all the time that there isn’t much difference physically between good and great golfers. The difference is from the neck up. If we look at high school athletes, what [...]
One of the most common reasons that athletes will train with us is, “My kid won’t listen to me so I need you to coach him.” Kids have a way of tuning out their parents after awhile, even if the parents are giving sound advice. I get it. The same things I ignored when my [...]
If you are a young athlete, the time can easily get away from you. Time management is an issue a lot of athletes have to deal with. For example, you have school which is first and foremost. That starts in the morning and you are done around 3pm. What happens after that depends on the [...]
I have officially been an older adult for a while now. I am no longer the young generation and I talk about this new generation like my parents did about us. The difference nowadays is the technology and how it is making our communication skills diminish. We’ve all heard the complaints. Kids won’t pick up [...]