Sometimes I wonder what is worse. Being a coach or being a referee. Then I come to my senses knowing being a referee is way worse because you only tolerate (not like) them when your team has won. And even that can be debatable. In the last couple months though, I’ve really had to reflect [...]
Let me start off by saying I’ve never been opposed to junior high kids lifting weights. You just need to pay strict attention to form and the progression of your workout plan. That’s where you can get into trouble by lifting your young-un like an adult. When I started my fitness business way back when, [...]
One of the big mantras for speed training is you have to train fast to be fast. You can’t do a speed drill slow and expect to develop speed appropriately. You can do that exercise slow, it just might be affecting a different physiological component for your body. For example, doing heavy sled runs might [...]
This past weekend, there were three new people elected into the baseball hall of fame. One of them was Tim Raines who played for the New York Yankees. Raines was probably the second best leadoff man in his era to Rickey Henderson. He led the National League in stolen bases for several years. If Raines [...]
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 [...]