Playing in college is a dream for a lot of young athletes. For some, it is an opportunity to continue to play the game they love. It is the chance to get a free education. For others, it is a little stroke of the ego that you are good enough to play in college. And [...]
Earlier this week, I was working out in the early morning and an ESPN piece caught my eye. It was the story of Latipha Cross, who currently is a freshman running track at Eastern Michigan University. The volume was muted so I was actually reading the words on the TV, but her story is nothing [...]
Yesterday was one of the best days of the year if you are a college football fan. It was National Signing Day and somehow in the last several years this day has become almost a national holiday. Kids are holding press conferences and ESPN is having over 11 hours of coverage on all your favorite [...]
This is the debate that many young athletes and their parents go through. Should you try to focus on one sport or play multiple sports? Unfortunately, nowadays athletes are having to make this decision at a younger and younger age. This is a decision I now wrestle with for my own daughter. Let’s discuss why [...]
Today is part 2 of my interview with Rachel Snedegar (read part 1). Rachel was an athlete I had worked with for speed and quickness development who is currently in her senior year at Otterbein University, playing basketball. Coincidentally, she has two other teammates who I worked with as well. […]
A few weeks ago, I had an interview with one of my college runners, Mara White. The interview wasn’t just to highlight her success, but also to shed some light on the difference between high school sports and college athletics. College athletics isn’t just for every athlete. You have to have the ability, but also [...]
This is part 2 of my interview with one of my college clients, Mara White. (Here is part 1). Today she is going to talk about how she got noticed for a college scholarship, the biggest difference between high school and college athletes, and what she would do differently if she had to do it [...]
Today I’m sharing an interview I had with one of my former clients, Mara White. My staff and I have been working with Mara for over 5 years now and I wanted to share her experiences with my audience. Today will be part one of the interview where she will discuss some of the personal [...]