Eating junk food and sugar and drinking soft drinks will not fuel an athlete and could ultimately cause damage because the nutrients are not available when needed during the competition. Training for any sport is a huge factor determining whether or not an athlete will be successful. One of the biggest mistakes an athlete or […]

Simple performing squat jumps and body weight squats isn’t going to cut it for an elite age-group or senior diver who has mastered every bodyweight movement. Diving is a unique combination of strength, power and flexibility. Whether you’re starting on a country club diving team just learning the approach and hurdle or are jumping off a […]

Whether you take lessons or not, you must get thousands of repetitions on your own, just as golfers practice by the hour after each lesson. Add dryland skating workouts when you come off the ice. Every year some players dominate in the regular season but not in the playoffs when the pace is faster. The difference is […]

Making mistakes is critical to the kind of growth that ultimately wins games – especially those in tense situations – as well as championships. First of all, for those of you who are wondering, yes. This is my dog Swayze. (I didn’t name him; he was a rescue and that was already his name.) He’s […]

If the defense is in some sort of quarters or even coverage when number two comes across the formation it can have the effect of taking the safeties’ eyes in and he will lose track of number one. One of the easiest ways to keep things simple in the passing game is through the use […]

Studies show that being physically active through football lowers body fat, strengthens muscles and increases the likelihood of continuing good health habits later in life. Football is blue-collar America. It’s working class, working together. In this game – America’s favorite game – there are no isolation plays that cast a team aside. Nor are there […]

A full push up performed on the floor is much easier than performing push ups with your hands up on a bench or when you are on your knees instead of your feet. A lot of people think that bodyweight-only training is too basic and that you are severely restricted in the results you can […]

Even if you are a budding young pitcher, taking good care of your arm with graded training and playing is an essential strategy for longevity. Comprehensive training programs for individual sports are often “periodized.” That is, they are broken into three or four phases over the year, with each phase concentrating on a particular fitness […]

Scan the body language of each player immediately following an error. This will tell you who is fully engaged and who isn’t. Coaches are frequently consumed with their own self-anointed routines, content to stay within their scripted behavioral paradigms. If you think you might be one of those coaches, here’s a suggestion: Next time your […]

When we see our kids are giving it their all, let them know how proud we are. Letting our kids know that we value effort and hard work will encourage them to keep trying. Two outstanding traits of swimmers are perseverance and grit. We hear those words tossed around the pool deck, but what exactly […]