After all, this wonderful piece of advice was comprehensively powerful and gave exactly the right message: You can work hard, and have fun at the same time. Having been in and around the pool deck for almost my entire life I have seen all manner of swim parent. You’ve got the red-faced screamer. The parent […]

The first thing to think about is where do you want to catch the ball in your glove? You want to catch it in the pocket. More specifically, we can train that by using a barehand receiving drill for catchers. “What’s going on guys! I’m Ryan Lavarnway and I’m here with Doug Bernier of ProBaseballInsider.com, […]

“I feel a lot of the best hitters, whenever they practice or whenever they hit their best bullet, it’s a ball that’s on a line and a ball that has backspin.” Five-time All-Star and 2010 NL MVP Joey Votto was asked about his top, absolute best baseball hitting tips for youth, and this is how Votto […]

“Whether I’m successful in completing the swim or not, it doesn’t matter,” Mandel said. “I’m trying to create awareness for Parkinson’s Disease by doing this swim, and I believe I’ll be successful in that.” Though he’s no longer a competitive swimmer, Michigan alum Alon Mandel (2007-10) is still seeking out challenges. His next one is the biggest […]

As painful as it can be for parents who have schlepped to and from the pool for years, we understand that every child has different interests and passions. As swim parents, there may be an afternoon or early morning when our children don’t want to go to practice. Does it mean they want to quit […]

Goalies need to be incredibly mobile, they have a different conditioning need, they need to be very explosive, and their reaction time needs to be at an elite level every time they step on the ice. In the beginning of the HockeyTraining.com days, it was really simple – all that was available was an off-season training […]

Did resistance training change the swim performance directly? No. Did it give the athlete a greater platform to perform? YES! I opened my email on Saturday and noticed an email from our technique coach, Abbie Fish. The email included a blog post about the effectiveness of resistance training on swim performance.  Dr. Mullen does an […]

As the thrower gains experience, the thrower can lower the upper body into a crouched position. THE GLIDE Various styles of the glide The glide style of shot putting has many outstanding technical throwers since the days of Parry O’Brien started facing the opposite way of the put. Two technical styles have survived over the […]

If you’re focusing too much on the end result and not enjoying the path it takes to get there, you’re going to miss the best part of being an athlete. If you watched any of this year’s Winter Olympics, the name Adam Rippon probably sounds familiar. His fun, contagious, quirky personality swiftly stole the hearts […]

Recent research has shown that static stretching can reduce the force and power the muscle can generate and that this impaired function can last for over one hour. If you have been to sport science presentation lately, it is likely that you have heard some information about dynamic warm-up and flexibility training. This is an […]