The shutdown is discouraging BUT we can use it to rekindle our original love of sports

Find tips to help you and your youth athlete cope

Both offensive and defensive line coaches will benefit from this information as well as skill position coaches through consistent terminology and core techniques. Whether new to coaching or a seasoned veteran, the best football coaches are always learning. This includes discovering new aspects of the game as well as mastering key foundational skills. As a […]

Avoid buying high-calorie foods such as chips, cookies, and candy bars. Your child may not ask for these treats if they are not in sight. We all know that eating fruits and vegetables is important. But how do you get kids to eat more of these foods?  Tips for Parents:  Provide fruits and vegetables as […]

Accelerations within this distance emphasize the posture, longer contact time, and more piston-like pushing patterns that more directly translate to skating. Speed is arguably the most critical physical capacity in ice hockey. In other words, no single physical attribute will dictate a player’s success at a given level more than speed. As a result, training […]

If someone at that level, with all her accomplishments and championships wasn’t afraid to get out of her comfort zone so she could grow, the rest of us shouldn’t be either. Came across a version of the headline of this post yesterday in another context this week and thought “How appropriate for fastpitch softball!” Of […]

Remember, the major purposes of the pre-game warm-up are to maximize the pitcher’s readiness and increase the potentiation of the muscles involve in the throwing motion, improving performance and decreasing the risk of injury. Warming up before physical activity is conventional for many sports and baseball is not an exception to this practice. The starting […]

Generally, the term “left wing” refers to any offensive player who plays on the left side of the field. Because the term is so general, more specific names are typically used. A soccer left wing can be a midfielder, a forward or both depending on the team’s formation. Generally, the term “left wing” refers to […]

Balance is a key aspect for any good grounstroke. Ideally you want your upper body to remain rather straight, your head very still, and then you rotate around this axis which does not move. All sorts of tips are being handed out every day by coaches on the court, on the internet and even amongst […]

Coaches who think they can figure out which kids have good attitudes and coachability from a couple of tryout sessions with 80 kids on the field are kidding themselves. Tryouts stink. Let’s not kid ourselves and pretend. Reducing children to numbers and putting them in artificial playing environments is not a fun thing to do. […]