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Sometimes Taking Personal Responsibility Doesn’t Work
June 2, 2023
No excuses. I let it happen, and I didn’t know enough at the time how to regain control. I was also far too concerned about what other people thought and how they would react. For the last couple of posts, I have been talking about fastpitch softball players taking personal responsibility for their playing time […]
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Ten Tips for Lacrosse Beginners
June 2, 2023
Being able to throw and catch with both hands and swap hands quickly will make you a better player. CATCH THE BALL AS IF CATCHING AN EGG As you catch the ball in the lacrosse stick head, let the stick give as it receives the pass. This means dropping the head back with the ball […]
The Best Advice I’ve Ever Heard a Swim Parents Give Their Kid
June 2, 2023
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 […]
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Receiving Drills for Catchers
June 2, 2023
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, […]
Joey Votto’s Top Baseball Hitting Tips for Youth
June 2, 2023
“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 […]
Alon Mandel Attempting to Swim New Zealand’s Cook Strait
June 2, 2023
“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 […]
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When Your Child Doesn’t Want to Go to Practice
June 2, 2023
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 […]
What Hockey Training Program Is Best For Me?
June 2, 2023
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 […]
Does Resistance Training Help Swimming?
June 2, 2023
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 […]
Shot Put and Discus Technique
June 2, 2023
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 […]
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