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How to Test Your Field Hockey Skills in the Offseason
June 2, 2023
Summer is an important time for players to practice and improve. To sharpen your skills on your own, you can use the Field Hockey Skills Test (explained below) to measure your fundamentals and shooting accuracy while under pressure. A great way to measure your improvement is to run through the test before attending an all skills […]
Inspiring Swimmers … and Testing Limits
June 2, 2023
“To inspire swimmers and test limits successfully, you have to create a group culture looking for certain goals.” Inspiration and motivation to complete a task in swimming, indeed life, can come from many different sources. It can come from within, a family member, coach, teammates or some other external source. Once swimmers are inspired to […]
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Eat Right This Year or You Will Never Make Progress
June 2, 2023
Each meal contains roughly two fist-size servings of carbohydrates, one palm-size serving of protein and one thumb-size serving of healthy fats. This might sound strange coming from a guy who has a blog on a site called “Hockey Training” and not “Hockey Nutrition” – but it’s true nonetheless. If you want to gain maximum muscle […]
Score More Soccer Goals This Season
June 2, 2023
If you want a big way to improve this season, you should think more about how to make more accurate shots. Are you hoping to score more goals this soccer season? If you want to be ready to get back to the game and show off some new skills, you need to know how you […]
Parker Nork’s Legacy of Great Sportsmanship Lives On
June 2, 2023
The awards recognize student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior. Parker Nork’s legacy lives on. His family has made sure of it – and with good reason. “He made everybody smile and loved everyone he knew and met,” said Parker’s mother, Kim, who on March 11, 2017, had to […]
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Components of Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
June 2, 2023
The entire routine should flow from one movement to the next without pauses, extra swings or additional support. One of the most popular forms of gymnastics, women’s artistic gymnastics comprises feats of strength, balance, flexibility, air sense and grace. The four events that female artistic gymnasts compete in include:  Vault  The vault is a test […]
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Five Drills Your Hockey Tryout Should Include
June 2, 2023
This is your opportunity to see the matchups you want to see when they are tired and exhausted. Now that we have gone over how to set the tone for hockey tryouts and how to structure your hockey tryout we want to give you five drills that are great for evaluating your players at tryouts. This segment will focus […]
Potentiation Pregame Warmup for Pitchers
June 2, 2023
Activities that prepare the joint and muscles for the loads that they will sustain during the game such as skips, squats and lunge patterns. Warming up before physical activity is conventional for many sports and baseball is not an exception to this practice. The starting pitcher is considered by many to be the most important […]
Six Ways to Build Resilience in Tennis Players
June 2, 2023
If they are not growing in the most competitive environment, it would help for them to see what’s out there. Has the question, “these kids have too much” ever crossed your mind? Or, things are “too easy” for these kids? In this article I will share my thoughts of what I learned in my career […]
Yoga for Swimmers: How to Increase Shoulder Mobility
June 2, 2023
This sequence can be done before practice to increase range of motion. It can also be used after a practice to stretch out the shoulders allowing for more effective recovery. The development of shoulder mobility is an important element of a swimming-specific yoga practice. Many swimmers have extremely tight shoulders, which limits their range of […]
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