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High School Football: Nantucket Enjoys City Life
June 2, 2023
“We were talking before the game about how it’s an opportunity for a lifetime. It will never happen again. So that really got us hyped up for the game.” As their ferry departed for the Cape, Nantucket junior Devonte Usher was already motivated. As were most of his teammates, most of whom had been clamoring […]
Pre-Practice Drill for Skill-Position Players
June 2, 2023
The result is an efficient drill that gets receivers lots of reps catching passes coming out of the break. As a coach the thing that I can’t stand is a lack of efficiency. When our players are on the field during practice, I want to make sure they are always in constant motion and getting […]
Ten Swim Coach Stereotypes
June 2, 2023
The Gipper. Pep speech before every workout. Before main sets. Before pre-main sets. Before warm-up. Swim coaches are a different breed. They work long, thankless hours, often times having to balance their coaching duties with another job. They coach because they love the sport, and we love them right back. Here are 10 different swim […]
Developing Good Setters Starts With the Legs
June 2, 2023
Hunter’s success underscores another important point: there’s always room to learn something new and improve your technique, even if you’re one of the best players in college volleyball. Nebraska’s Kelly Hunter was already a very good setter before her senior year in 2017, but she got even better in her final collegiate season. Part of […]
Three Rules for Creating Productive Coaches Meetings
June 2, 2023
This isn’t to say there can’t be tangents, coaches meetings shouldn’t be an all business type of affair, but you should stick to the agenda to keep things moving. The current trend in society is very anti-meeting. Lots of people perceive meetings as a gigantic waste of time that can be avoided through the use […]
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Total Body Explosive Hockey Training
June 2, 2023
The goal of these hockey specific total body power exercises, however, is specifically designed to improve your explosive power. Improving your body composition and hockey performance is a multifaceted goal that requires a multifaceted training and nutrition approach. There are many different ideologies and ways in which you can utilize resistance training, but today I want to […]
Applying Occam’s Razor to Teaching Fastpitch Softball
June 2, 2023
The more you follow Occam’s Razor the more success your players will have and the more games you’ll win. Isn’t that really what it’s all about? At some point in your life outside of fastpitch softball you’ve probably heard the term “Occam’s Razor.” No, it’s not a brand of shaving utensil. Instead, it’s a way […]
Learn From Your Parenting Mistakes
June 2, 2023
Think back to every team you cheered for and try to think of a few things you said or did that you wish you could take back. As I was biking one morning I started thinking about my top five mistakes as a youth sports parent. It didn’t take me long to come up with about […]
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Ten Skills Every Gymnast Should Know
June 2, 2023
Always make sure that you have them cast and return to the bar several times so that they get used to working the bar. Competitive gymnastics has a mystique to it that I’ve never understood. Probably because I’ve been in the thick of gymnastics since I was a toddler it’s impossible for me to understand […]
The Cell Phone Policy: Why Every Coach Needs One
June 2, 2023
Why does everyone place their cell phones next to their spoon like it’s an additional piece of silverware? Few players can reign in the urge to use the phone at team meals. Each person on the bus had received the same letter from the head coach. It said: “If you are going to travel as […]
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