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Five Common Mistakes Volunteer Soccer Coaches Make and How to Fix Them

They’re kids. They’ll grow as teammates, but they also have a great opportunity to grow as friends through football. 

Certain behaviors, concepts and characteristics can help leaders as they seek to do their best for their communities

When student-athletes act as mentors, everyone wins. Those athletes learn how to become better leaders, their mentees learn valuable life lessons, and their communities experience the benefits of young leaders.

The key is to make stretching something they want to do, not just something they have to do. Every gymnastics coach has his own training methods, but all top children’s coaches share the same priorities: They make safety No. 1 and fun a close second. Through gymnastics classes, children learn to follow instructions, build their […]

Throwing and catching are the two most basic skills in baseball. We firmly believe that at most levels up through high school you can watch two teams warm up before a game and determine which one will win. The team that plays catch better, in most cases, will be victorious. To get most outs in […]

The more receivers an offense gets into pass routes, the more horizontal and vertical stress they can put on the defense. With the spread offense so prevalent at the lower levels and teams throwing the ball more than 50 times a game, running backs are coming into the NFL with more developed receiving skill sets […]

Targeted sprint workouts have the capacity to quickly increase both your aerobic and anaerobic fitness level. Sprinting workouts develop muscle tone and short-term endurance by improving your muscles’ ability to burn glucose through your anaerobic pathways. Sprint workouts improve your lactic threshold, which will effectively allow you to go harder without having your muscles give […]

It is important for players to be able to be able to easily move forward. Knowing how to make the most of every push and stride is the key to power hockey skating.  This article takes some secrets from figure skating and applies them to power hockey skating techniques. Most of these drills can be practiced […]

It is important to start off on the right foot with correct knowledge of how the human body works and with correct training technique. Children and young adults who embark on a training regime normally drop out within the first three months of training. Most are disillusioned with training as the results don’t come quick enough or […]