Sport

Don’t compare your swimmer to others on the team. There’s no positive outcome for anyone by doing this. I will confess. I haven’t been the perfect swim parent. I’ve learned from my mistakes, plus from watching other parents. If you’re an involved swim parent, you’ve seen interesting days on the pool deck, with new parents and more […]

To execute an awesome push and glide, swimmers must understand how deep they should go. In order to give you a solid answer on that, we need to explain a little bit about Force Plates. What is Normal ‘Ready’ Position? Normal “ready” position is defined as: Swimmers’ feet and knees are shoulder width apart, one hand should […]

According to studies of experienced adult soccer players, heading can generate impact forces almost equivalent to those of a helmet-to-helmet football tackle. The question of whether young children should use their heads on the soccer field has been a contentious one in recent years. In 2015, U.S. Youth Soccer, the organization that oversees most of […]

The winger who has not received the pass is allowed to run into the box and support the attacking team to score from the other winger’s cross. The wingers game shows the advantage of having width in your team’s play. The game is played for two halves with each team being given the wingers for […]

These two plays are a dangerous combination because they can force the defense to respect the full width of the field. The Runway Formation is a great formation for getting the ball in the hands of a dynamic receiver. The set up of the formation is designed to create a great surface for running the […]

One of the most common mistakes when learning to play tennis is learning the basic groundstroke technique from the start, which means that the player is being taught to make a full turn and execute a full swing at the ball. When tennis beginners start learning to play, they first need to learn basic forehand […]

I always look for camps that are directed by high school or college coaches – often with their players as counselors – with at least a 10 to 1 camper-to-coach ratio. I know it’s only February and the NFL season just ended, but now is the time of year when parents and players need to […]