Sport

To start cross-training for swimming, add some upper body weight, core, and back exercises to your strength-training routine. One of the real assets of any professional swimmers is their swimming stamina. Your swimming stamina supplies the adequate energy and strength needed, so that you can easily perform intense training for long periods of time (while, […]

For a swimmer to become brave, they must be faced with challenges and  to become resilient they must fail. And throughout their journey a strong level of respect for themselves and others is formed. Coaching- we do it out of love, out of passion and sacrifice many things for the belief that we are making […]

If you want to excel, just taking any old lessons won’t do it. Rather than settling for what’s easy or convenient, go where you’ll get the best value for your investment in time and money. Once upon a time there were three little pigs who wanted to become fastpitch softball pitchers. “We should find someone […]

If your defense tackles well, you will eliminate those big plays and frustrate the offense. There are four things all championship defenses do well. They all pursuit relentlessly to the ball carrier, they are able to beat blocks, they tackle well and they are able to generate turnovers. If you commit to working on these four things […]

Be a role model for newer swim parents and don’t be that parent, the one who drives coaches crazy. Most of us are dedicated, hard-working parent volunteers who live, breathe and love swimming. “Parents today are out of control,” say a number of swim coaches. Don’t get me wrong; club coaches do appreciate us. They […]

The eight-time National League batting champion shares baseball hitting tips with young baseball players. One thing ever good hitter needs (hint, this is his take on the Lion versus Rabbit mentality we talked about). Two things a good hitter does during every at-bat. How to keep your barrel from dipping and keep it on a good bat […]

Grab every chance you have to play catch, because as we get older, the chances come along less often. Before we get full blown into pitching drills, let’s start with some baseball throwing drills. Many of the pitching drills have limits to the amount of practice you can do and you have to always be […]