Issues & Advice

Swimming is an individual sport and our kids are all unique. Hard work will pay off in the end if swimmers have the desire and passion to stick with it through the ups, downs and plateaus. “Why isn’t my child dropping as much time as so and so?” I hear that all the time — […]

Swimmers develop life-long friendships and really do have fun being a part of a team. When we watch our kids happy and thriving, it brings us joy. When I was brand new swim mom, I heard a few parents of older swimmers talk about how their kids were swimming to earn college scholarships. When I […]

If you take the game seriously, a tennis strength training program should be high on your agenda. A well-designed tennis strength training program can work wonders for your game. Long gone are the days when coaches believed all forms of strength training were detrimental to sports demanding finely-tuned skills. While the wrong type of weight training CAN […]

Championships are won in many situations because the second team constantly pushed the first team to greater heights. This list of tips on coaching is by Gordie Gillespie, one of college baseball’s legendary coaches. The advice applies to all coaches, from summer travel teams to high school and on to college. Gillespie provides a common […]