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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 […]
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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hey, Coach… Stop Looking for a Tall Setter
June 2, 2023
But really, the only tangible advantage of having a taller setter is having a bigger block, and I should point out that a bigger block doesn’t necessarily mean a better block. Many coaches seem to continually be searching for a setter with the “so called” prototypical volleyball body and height. Here’s my question for them: […]
Five Benefits of Youth Soccer
June 2, 2023
All sports increase your physical activity to some degree, but soccer offers unique benefits in that arena, especially when considered alongside other sports. Sports and activities have a wide range of positive benefits for children and teens. Participation in a team sport can introduce and foster character growth in your child as well as provide for […]
Three Biggest Mistakes Volleyball Players Make In Training
June 2, 2023
Eating junk food and sugar and drinking soft drinks will not fuel an athlete and could ultimately cause damage because the nutrients are not available when needed during the competition. Training for any sport is a huge factor determining whether or not an athlete will be successful. One of the biggest mistakes an athlete or […]
Eight Diving Dryland Tips
June 2, 2023
Simple performing squat jumps and body weight squats isn’t going to cut it for an elite age-group or senior diver who has mastered every bodyweight movement. Diving is a unique combination of strength, power and flexibility. Whether you’re starting on a country club diving team just learning the approach and hurdle or are jumping off a […]
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