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What are the things that can improve and grow in their game? Try to get a bit better each day at those. One of the areas that is discussed a lot, but parents often don’t really know what to do with, is the process of developing a solid performance mindset for our young athletes. How […]

How you perform in the water on day one is going to be way different than on the last day of the championship season. Things will get better as time moves on. When going into the new season, what is the first thing you think of? What is your coach going to think of? It’s […]

While the team stretches the coaches can take attendance, teach correct stretching technique and outline the goals of the day’s practice. We have all heard that saying, and it really is true. Repetition of skills is the best way to get your players to perform better. Knowing what to do when the opportunity presents itself […]

Our coach may have been the catalyst, but we were the swimmers who kept the reaction going. Spectators at the 2018 Indiana High School State Boys’ Swimming Championship back in February may have seen some kids decked out in blue and gold, waving signs that said: “NOT TIRED.” Those same spectators might have wondered what […]

The coaching points for the coverage player are relatively basic but difficult to master. The first point that must be stressed is that the coverage player must get to the point first. One of the most difficult things in coaching special teams is teaching players to change from dropping back to moving forward to make […]

No matter what less-effective training has happened in the gym, the reality of the game, referees and fans included, lets the athletes learn in a truly game-like way. Perhaps the most discussed topic on the Facebook group “Volleyball Coaches and Trainers” is the exasperation of coaches who see their players, mostly younger ones, not “move […]

“It is about connecting to something that motivates you to play for something bigger than yourself or your own ego.” I am very passionate about the game of baseball. I used to be very passionate about playing baseball … that was when I was hyper-connected to the idea of playing in the big leagues. These […]

By the way, there was no prize for winning or avoiding getting HORSE, although there certainly could’ve been. The game simply appealed to her competitive nature and got her attention. Being a coach sometimes can feel like you’re stuck in the movie Groundhog Day. You offer a correction, the player makes it for a repetition or […]