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First Day of Football Practice Plan
June 2, 2023
Our conditioning is broken up in two phases, play sprints and then suicides. We will line our offense up and run through our Jet Sweep and Jet Power play but have them sprint 20 yards. We will switch the kids every other play. It’s that time of the year again, it’s football season! My seasons […]
Ultimate Guide to Coaching Youth Football
June 2, 2023
Before you even start planning your practices and drilling your players, you’ll need to check out the handbook for your specific league. Perhaps you love football. Maybe you even played football in high school. And now, you’ve signed your own child up for the local youth football league. What’s more, you’ve agreed to coach his […]
Three Reasons Why Kids Need Morning Practice
June 2, 2023
Our kids benefit by being introduced to early mornings as teens, which may become a habit throughout their swim careers and beyond. What do Mozart, Benjamin Franklin, Tim Cook and Oprah Winfrey have in common with our swimmers? They were or are early risers — getting up before dawn — just like our kids wake […]
How to Achieve Top Throwing Technique
June 2, 2023
As the passing arm comes forward, the quarterback’s lower arm passes over and in front of his elbow. The hand and the ball extend forward, and the ball comes out of his hand in a tight spiral. All quarterbacks want to pass the ball. A quarterback’s success as a passer depends a great deal on […]
Youth Football Defensive Player Analysis
June 2, 2023
The defensive backs can be a bit tricky.  Many times the two cornerbacks will be weak since you have stud outside linbackers/defenseive ends playing contain. The cornerbacks are just out there for a backup contain man hoping to scare the running back to the inside. I’ve been writing a Spread Offense book over the last […]
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Best Soccer Tips for Young Players
June 2, 2023
Soccer training is probably the best way to become a great player. The best players usually develop by training hard and learning from the best coaches in the world. The best soccer tips for young players will include everything from the positions on the field to the right way of training. We are crazy about […]
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Your Guide to Hockey Mobility Training
June 2, 2023
Flexibility and mobility is a topic I have covered on many occasions. It’s a topic that many other experts have covered on many occasions and that has been the subject of literally thousands of research studies. Welcome to the Hockey Mobility Training guide.  This is a comprehensive guide teaching you why mobility is important for […]
Tips for Drawing Up a Baseball Lineup
June 2, 2023
A leadoff hitter is often the guy who makes a team go. He should be your best on-base guy; and if he’s your best on-base guy with speed, even better. In the summer of 1998, then-Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa broke long-standing baseball tradition when he decided to slot his starting pitcher in the eight-hole in […]
Heading the Soccer Ball May Be Bad for Young Brains
June 2, 2023
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 […]
Drill Adds Width to Soccer Teams’ Play
June 2, 2023
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 […]
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