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How a Grieving N.J. Kid Found Joy with NFL Legends
June 2, 2023
The boy revealed that it was his father, Mitchell, who had passed on that love of the sport and the Giants. The kid entered the main display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, sized up the long gallery with all the busts of the sport’s legends, and started rattling off facts. Names. Teams. Stats. It didn’t matter if […]
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Six Steps for Kids to Learn Soccer
June 2, 2023
Getting a few friends together to play pickup soccer in a loose, fun environment is a great way to learn soccer. It won’t be super competitive. This way everyone can have fun, and kids will slowly learn how to play together. So, you want to learn how to play soccer and be really good at […]
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Real Balance Training for Hockey Players
June 2, 2023
The neural language your body is utilizing must have some degree of transfer/specific carryover to your sports demands – if it doesn’t, you’re just learning how to do circus tricks … not become a better hockey player. Balance training is something that has made its waves through the hockey training industry, but what it’s really […]
145 Days of My Memory, Gone
June 2, 2023
To them, everything looked normal. So they discharged him the next day. The doctor basically told Amobi that if he had a headache, to take some Tylenol. The nurse is telling me it’s August 7, and I don’t believe her. “What are you talking about? It’s like … March.” We’re going back and forth — […]
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Five Strength Training Exercises to Improve Swimming Performance
June 2, 2023
Weight training is often a highly debated topic in the world of swimming. While there is no clear-cut right or wrong answer to whether or not weights are beneficial for developing swimmers, many year-round programs don’t even use weight training. Therefore, swimmers typically are not exposed to the weight room until college. For college swimmers, weight training […]
No Pads, No Problem: Five Drills To Improve Fundamentals
June 2, 2023
Remember, sloppiness now will lead to sloppiness on the field, too. Practicing good habits now will pay dividends when it matters the most, so don’t cut corners now. Even if it’s the off-season, you can always get better — you don’t even need pads or a full practice. Thankfully, there are tons of drills that […]
Proper Body Alignment Leads to Faster Swimming
June 2, 2023
Here’s the kicker though — human muscle sinks and fat floats. So if you’re a more built swimmer, it’ll be harder for you to keep yourself up at the surface versus someone who spends less time at the gym. Proper Body Alignment leads to faster swimming — but how exactly do you do it? In […]
Beginner Boxing Tips
June 2, 2023
Switch boxing stances. Changing which foot is in front helps the boxer become more versatile and able to switch tactics when required. Find a good gym with experienced boxing coaches. Your number one priority when boxing has to be safety. Work constantly on cardiovascular training. Running, cycling and skipping are great ways for boxers to […]
Practice Tracking the Near Hip With the Approach Drill
June 2, 2023
When the hip drops on a ball carrier, normally some sort of move is coming. By practicing tracking the near hip and coming to balance when it drops, the tackler is preparing to adjust to any moves from the ball carrier. The approach drill is getting attention across the country as one of the top […]
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How Does Mental Toughness Work?
June 2, 2023
As if the athlete doesn’t know that he or she screwed up and thinking long and hard about how they’re going to fix the problem. All your doing is increasing the anxiety and hurting the athlete’s ability to perform next time. What is mental toughness? It is being focused, confidence, determined and resilient especially under […]
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