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How to Gain Weight Healthfully
June 2, 2023
“No matter what I eat, I can’t seem to gain weight…” “What about those weight gain powders … do they work?” “How much more protein should I eat to help me bulk up?” Although two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, a handful of skinny people — including many athletes — feel very frustrated by […]
Eight Steps to Crush It at a College ID Camp
June 2, 2023
While you are at camp try to find the opportunity to personally meet the coaches for the programs you’re interested in. Take a couple minutes to introduce yourself and tell them a little bit about yourself. Summer is just around the corner and for many high school soccer players, that means the opportunity to attend College […]
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Off-Ice Training Crucial to Improving Hockey Performance
June 2, 2023
Youth athletes can and should be doing off-ice work throughout the year in order to develop their bodies, minds and performance to become the best hockey players they can be. Youth hockey training has quickly become one of the most popular topics here at HockeyTraining.com. Parents, coaches, and hundreds of youth players have been all […]
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Three Things Eagles’ QB Nick Foles Said That Parents Need to Know
June 2, 2023
There was Nick Foles, the week of the Super Bowl, sharing stories about how he contemplated quitting playing football at one point because he had nearly lost faith in himself. As a reporter for the NFL Network covering the Philadelphia Eagles, I spent much of the week leading up to Super Bowl LII listening to […]
Do it For the Memories
June 2, 2023
I hope they create memories of lifting each other up, supporting each other, pushing each other and inspiring each other. I have a confession to make. My confession is that I’m a pure land mammal. I was never a swimmer like you are. Growing up, I was a soccer player. Played it my entire life. […]
Be Reasonable: Let’s Stop Saying ‘Eliminate Pay-to-Play’
June 2, 2023
Cultural change involves parents, coaches, administrators, directors and leaders all being willing to change and rethink our youth soccer behaviors, norms and environment. Can we talk about Pay-to-Play for a moment? Can we be rational and realistic about the financial model youth sports is based upon and stop calling for an end to Pay-to-Play? Can […]
True Effort Comes From Accountability
June 2, 2023
Long-term success in anything comes from individuals who have learned accountability for their actions and do not seek to blame others for their shortcomings. Once upon a time, a student was assigned a research paper by his professor. This was a good student who took great pride in his studies and worked very hard to […]
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Olympic Parents Share In the Glory and the Spotlight
June 2, 2023
Whether looking nervous or cheering louder than anyone else around, the parents of Olympic athletes aren't usually hard to spot.
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Do You Know if Your Breaststroke Pullout Slows You Down?
June 2, 2023
The rules for the Breaststroke pullout has changed A LOT over the past few years. With Kosuke Kitajima and many other swimmers performing illegal dolphin kicks during the Breaststroke pullouts, it caused some major controversy. With no legal dolphin kick being allowed originally, to now one dolphin kick being permitted prior to the first Breaststroke kick—there’s less than 5 […]
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Hockey In-Season Nutrition Guidelines
June 2, 2023
Today I want to talk about how hockey athletes should be approaching their nutrition in regards to their in-season body composition management and recovery from injury. Why these two topics? Well, body composition (the ratio of lean muscle mass to fat mass) is something a lot of hockey athletes actually regress with quite a bit […]
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