Issues & Advice

Whether you’re in season or in the offseason, it’s in the player’s best interest to work regularly on learning whatever it is she’s trying to learn. Sometimes getting a player to understand the value of practice can be difficult. Those who aren’t the most dedicated to fastpitch softball can find a hundred excuses not to […]

The major thing that calculating your efficiency does is allow you to determine which plays are effective and which are not. This can vary from formation to formation and even from side to side. How effective is your play calling? This is something that every coach needs to look at when the season wraps up. […]

“It’s taught me to sit still and pay attention because I need to make sure I’m getting on the ice when I need to and getting off; it’s really helped with that,” A Yukon teen is beating the odds in more than one way. The 18-year-old with Autism is excelling in online school and on […]

Our job as a mentor is to teach the many life lessons from swimming for the big picture of their lives, not a better streamline or faster turns — that’s the coach’s job. Our childrens’ performance is a touchy area to talk about when they aren’t doing well. When they’re dropping time and feeling great, […]

In addition to muscle recovery, the increased oxygen facilitates brain function and speeds up the healing process for injuries. The human body typically requires a couple days of recovery to heal from vigorous exercise, but with technological advances within the world of sports, some unusual techniques are being used to speed up the this process […]

You can’t expect your players to be well-rounded, multi-faceted individuals if you aren’t leaving time for it yourself. Leading by example is a forgotten art. Coaching is a multi-faceted job. A coach coordinates logistics, trains behaviors, teaches skills, enforces rules and best practices, determines competitive objectives, implements tactics and coordinates with other support staff. Sounds […]

“We were talking before the game about how it’s an opportunity for a lifetime. It will never happen again. So that really got us hyped up for the game.” As their ferry departed for the Cape, Nantucket junior Devonte Usher was already motivated. As were most of his teammates, most of whom had been clamoring […]

The result is an efficient drill that gets receivers lots of reps catching passes coming out of the break. As a coach the thing that I can’t stand is a lack of efficiency. When our players are on the field during practice, I want to make sure they are always in constant motion and getting […]

The Gipper. Pep speech before every workout. Before main sets. Before pre-main sets. Before warm-up. Swim coaches are a different breed. They work long, thankless hours, often times having to balance their coaching duties with another job. They coach because they love the sport, and we love them right back. Here are 10 different swim […]