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Who You Use as Role Models Matters
June 2, 2023
While we may use our favorite player as an example for some things, it is important that we as coaches or parents also include in our examples athletes in which that they can both admire and see aspects of themselves. What coach or parent has not used the talents of a famous player as an […]
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How to Run a Baseball Practice
June 2, 2023
Consider the space you have available and how you’re going to use it. Which drills will require the infield and which can be done using a patch of outfield grass? Being a baseball coach isn’t easy. And one of the biggest challenges is learning how to run a baseball practice. You’re often working with a […]
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A Letter to High School Athletes
June 2, 2023
The academic programs and reputation, the buildings or campus, the feeling you have when walking around the university or meeting students; those are the factors that will stick with you. This is an exciting, yet stressful time for you. One sport, two sports, three sports, National Honors Society, mock governments, club or travel ball, SAT, […]
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When Your Coach Makes You Train Your ‘Off’ Stroke
June 2, 2023
We all have the things we excel at — and things we don’t — in the water. Strokes included. Here is why coach is having you train them. We all have our strong strokes and distances. They are our bread and butter. It’s the stroke that we lean on to carry us through the tough sets […]
What is a Champion?
June 2, 2023
Today I’d like to suggest that in sports, as in life, we redefine what it means to be a champion. What is a champion? We are famous in the world of swimming for tossing around champion like it is some badge of honor for the most elite for those who can compete at the highest […]
Tennis Doubles Strategy
June 2, 2023
If your partner is serving, your role is defense. Your partner’s good serve will be useless if you cannot return the ball (after your opponents’ return serve) to your advantage. Tennis doubles strategy is an important foundation for a winning tennis game. Doubles matches in tennis may not be as popular as the single matches, but […]
Why Parents Should Be Happy Their Kid Is a Catcher
June 2, 2023
The position is instructive in the art of balancing the roles of cheerleader and taskmaster, as when dealing with an underachieving pitcher. Parents, there is one huge reason you should be happy that your son or daughter is a catcher. Among the 30 MLB managers at the start of 2008, 40 percent had played as catchers. […]
2018 NFL Draft Highlights Importance of Multi-Sport Athletes
June 2, 2023
Your young athletes don’t need to be pouring themselves into one sport exclusively to be successful. In fact, this serves as further proof that’s exactly what they don’t need to be doing. Put one more mark in the “reasons young athletes should play multiple sports” category. This weekend the NFL held its annual draft. According to trackingfootball.com 29 of […]
Parents: Your Stress and Expectations Are Contagious
June 2, 2023
Research continues to show that a relaxed, hands-off, let-the-kid-own-the-sport is best for creating an environment where they will not only have more fun, but also excel both in the short and long term. As a swim parent who wants the best for their little swimmer you know that it can be very difficult walking the […]
Attack Tips for Lacrosse
June 2, 2023
Don’t dodge if there is an open man. Don’t hold the ball long unless you are planning a dodge. Keep it moving with quick, short passes. Make your defenseman play you and you alone every second you are in the game. Keep moving all the time so that he must center his attention on you […]
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