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Top 10 Coaching Mistakes at Softball Practice
June 2, 2023
Coaches need to make sure each player knows their position and responsibilities during situational play. Coaches need to make sure each player knows their position and responsibilities during situational play.  Coaching a team on any level is far from easy. There are countless hours spent off the field thinking about and working on your craft. […]
There’s a Place You Can Go
June 2, 2023
For me, hockey has always been much more than a game. It’s a place you can go to forget about everything in the world for a while, where there’s no pain and no problems. Everything is just pure fun. The stuff I want to talk about isn’t easy. So I’m going to start with a […]
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Reflection at the End of a Swim Season
June 2, 2023
That is my takeaway from this swim season – reveling in and enjoying the journey that my children are on – the friendships they have and will form – the goals they’ll accomplish and where they will fall short. I arrived home from work on Monday ready to drive the swim team carpool. Only to remember – […]
Dad, What Have You Learned?
June 2, 2023
Dad, what have we learned about ourselves? And more importantly, how are we applying what we’ve learned? It was only his first year coaching his son’s T-ball team, and this dad was already at the end of his rope. He was frustrated and losing patience with the kids on the team. He’d played baseball at […]
Tennis Tips and tricks to Improve Your Tennis Game
June 2, 2023
If you hold your wrist back as you prepare for shots, you are able to align the strings so that they contact the ball sooner. You’ll thus hit the ball much earlier, the contact point out in front of your body. Are you a tennis player looking to up your game? These tennis tips and […]
Learning to Compete
June 2, 2023
“When she wins, I am disappointed that I did not win, but I am happy for her success. I know that I will work harder the next day in practice so that the next time I will win.” From the age of seven, my passion has been competitive swimming. I have always loved the water, […]
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Three Highly Recommended Pre-Race Meals for Swimmers
June 2, 2023
It’s finally here, and you’ve spent hours preparing, working on your technique, and fine-tuning your nutrition plan to be at your best. What you eat right before the race is just as important, so we’ve put together some meal ideas that will keep you going throughout the day. In general, pre-race meals for swimmers should not be […]
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Preventing Lacrosse Injuries
June 2, 2023
Shin splints and foot blisters are common and related to continuous running and changing field surfaces. Though sharing general concepts of play, girls and boys lacrosse are very different with regard to allowed contact, mandated protective equipment, and injury epidemiology. For girls, intentional body to body contact is not legal and stick checking must be […]
How to Schedule Your Off-Season Hockey Training
June 2, 2023
It’s the athlete who is able to put that hard work into the most intelligent areas in the most intelligent periodization structure who is going to get the best results. The term “periodization” simply represents the process of organizing your training into phases. These phases are placed in a logical order for the purpose of optimizing your […]
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You Have to Have Fun
June 2, 2023
You have to be serious with swimming, dedicate yourself to it and be absolutely committed to achieving things and becoming the best version of yourself as a swimmer that you can possibly be. Sometimes, having an intense desire for something can actually be a bad thing. I’m sure you love swimming. I’m sure it’s something […]
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