Athlete Health

Adolescent eating habits are influenced by many factors every day, so how can we steer them toward healthy behaviors? Nutrition plays a significant role during adolescence due to the many factors. Rapid physical growth, hormonal fluctuations, and developmental changes taking place in the body are only a few. It’s our job to guide our teens […]

Do your young athletes start to doubt themselves and lose confidence when they are criticized or given feedback in sports? One soccer player puts it this way: “I’m often challenged mentally during practice if a teammate tells me how I can’t do a certain thing, such as properly marking my opponent. I end up questioning my ability […]

Make back-to-school season easy with simple breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas from Kevin Curry.

Parents/Coaches: Here is some of the best advice I can give you. Permission To Fail

1. “WHAT HAPPENED?” Especially in younger children, fact-finding as soon as possible is important to help understand the context of potential injuries. Details can be skewed or forgotten over time. If your child can’t remember when the pain started, it doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t injured. 2. “WHERE DOES IT HURT?” Soreness from overuse typically […]

For athletes today, experts emphasize training harder and more often. While this may be true, the rate and quality of recovery play just as important a role in helping enhance athletic performance. A variety of recovery techniques exist, from hydrotherapy to active or passive recovery, and compression equipment, to name a few. There is no […]

Chicago Bears Defensive Tackle Tommie Harris shows how to practice your stance on the line. Defensive Tackle Stance No one knows defensive tackle like Chicago Bears’ Tommie Harris! His football coaching crash-course will teach you how to dominate the field with tackling fundamentals and tips that NFL pro’s swear by.

Patrick Willis was a great linebacker in the NFL considered by many as the most elite at his position for nearly a decade. Now he’s using the same passion and drive that took his team to 4 straight conference championships and a Super Bowl and pouring it into making linebackers into absolute playmakers. 

Patrick Willis was a great linebacker in the NFL considered by many as the most elite at his position for nearly a decade. Now he’s using the same passion and drive that took his team to 4 straight conference championships and a Super Bowl and pouring it into making linebackers into absolute playmakers.