Issues & Advice

If you are having trouble getting your child to training on time because – well – life is busy. Talk with the coach to develop a solution. When it comes to youth soccer, the term “parent engagement” needs some clarification. Understandably there is some confusion around this currently popular and trending term. I’ve heard from […]

Going back to school is tough. It means having to work extra hard in every aspect of your life as a student-athlete, but it also means that you are presented with another opportunity for greatness. Going back to school can be tough for swimmers. It means walking into your first day of school with dripping […]

Even at the most fundamentally basic level why would somebody discontinue their training during the times of the year where performance is at its highest importance? Having a passionate dedication to improving the performance of hockey athletes for many years now and providing as much content as humanly possible in order to create a positive […]

“When the situation arose for interim commissioner and they asked me to do it, I was happy and thrilled to do my part and help the league through a period of transition.” GARRITY TOOK OVER THE ROLE FULL-TIME IN MAY AFTER SERVING AS INTERIM COMMISSIONER SINCE NOVEMBER Tom Garrity became the ninth president and commissioner […]

Every praise to one of them felt like a lack of praise for me. A teammate’s goal wasn’t a goal for the team, it was one more goal she had scored and I hadn’t. When I first started cub soccer, I was on the fourth string team. We lost every game that year; I’m not […]

How you perform in the water on day one is going to be way different than on the last day of the championship season. Things will get better as time moves on. When going into the new season, what is the first thing you think of? What is your coach going to think of? It’s […]

Our coach may have been the catalyst, but we were the swimmers who kept the reaction going. Spectators at the 2018 Indiana High School State Boys’ Swimming Championship back in February may have seen some kids decked out in blue and gold, waving signs that said: “NOT TIRED.” Those same spectators might have wondered what […]

No matter what less-effective training has happened in the gym, the reality of the game, referees and fans included, lets the athletes learn in a truly game-like way. Perhaps the most discussed topic on the Facebook group “Volleyball Coaches and Trainers” is the exasperation of coaches who see their players, mostly younger ones, not “move […]

The coach should always reevaluate the players and training session to make sure the players are getting the appropriate skill or tactic and are able to transfer the training session to the game. Team and player evaluation is a large part of being a successful soccer coach. From evaluating team and players abilities, we are […]