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Three Pass Concepts for Your Young QB
January 16, 2018
Providing your quarterback with multiple options on a different pass play will significantly raise the potential for more explosive plays within your offense. Always keep ’em guessing! One of the biggest pet peeves that I have with offensive coordinators of youth football teams (10u and younger) is the dreaded “One Man Route.” It is 3rd […]
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Best Exercises for a Harder Hockey Shot
January 14, 2018
Hockey movements in the gym are skills that you develop over time in the same way that you develop new skills on the ice. When it comes to hockey performance, you need to have the ability to express maximal force in the shortest timeframe possible. The faster you can express force into the hockey specific […]
Training Your Non-Dominant Foot
January 14, 2018
Athletes who can switch between both feet have a powerful advantage over their competitors. Every player, whether naturally or through soccer training, has developed a dominant foot. This foot is their go-to side for passing, shooting or kicking. While typically right-handed players lean toward their right foot and left-handed players to their left foot, by no means […]
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Improving Your Soccer Speed and Agility
January 11, 2018
Improve your speed and agility in soccer with these tips and tricks.
Why We Should Rotate Our Bodies in Freestyle and Backstroke
January 11, 2018
The bigger we are (more mass) and the faster we can rotate, the more energy we create to couple with the pull, and the faster we swim. All of the elite swimmers of the world rotate their bodies along the long axis, the axis that their body is moving down the pool, while swimming freestyle […]
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Four Tips to Become a Better Rebounder
January 11, 2018
Be careful not to be too quick when playing defense, as there is a fine balance between reacting too soon and too late. Obviously, the team that scores the most points wins, but what a lot of people fail to realize is that rebounds are nearly as important as points. How could rebounds be nearly as important as […]
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Fundamentals of Great Defensemen
January 9, 2018
While skills like making hard passes, or having stick on puck may seem elementary, they play an increasingly important role as players progress to higher levels of hockey. Can you imagine what school would be like if they tried to teach sentence structure before spelling? Or if math teachers went straight to multiplication and long […]
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Two Areas of Preparation for Volleyball Players
January 9, 2018
If you have not already done so, now is the time to prepare to be succesful this club volleyball recruiting season. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”  – Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote can be applied to the start of club volleyball recruiting season that kicks off this weekend. If you […]
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How to Pace Your Race
January 9, 2018
One cannot sustain the pace well nor finish fast without providing enough oxygen to the body. Knowing how to pace a race appropriately is one of the most difficult aspects of competitive swimming. It goes against our very nature, particularly when we are excited and fresh at the start of each race, to hold back. […]
How to Help Your Infield Rack Up Outs in Crunch Time
January 9, 2018
The margin between winning and losing can often be measured by flexibility in the clutch. When the game is on the line, it’s essential to lock in with a calm, mental approach. Michael Thompson believes this is the key to infield defense in the latter innings of a contest. As the head coach at West […]
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