Training & Drills

If you are a hitter, the more you understand where you need to make contact with the ball the more likely you will be to adopt a hips-shoulders-bat sequence. When I work with fastpitch softball hitters, one of the things I will drill into them (incessantly, if you listen to some) is the sequence “hips-shoulders-bat.” […]

Even if you fall into the strong category you can swim fast easier if you use a cross over kick. One kick wonder . . . . . Wisdom begins in wonder . . . . . Socrates CROSS OVER V. RHYTHMIC KICK TECHNIQUE We all know the standard 2 beat, 4 beat, and 6 beat […]

There’s pressure on the catcher to call the right pitch. There’s pressure on the coaches and manager of having their players in a position to succeed. It can make or break your reputation. If you can do it, they’ll talk about you in awe long after you’ve left. If you can’t you’ll always have that […]

This is how distance athletes get faster. Do all of this while continuing to slowly improve the aerobic energy system through mostly continuous runs of varying lengths and intensity. The 800-meter run is considered the shortest of the distance races in track and field. While it is half the length of the 1,600-meter run, it retains […]

Teams with athletic personnel can run the nickel defense more often if the additional defensive back is big and strong enough to play closer to the line of scrimmage but athletic enough to drop into coverage. The nickel defense in football refers to a lineup with five defensive backs, and the dime package features six […]

You’ll never really know until you attempt training completely, for a reasonable amount of time. A full season training package is a reasonable amount of time. Coaches offer all sorts of different training packages options for athletes. Some offer one session, some offer 10, and some offer packages designed for more consistent training. On my coaching […]

You can also play around with “slow motion” swimming to see how exactly swimmers are entering the water and challenge them to correct it in real time. This month’s tip series is focused on the all-important freestyle catch. Arguably the most important part of any freestyle, developing and maintaining an efficient freestyle catch is crucial […]