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12U Q&A: How to Talk to Your Goalie
November 22, 2017
Many parents of goalies struggle with what to say when goaltending is sometimes viewed as an individual sport within a team game. Q: My son is a goalie on a 12U team and he has a goalie partner who is really good, at least one step ahead of my son. The coaches are great, and play […]
For Butterfly and Breaststroke: Use Your Head
November 20, 2017
Some of the fastest breaststrokers and butterflyers don’t just lay their heads down into the water softly after the breath, they snap them down quickly and aggressively into the streamlined position. At The Race Club we have always preached to our campers to try to swim smarter. Not that there is any way to swim […]
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A Season-Long Plan for Coaching Your Goaltenders
November 17, 2017
Along with skating, puckhandling is another skill that is often overlooked for goaltenders, but shouldn’t be ignored. At the highest level, goaltender is often considered the most important position. A netminder is relied upon to make – and hopefully not break – a team’s season. However, at the youth level, goaltenders are often the forgotten […]
Cradling
Cradling
November 16, 2017
Cradling is your most basic lacrosse skill. Learn from Paul Rabil
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Coaching Hockey’s Most Important Position
November 16, 2017
Detroit Red Wings goaltending coach and goalie parent Jeff Salajko spoke with USA Hockey about all things goalies and goaltender development. Jeff Salajko coaches goalies with drastically different skill levels – Pee Wees and the pros. But oddly enough – just like with offensive and defensive skill work – he does a lot of the […]
Four Drills to Track the Ball in Serve Receive
Four Drills to Track the Ball in Serve Receive
November 10, 2017
KIVA, based in Louisville, Kentucky, shares Four serve receive drills Designed to Help Players track the ball when passing a serve.
Volleyball Tip of the Week: Teaching Attacking Technique
Drills to Train Top-Level Defense
November 2, 2017
Mike Lingenfelter, co-director of Munciana and head coach of the Samurai, defending 18 Open National Champions, shares five drills to train defensive movement, pursuit, strength and toughness.
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Strength and Conditioning Drills Can Help Youth Football Players Excel
October 27, 2017
Football players spend countless hours, especially in the offseason, training to help better their physical performance. Strength and conditioning drills has always been a large part of what players utilize to prepare for a football season. There is now so much more available compared to past decades where the focus was placed on barbells, free […]
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A New Mentality Toward Body Contact
October 22, 2017
In today's version of hockey, puck possession is more coveted than big hits
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Kick Return Team: The Cage Drill
October 19, 2017
When looking at a kickoff return team it is very easy to simply assign a blocker for every defender on the kickoff team and tell your best athlete to find some space. Many teams rely on this as a simple way to install the kickoff return team and think this will be enough to bring […]
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