While this is going to be brief, I suspect that the subject is as meaningful as it gets.Ā Itās not going to be about skills or strategies, by the way.Ā However, if we can all achieve what Iām about to suggest, a youngster is bound to become highly skilled and smart in the end…
Strength training is obviously an excellent way to build muscle and improve overall fitness. However, you wonāt see much progress if you don’t understand how to progress the weight, sets, and reps over time…
A “Concerned Mom” from Delaware can’t find a girls’ hockey program for her daughter, so she’s seeking advice about allowing her 8-year to play on a “boys’ team”…
I can’t emphasize enough all the advice offered in this show.Ā In fact, if a parent or coach who deals with young ones isn’t aware of this information, there’s a danger that their young athlete/s will forever be behind in athletic development…
As for the timing of this post, my hope is to give coaches, parents and players time to prepare for a routine such as this to be undertaken shortly after the regular season ends…
One of the most important reasons for taking time off after a hard workout is to allow muscles to repair themselves. Athletes create microtears in their muscles when they train hard, and…
Aaaaah, the memories… When I was a very young coach, I was just starving for any kind of information that would advance me in that profession. And so I enlisted in just about any clinic or course that helped me in that way. (Actually, would you believe I climbed US hockey’s coaching ladder twice? Yup,…
Now, believing in myself as I do, I wrote back to say that I see it as relatively easy to accomplish — with a couple of IFs. Ya, a couple of dawgoned IFsā¦ Okay, so Iām boasting a bit as I write back to the former pro, telling him I know exactly how I’ve always…
Precious, or what? Okay, Iām hoping by now youāve gotten the sense that creativity can be stifled within our educational institutions. That established, however, I wonder if youāve ever considered the possibility that a rather old sport — with so much tradition — can also squelch unique spirits and ingenuity. Huh? Just thinkā¦ If it…
Getting right to that coachās main question here, my feeling is that the time to teach changes on-the-fly has an awful lot to do with a teamās overall game awareness. Said yet another way, Iāll suggest that youngsters who have their basic skills under control, and those who are able to understand basic positioning, should…