This past weekend, I was blessed to have the opportunity to travel across the country to San Francisco, California to speak at the first ever Girls Soccer Network Soccerista Fest. Fun fact: I haven't been to the Bay Area in over 20 years, so when the...
A lot of strength and conditioning coaches would say they found their niche. I think my niche found me. And I'm grateful it did. You see, when I started personal training back in 2012, I worked with all walks of life - from the 70-year-old woman who wanted...
"7am rise and grind!" I see this in a caption on Instagram from a coach that has their U14 girls soccer team running suicides, then performing 10 burpees, then running the suicides again...
Think of the best players in the world. Who comes to mind first? Maybe it's Messi, with his dazzling moves, sharps cuts, and rapid turns against pressure to crack a shot on goal. Or maybe it's Lamine Yamal with his exceptional vision to blast up the field and...
My job is simple: turn young female athletes into beasts. It's my one mission year-round. And I'm not talking for a quick few weeks where I train someone under a pathetic lessons model where I hardly see them. Or, they do training for a short stint of...
One of the biggest misses in girls soccer speed, strength and agility training is plyometrics. Or, should I say, mess? Either way, 99.9% of plyometric training I see on social media or at the soccer fields here in Tampa Florida are wrong for several reasons: 1. Girls aren't popping off...
Athletes who have come to me for ACL return to sport in my training facility in Lutz Florida who were previously untrained in a true strength program prior to ACL injury almost always take longer to return after surgery. I've seen anywhere around 12-14+ months for...
Over 14 years ago, when I started my training career, I didn't just work with youth athletes. I know, I know. I didn't always focus on this niche, as I was exploring a wide palette of clients, gaining a variety of skills working with all populations,...
On one end, we have the coaches who shout that early specialization is the way until their eyes pop out. We have the parents who push their kid with year-round intensive training of one sport, and fail to let their 7-year-old be a kid, and develop...
Every time I observe a soccer "speed" session, whether it's eyewash crap I see on Instagram of kids tapping through rings and ladders, or whether it's at a local soccer complex here in Tampa, Florida, and all the players are going at slow to moderate...