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...
One of the biggest things I wish more people understood about strength training for injuries is this: It is PROTECTIVE, not over doing. In fact, playing soccer puts HIGHER FORCES on the tendons, joints, and bones and in a CHAOTIC environment. Changes of direction movements in soccer happen...
I'm going to get right to the point: knee pain can only be resolved with 3 things. No, it's not using a bag of ice after every practice. No, it's not slapping on some KT tape. No, it's definitely not pushing through MORE SOCCER. Oddly enough, the activity that...
Sports parents: beware of nonsense training for youth athletes. Seriously, BEWARE. There's a lot of bs out there that looks flashy and will make you "ooh" and "ahh." Like a kid attached to a resistance band while icky shuffling through a ladder, then jumping over a cacophony...