Dear Coaches, Be grateful you have the opportunity to coach teenage athletes - to inspire them, to build them up, to help them reach their dreams, to develop their strength and speed, to keep them healthy, and to leave an empowering imprint. Even after sports end, your...
It's been a crazy week. For one, I have not written an article in over 7 days. Two, I've upped my meditation game and have decided to go hard on the self care. And three, I spoke in Kentucky this past weekend to an amazing group of coaches...
I like to compare youth speed and conditioning coaches to the evolution of ice cream flavors. Back in the day, there was just vanilla, strawberry and chocolate. Nowadays? Ice cream flavors are so abundant, none of us can keep up. There's chocolate, chocolate chip cookie dough, double chocolate fudge,...
There are two types of people in this world: content creators and content consumers. Bloggers and readers. YouTubers and watchers. Instagrammers and scrollers. Innovators and stagnate-ors. Fighters in the arena, and spectators in the crowd. Where do you fall in today's digital age? Clap it up for the content creator who proudly...
Trigger. Trigger. Trigger. Yes, this topic is a massive trigger for many. Should skill work be done with speed, acceleration and strength and power work? Should we bring the soccer ball, the hockey puck, the basketball, the golf club and the lacrosse stick to the gym? Moreover, should we hold...
I'm no superwoman. Contrary to what social media believes, I'm successful not because of my ability to juggle one thousand things at a time. Nor am I where I am today because I'm able to do everything myself. Nor am I becoming a master of my craft because...
Full disclosure: it took me two hours to start writing this blog. Not because I wasn't motivated, lacked creativity, or didn't have enough ideas to pour out, but because I fell into an ceaseless loop of distraction. What started off as a single google search, became one,...
There are two things I love doing simultaneously: drinking espresso and talking soccer. When my former college assistant soccer coach reached out to me to come on his show, I was pumped to hear it was called The Espresso Soccer Show. I knew we'd get into an amped-up...
Sports should teach young athletes discipline, how to work hard toward a goal, how to be better teammates, and how to be consistent with training. However, the work rate isn't possible if they don't fall in love with their coach first, and show up to training...
I'm going to start this piece off with some Beyonce lyrics: "We say to girls: you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful." 2019 was...