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...