I'm a huge fan of "building the base." Meaning, a female athlete must nail down balance and proprioception first before being able to undergo load with various weighted exercises like Pistol Squats, Split Squats, Single Leg RDLs and Rear Foot Elevated Split Squats. It bodes well to...
ACL injury prevention is more than doing balance exercises with your female athletes. Meticulous attention to detail in terms of joint angles of the ankle, knee and hip are critical to ensure they can change direction rapidly and safely. The majority of non-contact ACL injuries in...
Before I dive into today's post, I want to define change of direction and agility. The two are vastly different, as the first is a skill that involves learning proper stance, joint angles in deceleration and re-acceleration, as well as shoulder position. The other, applies these...
"Find purpose, live simply. The rest is just noise." This is a mantra I leaned into as soon as I turned 30. There's something liberating about this decade of my life that propelled me to start walking around with an 'I-don't-give-a-crap' air. Maybe you find it...
Everyone wants to be fast. While sports are enriched with dazzling skills, powerful shots, and sharp passes, they're also filled with dynamic movements off the ball. And speed is one of them. Just as much as sport specific skills, there needs plenty of repetitions in order to...
Early in my career, I was all about coaching performance on the pitch. Getting more skilled. Getting stronger. Getting faster. Getting more conditioned. While these are all still staples of my speed and conditioning programs in Baltimore, Maryland as well as remotely with my athletes, teaching life lessons is just...