Everyone wants their kid to be fast. "His speed sucks!" "My daughter doesn't know her arms exist!" "Her stride length is terrible!" "My son gets beaten every time!" And the complaints, moans, groans and grunts go on and on. As a youth performance coach to hundreds of soccer players, I'm in...
Back in 2015, I attended the first Long-term Athletic Development Workshop. Ever. This was when the phrase started to gain traction in the youth sports community, and amazing researchers and practioners began to start a movement of letting kids be kids, and escape the conveyor belt...
This year felt like ten days. Of course, not everyone can say it zipped by for them. Some were doing math homework within earshot of their siblings. Some were on conference calls while the cleaning lady was vacuuming. And some were signing into class while their parents were bickering. To...
I thought I had my life planned out at age 18. Go to college. Start a 401K. Work Mon-Fri. Get married. Have mini queens kids. It seemed feasible as I began my student-athlete career at Johns Hopkins University, a prestigious school that would allow my cute plan...
This is a special one. The Soccer Queens Podcast features its first college strength and conditioning coach. Darien Pyka is a total boss, too. Not only can she squat me times 1,000, she is an empowering coach to young women. I am excited to have her on to...
I respect my colleague Joel Smith at Just Fly Sports a ton. In fact, I've been following his platform for a while now and am a huge fan, so when he asked me to guest blog for his website, I was extremely giddy. Not only is Joel...