Ready for a depressing opening line? Awesome! Here it is: balance is a myth. Yeah, that hurts, doesn't it? Whether you want to be a Division 1 athlete who eventually goes professional, or a dad who wants to have economic security, or who wants to be a good...
Pulling yourself up over a bar is immensely powerful, And while you my see it as impossible, I see it as highly probable. You see, all these youth athletes complaining and blaming, While I'm over here explaining that this stuff is oh-so amazing. Yet, they be claiming as they...
It must be an odd time to be a youth athlete. In one corner, there's an abundance of resources, products, markets, camps, trainers, drills and offerings. Yet, burnout is at its apex, overuse injuries are skyrocketing, and free play is waning. In fact, waning so...
Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete getting yelled at by her coach for making a mistake. Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete crying and her dad telling her, "you're being sensitive!" Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete scrolling Instagram comparing her body to influencer...
While online training will vary with each coach, I'm happy to share my imperfect, chaotic journey. To put things into perspective, I started coaching in person back in 2012, and didn't go online until beginning of 2018. That's a wait of six years. So what does this mean? I'm...
Hi there. If you clicked on this article, chances are, you're ready to become a beast of an athlete. Or better yet, you're a coach or parent who has grown out of the days of programming the good old jog laps around the pitch, making kids do...
Somewhere out there, there's a young girl who justifies the world is backwards. So incredibly backwards, it makes my stomach knot. Her name: Olivia Moultrie. Agree with her journey or not, she's just a young girl who has an illuminating passion for soccer, an insatiable desire to...
The other day, I wrote an extensive article on the importance of recovery. It seems everyone is going hard 24/7, broadcasting their "grind" and "hustle" on social media, and not taking a true break. Of course, we're all guilty of this. We live in a world that is...
Dear Soccer Parents, I feel for you. The sports world is flooded with pressure, comparison, and chaos for your child. Driving to tournaments. Practices. Emailing coaches. Investing time. Paying team dues. Driving two hours to away games in the middle of Virginia. Hitting up the Chik-Fil-A drive through...
The hips are the foundation to high performance soccer. And as long as they are strong, injuries are reduced, and sport specific actions are improved. Shooting, cutting, passing, sprinting, decelerating and accelerating, and jumping all involve durable, powerful hips. And in order to optimize these, players must train...