Unpopular opinion: just because I'm a woman doesn't make me a role model to girls. Of course, I pride myself in being an active listener, open communicator, and motivator to young female athletes. I pride myself in being able to pick up on when my girls...
Every time I sit down to tap away at my keyboard to write a new article, I put pressure on myself to make it a banger. Admittedly, the last article I wrote was just that. It was an offbeat commentary on the virus and boosting immune...
First off, I want to kick today's post off with a big THANK YOU. I have appreciated all of the love and feedback regarding my most recent video course Total Youth Female Athlete Fitness. Truthfully, it's been my favorite body of work to birth into the world....
The fondest memories of sports were always the fun ones filled with laughter and smiles. I can remember several: - Pasta dinners - Hotel parties at tournaments - Road trips and carpools - Practices with fun games and competitions Looking back, when training sessions were a blend of hard work and...
Here's what you need to know about conditioning: - Most female soccer players are already getting aerobic system work - Most female soccer players aren't put under a stimulus higher than the game - Most female soccer players aren't doing conditioning to be fast and tap into their...
"I want my girls to have better fitness." This is a common request I get from soccer coaches. Before I give them the magical answer, I ask them what they're currently doing for conditioning. I'll get a myriad of answers I don't want to hear: 1. Circuits with...
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...
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...
One thing I pride myself in is content creation. With over 700 blogs, 800 YouTube videos and 20,000 Tweets on youth female athlete performance training, there's not shortage of workouts and routines for girls to do. But how do you piece this all together? How do...