22 Nov How To Wake Up and Find Your Power Again
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20 Nov 30 Days of Training Female Athletes, Day 8: Plyometrics
This much I know: plyometrics can make or break a female athlete. You will either wear them down, or build them up. You see, plyometrics can be central nervous system heavy, and they take a lot of exertion. The tendons, muscles and bones take immense amounts of...
19 Nov 30 Days of Training Female Athletes, Day 7: Build Your Shell
The human body doesn't work in isolation. It's one magnificent system that works simultaneously to bolster human movement and performance. If the feet, ankles and calves are weak, the pelvis is impacted. If the pelvis is flimsy, the ankles are precarious. If the shoulders and back are weak, the...
18 Nov 30 Days of Training Female Athletes, Day 6: Training the Core
I love core training. Similar to the trunk of a tree, a sturdy core allows us to move our limbs freely. But not freely as in awkwardly, freely as in smoothly. Here's what I mean: the core encompasses the lumbo-pelvic area, which is an area that needs to...
17 Nov 30 Days of Training Female Athletes, Day 5: An Open Letter To Strong Female Athletes
I have always marched to the beat of my own drum. If I have a vision, I go for it. If I am challenged, I plunge into it. If I fail, I overcome it. If I'm told what to do, I do something else. If the crowd walks one way,...
13 Nov 30 Days of Training Female Athletes, Day 1: On-Field Strength and Injury Reduction
Let's kick things off with this: my ideas for training female athletes are as endless as the Walking Dead series. When will I run out of content? When will it all end? Will there be a grand finale? Nope. Not ever. You see, this is a population so near and...
06 Nov The Social Media Dilemma for Youth Athletes: Don’t Let It Use You
I don't like social media. As ubiquitous as I am, blasting out content on every platform, from YouTube, to Twitter, to Facebook, to Instagram, being in front of everyone's eyes is something I don't enjoy. Mind you, transfixing my eyes on a blue light for all...
03 Nov Give Your Young Athlete An Edge by Doing these Unconventional Tips No One Knows
Perhaps you landed on this page because you Googled one of the following: - "How to give my kid an edge in sports" - "How to get ahead for a college scholarship" - "How to make my kid fast" - "How to find Gandalf for mystical, overnight results" Or maybe...
27 Oct Helping Young Female Athletes Through Knee Pain: The Do’s And Don’ts
Knee pain can feel as stabbing as a Dragonglass blade. Excuse the nerdy Game of Thrones reference, but this common nag in female athletes is one that can prove to be excruciating over time, especially if not taken care of immediately. Too often I hear this, "my...
25 Oct How Youth Athletes Can Be Prepared for Adversity
There are two story lines happening now. Admittedly, I feel like I'm living in a science fiction movie, and of course, it's year 2020, so things are going to get fiction-like and downright weird. For one, I see humans hiding behind their masks, as their droopy eyes...