Sports Skills
Are Warmups Overrated?
This may anger many people, but my experience in both sports performance and aerobic versus anaerobic training tells me warmups are overrated. Warmups don't prevent injury intra-training, at least in [...]
Former Olympic Sprinter Reveals How Your Arm Action Is Slowing You Down
The most important thing I've learned about speed is that you run on your legs with your arms. Your legs are the muscles that get you to where you want [...]
An Essential Guide to Hockey Dryland Training
What if there were a magic pill guaranteed to make you a better hockey player and the only side effects were bigger, leaner muscles and more speed on...
4 Exercises to Build True Lacrosse Power
What do you get when you mix a forward in soccer, with the dynamic movement of a running back and the ballistic actions of a homerun king? You get an...
The Better Way to Build Overhead Strength For High-School Athletes
Every high school athlete should have both horizontal and vertical pushing strength. Horizontal pushing strength is built through exercises like push-ups and dumbbells or barbell bench press—vertical pushing strength by [...]
The Ultimate 60-Minute Dribbling Workout
Not all basketball dribbling workouts are created equal. Some will improve your technique but won't do anything for your conditioning. And you need to work on both, because the competition [...]
5 Core Exercises Young Athletes Should Be Using Instead of Sit-Ups
This much I know—core exercises for youth athletes are butchered all the time. Whether this is because trainers are not teaching them well enough or because athletes are performing them [...]
Palm a Basketball With This Grip-Strengthening Workout
Any athlete who has ever played basketball has wanted to do three things, dunk the ball, spin the ball on their finger, and palm a basketball. To be...
Use the Summer to Get Ready for Baseball
Summer presents a great time for baseball players to get better. During the summer an athlete has the chance to develop the physical tools and skills that are important for [...]
How To Make Your Child’s Summer More Productive For Their Season
There are a few key things you can do this summer to make sure your athlete enters the fall season in the best shape possible.
