Female Athletes
How to Coach Confidence Not Cockiness
As coaches, we often present our female athletes with a conundrum—a confidence conundrum. We drive home the need to be assertive and secure. Then on the other foot, we shout [...]
Skylar Diggins: Then and Now
Skylar Diggins is no stranger to the spotlight. A four-time All American, Diggins led Notre Dame to three consecutive Final Four appearances and set new school records for career points [...]
Fearless Femme: Pro Mountain Biker Georgia Gould
Georgia Gould racing for the win at the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike Cross-Country race at Mont-Sainte-Anne in Quebec. (Photo: Colin Meagher) Georgia Gould didn't take her first mountain [...]
Built by ‘Bama: Why Alabama Softball Workouts Are So Intense
A weight plate slams down. The sound—nearly identical to the crack of an aluminum bat hitting a ball—echoes through the 37,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art University of Alabama weight room as members of [...]
Develop Explosive Basketball Court Skills
Take complete advantage of your off-season with an effective basketball training program. By combining skill development workouts with resistance training, female players will see improvements in their explosiveness and become [...]
4 Medicine Ball Throws to Improve Your Softball Defense
The best weight room exercises are those that transfer to the field. It doesn't matter how much weight you can lift if the movement you perform does not improve your [...]
Taylor Ritzel: The Row To Rio
Editor's Note: Taylor Ritzel was 23 years old and not long out of Yale University when she won a gold medal with the U.S. Women’s Rowing team at the 2012 [...]
Mean Girls: How To Combat Bullying
When we think about successful athletes, we focus on who they are now. But before they were superstars, many pro athletes were awkward and insecure. We just never think about [...]
Morgan Maroney Is a Soccer Standout on the Rise
In the second game of their season, the IMG Academy girls’ soccer team was down 3-1 against one of top teams in the league, Boca United, whose powerful forwards were [...]
My Training Secret to Create Softball Swagger
Rarely today do performance coaches have a training secret. Everyone learns from everyone so no one has to "reinvent the wheel." I do have a training secret, and I believe [...]
