Female Athletes
How My Volleyball Team Survived a 15-Hour Tournament Day and Just Kept Winning
My Elite club team and I recently traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts for our New England Regional Volleyball Association qualifier tournament. This tournament is much like the numerous in- and out-of-region [...]
UCLA Volleyball Strength Training
Volleyball athletes need to read and react in order to spike the ball onto opposing defenders. Speed and agility are critical attributes on the court, but if you don’t have [...]
Julie Foudy Says Team Culture Made U.S. Women’s Soccer Unbeatable
Great teams exist as one unit. They trust each other, they support each other, and they push each other. When divisions form inside a team, those fractures harm the overall [...]
How a Better Strength and Conditioning Plan Built a Women’s Boxing Beast
What does it take to be a boxer? That's something my client/friend Claire Quinn (@claire___quinn) knows all about. She's an amateur boxer who's been racking up the KOs lately and [...]
9 Exercises Every Women’s Lacrosse Player Should Be Doing This Season
Lacrosse season is upon us, which means that after months of Fall Ball training, it's finally game time. Your biggest focus during the season, besides taking home some Ws, should [...]
How to Build Muscle for Women
Ladies, if your goals are to build lean muscle and get defined, here's a simple, three-part plan for you: Weight/Resistance Training Cardiovascular Exercise Diet & Nutrition The plan for building [...]
The New Food Pyramid for Female Athletes
I love talking to female athletes who want to eat healthy and make better decisions when it comes to fueling for their performance. But I often find these girls asking [...]
Why Women’s Soccer Powerhouse Santa Clara University Values A Recruit’s Mentality Above All Else
Santa Clara’s women’s soccer is a titan of their sport. https://youtu.be/3vUkj4uQVpc The program, which boasts alumni such as Julie Ertz and Brandi Chastain, consistently ranks among the top 10 teams [...]
7 Steps to Crushing your Club Volleyball Tryout
Club volleyball tryouts. At the end of each fall, an army of high school volleyball players looking for college coach exposure descend upon courts all over the country. Their regular [...]
Why Female Athletes Can’t Afford to Ignore the Warning Signs of an Absent or Irregular Cycle
Ladies, I know we don’t like to talk about “that time” of the month. But here’s the truth: Your menstrual cycle DOES impact performance...and that's COMPLETELY NORMAL. We saw this [...]
