Youth Sports
3 Surefire Methods for Increasing Your Basketball Shooting Percentage
You already know how to shoot. You've mastered your basic form and have gotten comfortable with utilizing it during games. But your shooting percentage isn't as high as you'd like. [...]
Why It’s Better for Young Athletes to Lift ‘Too Light’ Rather Than ‘Too Heavy’
By utilizing the following three simple principles with your young athletes, we’ll develop the athletes we desire, boost on-field performance and reduce injury risk.
Why Isometric Strength Exercises Are Perfect for Very Young Athletes
Training with isometric holds has been shown to increase motor unit recruitment, firing rate and overall body control and stability
Why Young Athletes Shouldn’t Lift Every Day
I've begun to notice a troubling trend with my athletes. As a director of strength and conditioning at a private high school, I oversee many lifting sessions. Some of the [...]
The Childhood Drill That Helped Pat Mahomes Build Superhuman Arm Strength
On a handful of passing attempts each game, Patrick Mahomes seemingly shreds the laws of physics. When a quarterback drops back to throw, their brain must process a staggering amount [...]
5 Things Sport Coaches Need to Know About Strength Training
The best outcomes for our athletes occurred when the sport coach and I were on the same page with respect to the role strength training should play for both the athlete and the program.
How Playing Multiple Sports as a Kid Helped Aaron Rodgers Become a Better Athlete
It’s becoming more common in high school sports for athletes to focus on only one sport instead of playing two or more. Student-athletes (or their parents) believe they might have [...]
How to Teach Youth and Little League Players Proper Baseball Hitting Mechanics
Let's say you're a baseball coach, but not a "used to play minor league ball and have dedicated my life to the sport" type of coach. You're more like,...
If College Coaches Looked at Your Social Media Right Now, What Would They Find?
You can cross a line and not even know it.
5 Behaviors of High-Performing Sports Parents
Help your kids achieve their potential, regardless of their athletic level.
