Workouts for tennis players that like to win should be as nasty and intense as football players! Thats right, I said intense. The number one strength training exercise for tennis players in my opinion is the overhead kettlebell snatch. By now you may have heard of kettlebells and maybe even seen one. This ancient strength [...]
If you consider yourself to be among the thousands of volleyball prospects from around the country trying to make it to the college level, you need to read this entire article. The competition for volleyball scholarships is fierce, and to play the game you love at the college level, you need to give yourself an [...]
One of the most frequent questions posed by beginner triathletes at the store is “What type of apparel should I wear for my training or for my races?”. Although the question sounds simple enough, a chapter of a triathlon book can be devoted to this one topic. When determining what type of apparel to wear [...]
Triathlon is the fastest growing sport in cycling. The more triathlon events I attend, the more I see why. Today’s article is about Donna Chapman, a runner and a triathlete, as well as a wife and mom of 3 darling girls. So much of my writing revolves around the improvement of performance and today I [...]
When I first started doing triathlons, I could barely swim the length of a pool without gasping for air. Does this sound familiar? I was a long-time runner and a proficient cyclist, but when it came to the water I was extremely uncomfortable. I was very thin and always felt like I was sinking to [...]
Perhaps it was the air, or perhaps the water, or even the fact that high school league, district, regional and state meets are fast approaching, but a dozen superb high school athletes set 6 American records during the last week of April.
It is noteworthy that 3 of the new records occurred in the oft-neglected field [...]
Finland’s first great distance runner was Paavo Nurmi, who would burst onto the world scene in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics held in Belgium’s northern port city on the Scheldt River.
Nurmi, then 23, took home 3 Gold Medals after winning the 10,000-meter run, the 8,000-meter cross-country event, and as a member of Finland’s 8,000-meter cross-country team. [...]
If you have been playing tennis for awhile and have been up to date with the recent technological advances in tennis string, I am sure that you have heard of Luxilon big banger strings. These strings are pretty awesome, because they give you so much feel without sacrificing topspin and power.
Basically, when you play with [...]
Okay, so it’s not really a secret… The only real secret to success in the throws is repetition. The sooner the athlete gets a high volume of quality repetitions, the sooner the athlete can begin fine tuning technique. Remember it is easier to learn big movements than smaller more intricate movements. So let the athlete [...]
If you are an athlete in track and field and you have decided that you wish to master the 800 m run, then you are soon going to find out that this athletic competition is more about your tolerance to pain and your ability to withstand that pain better than your opponent, than it is [...]
