If you are looking for the best tech suit for swimming fast, then there are a few things you should look for. These suits are made to enhance your hard work and excellent performance, not make you faster. These suits are primarily intended for athletes who are serious about their sport. The following are some…
Looking for a new wetsuit to swim in cold water? Here are some tips for choosing the right one for you. 1. Start with the thickness of the wetsuit. Made of neoprene rubber, wetsuits range in thickness from 1mm to 5mm. Look for a wetsuit that has 4-5mm thickness in the core and chest, with…
Minimizing a punter’ backswing will maximize the height of the contact point (foot meeting ball). The higher the contact point, the higher the trajectory of a ball in flight (hang time).
In the last few years, we have incorporated these tackling-technique drills into our practices twice a week, every week. These drills stress the fundamentals of tackling, which help develop better tacklers and, ultimately, gives your defenders confidence in their individual abilities. Photo: Kevin Hoffman The team is divided into four groups of eight players in…
Use this fun shooting drill with players of all ages to practice basic concepts for many common offensive sets. You can build it up to be more complex, with more passes and tons of different shots! Teach your offense in simple steps by “Chunking”. Practice small chunks of an offensive set or play before you…
We’re deep into Season 5 of Chapter 2 Fortnite. Along the 15 seasons of play, we’ve all worked up the ladder of skill to eventually get that very first Victory Royale at some point in time. For all the newer players out there, this one’s for you. Players have had just north of three years…
Bumper plates are a versatile tool for your strength building program. Using them: 1. Protects your floor from cracking and hard impacts. 2. Allows you to bounce the weight off the platform or floor. 3. Easier to slide on and off the barbell compared to steel/iron plates. 4. Don’t rust
Strength training is a way for swimmers to get stronger in the water and also prevent injury. Here are some quick tips for making the most of weight lifting for the competitive swimmer: 1. Technique and form above all else. Nearly half of the injuries that competitive swimmers experience is during their dryland and strength…
Most children first learn to crawl, then walk, and finally to run. Basketball requires players to not only effectively move their feet, but also to maneuver a basketball. Basketball players first learn to dribble the basketball with one hand, then to alternate hands, and progressively to increase to more advanced dribbling. As a basketball player,…
We’re deep into Season 5 of Chapter 2 Fortnite. Along the 15 seasons of play, we’ve all worked up the ladder of skill to eventually get that very first Victory Royale at some point in time. For all the newer players out there, this one’s for you. Players have had just north of three years…
Partner Shooting Drill #1, Catch and Shoot. Player #1 makes a chest pass to player #2. #1 follows the pass and closes-out on #2, but does not try to block the shot or simply fly by the shooter. #2 takes the shot (no dribbling)and follows it for the rebound. Now player #2 passes back out…
This 2 on 2 drill us typically used for station or ADM based practices and played in a smaller area. The animation and diagram show this being run using a quarter if the ice. It can also be run using half ice and is more suited for older players when you can use half ice….
After a summer spent soaking up the sun you could be forgiven for turning up to training looking like the wrong Ronaldo. But with the new season around the corner it’s time to swap ice cream cones for cone drills and fine-tune your footballing engine. Your touch might still be there (you never lose that…
Esports is undeniably on the upswing: every year, the prize pools – and audiences – grow larger! Organized teams are now fixtures of every scene, and the hunger for narrative has given us underdogs and superheroes aplenty to cheer for. But with increased professionalism comes pressure to perform – and more to manage too! Every…
Every young Little Leaguer knows that hitting it the best part of baseball practice. Sure, everybody needs to practice fielding grounders, catching fly balls, and turning double plays, but when it comes to pure fun, it’s hard to beat whacking 20 slow-pitched balls around the field. The problem with batting practice, of course, is that it…
When practicing, Stephen Curry must swish 5 out of 10 free throws. Ray Allen is the first to the arena. Then he goes through a form shooting routine and progresses to 3-point shooting. Great shooters have routines. I believe the following shooting routine will help you develop into a great shooter or make you an…
Millennials. For many, hearing this word brings a myriad of incomprehensible images to their minds. And quite understandably: they have become the most underestimated and sought-after demographic in the world today. Also known as Generation Y or ‘Gen Y’, millennials – a collective which comprises individuals between 24 and 35 – have gained a popularity…