Apples… Hamburgers… Cookies… All have a place in the football player’s diet. But it’s important that your gridiron athletes know when and how nutritional choices can make a difference. By Leslie Bonci Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, LDN, is Director of Sports Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and serves as a consultant to…
Being set and in position prior to a shot is an incredibly important step in making sure your shots are accurate. To become a great shooter, you must focus on your feet positioning, your ball placement, and your setpoint. Practicing your pre-shot stance with this Vandy Shooting Drill will help you become more accurate and…
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Volleyball Practice Drills to Improve Basic Skills In this segment, you’ll see a number of drills you can apply to your next volleyball practice. You’ll notice the use of energy checks interspersed throughout the practice session to keep momentum and engagement high. Follow along as our coaches take these beginner players through jam-packed volleyball practice…
6 Tennis Practice Drills Practice and warm-ups are the best way to improve your tennis game. Even if you can’t take tennis lessons, you can do tennis training with a friend or partner anytime. For a list of tennis practice exercises and basic drills you can try, see the examples below: 1. Dribbling. One of…
Skiing Moguls, a divisive topic, but love ‘em or hate ‘em – it’s a good idea to know how to handle ’em. Here are Snowskool’s top 5 tips to improve your Mogul skiing. Take the Moguls on: this is skiing… not shopping You shouldn’t be looking for a friendly bump to give you an easy…
The battle rope is an old-school training tool that is as simple as it gets. Pick it up, wave it around like a maniac, put it down. Result: burn a whole bunch of fat, work out muscle imbalances, develop power, and more. Even though it’s a simple enough piece of workout gear, there are some…
Apples… Hamburgers… Cookies… All have a place in the football player’s diet. But it’s important that your gridiron athletes know when and how nutritional choices can make a difference. By Leslie Bonci Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, LDN, is Director of Sports Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and serves as a consultant to…
“Building a Championship Program” Thinking back over my 30 year coaching career, I would like to thank that T-ball coach 41 years ago that never played me. Whether I was simply that bad or not is beside the point; that coach unwittingly pushed me toward a lifetime passion — track & field. That “failure” led…
Skiing Moguls, a divisive topic, but love ‘em or hate ‘em – it’s a good idea to know how to handle ’em. Here are Snowskool’s top 5 tips to improve your Mogul skiing. Take the Moguls on: this is skiing… not shopping You shouldn’t be looking for a friendly bump to give you an easy…
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…
