You must learn to walk before you can learn to run. Taking that a step further, you must learn how to move properly before practicing the art of your chosen sport. Injuries often occur due to the fact that an athlete cannot move through a motion properly. The problem with movement is that a lot [...]

When an athlete sustains an injury, an athletic trainer, physician, coach, parent and many other people may all be trying to give them a separate set of instructions or advisories. Some may say to take off completely. Others might tell them to keep their mouths shut, suck it up and eventually the pain will go [...]

One of the grandest myths in today’s age of sports and athletic performance is the notion that “athletes can’t have fear” or “athletes are supposed to be fearless”. Fear is generally considered an immediate reaction towards something that threatens one’s security and safety. It is this sense of apprehension, alarming the individual to enable an [...]

Change is inevitable. Nothing stays the same forever no matter how much we want it too. In some cases change is a good thing. Bumping up on the depth chart or a promotion at work, moving out of a bad situation to name a few examples. In other cases change can quite honestly be tough [...]

As a student-athlete, a lot of people tend to forget the myriad of stressors that they are faced with on a daily basis. Whether it is high school or college, they have classes to attend, homework to complete, a GPA to worry about, certain demands from friends and family, nutrition and sleep needs to pay [...]

Protein has to be one of the most talked about supplements by athletes. “Which product is best?” has to be the #1 question that coaches get from individuals looking to up their nutrition game. Be sure to teach your athletes about the different kinds of proteins then can consume, and share with them how the [...]

What you do between sets of bench press, squats, and deadlifts can have a huge impact on the outcome of your season. Making time to work on the often times neglected areas of the body can increase your overall strength, health, and time at practice. Make time to emphasize strengthening the muscles around the shoulder [...]

Coaches evaluate players on the smallest things, how you react after a bad play to even how someone drinks from a water bottle. A lot of times an athlete shows up to a tryout and does their best to perform to their maximum potential when they know that they are under the microscope. What they [...]

We can often underestimate the impact that hormones and its mechanisms can have on an athlete’s performance both on and off the field. Hormones such as insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) and testosterone are potent catalysts for promoting protein synthesis and muscle growth, putting the athlete in an anabolic state. On the other hand, there are [...]

In the athletic world it is not about if one of your athletes gets injured, it is when. How do you respond to injuries and keep that individual on pace and moving forward as efficiently as possible? Coaches need to think outside of the box and realize that there is almost always a solution to [...]