Coach Wars

So I receive all sorts of mail from other sports and I love reading articles about coaching and specifically, youth coaching. There was an article about how to approach your child’s coach about more playing time for your son or daughter. It seemed to be a reasonable article to me. I did think that teaching […]

Pro-act or Re-act?

Do you react to game situations or pro-act? Case in point: Referee allows an opponent receiving serve to raise their racquet, lower it after you check and then raise it again. They call a fault on your ace. You go nuts and start arguing with the ref who hits you with a technical. React! Same […]

Fee or Free?

I was talking to some players years ago and it was real late as the matches were running late. I get asked this question. “What is the best thing you can do to improve?” My answer-“Play racquetball.” Next question, “No, I mean what drill is the best or what do you look for?” My answer, […]

Little Things=Big Differences!

Little things can make a big difference. Here is one. Everybody knows (well almost) that to hit a good shot on both sides of the court you should change your grip. This gives you a longer injury-free career. What everybody may not know is the angle of the wrist with the arm is just as […]

Spin Cycles

This question was first posed to me back in the 1980s. Coach, When you hit the ball what kind of spin does it have? Over, under or side? Me: Say what? Recently a big discussion on fb and all sorts of comments. It is really interesting that my bio-mechanics PHD guy swore it was sidespin. […]

Don’t Quit on Talent Even if Talent Quits on You?

Attitude-two players-two very different attitudes. Player A has all the talent in the world. This player has everything but conditioning and work ethic. For whatever reason this player is happy being a good player but unless this player changes their work ethic, will eventually not even be a good player. To make matters worse this […]

Slow Ball For Workouts?

Today I want to talk about the chess game that goes on when you play unorthodox players. I specifically am talking about playing slow ball Sam or Samantha-We have a guy at our club who only plays with one ball. It is slooooooowww and he is a squash guy. First, I was thinking no way […]

Jammed Up Forehands

  I was pouring through video last night and came across a problem with an athlete who complained of getting jammed with the ball. He told me his swing did not feel right and sure enough when I viewed the video I saw him “hovering” too close to the ball on the forehand side. To […]

Coaching the Uncomfortable

I saw this quote regarding coaches in the National Football League. ”I could tell you that with the best coaches, you’re typically gonna be uncomfortable. They’re not here to make you comfortable. They’re here to get the most out of you. And, coaches who are poking and prodding and pushing and being demanding, they tend […]

Movin’ On Up!

This came across the desk yesterday, “Coach don’t want to ruffle feathers, but would you address players who attend Natl. Events and play Elites locally and drop two divisions so they can win a medal.” I hate this and actually have a theory on it. The type of person who would not challenge themselves for […]