Are You Someone Who Plays Racquetball?
Disclaimer: Life Coach Post! I hit a nerve a few weeks ago when I sent out my weekly reader. All of my players and athletes get a weekly reader from me. Each week I search for articles of importance that are relevant to training and excellence. This article pertained to life after your competing career […]
Pay Them
Facebook started burning up some time ago when someone complained about doubles prize money. Curious, I went to the home page on the tournament website and the rules of prize payout were posted. Here is my thought on that. 1. I cannot get this out of my head. When I was a top open player […]
The Rochester Rocket
My first pro! Many people do not know this story so bear with me. The year was 1975 and into my classroom came this little kid. I was teaching 7th grade and he was in 6th grade. He told me he was going to beat me in racquetball. He had never played. I met up […]
Observations of Racquetball Nations
The World Junior Championships were held some months ago and I spent hours watching my athletes play. I had seven players from 3 different countries. All seven played great and it was and still is an honor to work with them. But during the tournament I saw what I consider huge errors made by juniors […]
Victory has a Price
Nobody but the athlete and the coach who has logged the time on the court knows and understands that feeling. A professional athlete must have confidence in the coach or the game plan, and multi-coaching will not work. If an athlete runs around getting different advice from different people they should go back to their […]
Game Plan, “Must Adjust!”
Scouting 101-scouting the champs is my job and it is fun to watch carefully the little things that will make the difference between winning and losing. Things I watch for: 1. Mental approach-how tough are they? Many champions are a house of cards-they appear impressive but take away one card and they are as tough […]
Brain Games
You never know where you will find tips for training and for help on your game. I am watching a tv show called Brain games. There I learned that our brains are programmed to watch movement. There was a clip of a football game and some cheerleaders on the sidelines. Then the viewers were asked […]
Ethics
Some years ago I returned to international team Coaching, as a private coach only, for the USA Junior team. It has been 14 years since I coached for the USA. I donated my time and efforts and I lost a ton of money but a few things prompted me to help the USA. The coaches […]
Process Poet
There is a reason for every kill shot and every miss. Know those reasons and your game takes off. My first question when I began playing was “Why did the ball go there when I was aiming over there?” Nobody I knew could really answer that question so I had to find out for myself. […]
The First Rule is No Rule?
The first rule is there are no rules-only guidelines! In a conversation I once had with the greatest player in racquetball history he made this statement: “You know it is hard to learn racquetball because there is always an exception to every rule. There are really no set rules when it comes to footwork and […]