Go Plan B
Think like the old boy and girl scouts motto–“Be Prepared”! If you are thrown a curve when least expecting, it could create havoc with your concentration. I have seen almost every dirty trick in the book. From hitting a guy in the face with an overhead to win a seniors title, to walking across a […]
Change Eye Level
Score more points by changing eye level! I am a baseball fan and love watching the games that go on with pitchers and hitters. The pitcher is constantly changing the location of pitches and creating confusion on the part of the hitter. So much confusion, the hitter fails at least 70% of the time! We […]
Don’t be a Fool for the 80-20 Rule!
This is a scenario that has played out again and again, in my classroom, on the athletic fields and on the racquetball courts. An extremely talented individual appears. They are so gifted I cannot believe my good luck! I know they will be a superstar! At the same time a seemingly ordinary person appears. They […]
Racquet World
You meet a lot of people in racquetball. In the 90s I met a young guy who was a decent player. He told me he thought he was going into racquetball business full time and I totally encouraged him to do so. Today that dude sits atop the RacquetWorld empire which is the largest racquetball […]
Undercover Racquetball Coach?
Some time ago I was doing my usual channel flipping in my man-cave in a man zoned out tv stupor when I stumble across this show called Undercover Billionaire. These billionaires get $100 and without their connections, name, etc they have to make a million dollars out of 100 in 90 days. This show had […]
Happy New Year! Welcome 2026!!
Happy New Year! Today is the day we make all of these resolutions for the new year. Here are a few of mine-from last year–and happy to say-I was successful and here are eleven for this year!! Rather than go on and on about our accomplishments this year-I am saving it for a later date–needless […]
Remote Coaching
Last year I had a student come in to work with me who has been doing video training with me for five months. Today was our first time on the court. We breezed through forehand, backhand, ceiling balls and serve in just under 3 hours. Usually this would take twice as long if this was […]
And You Worst of All!
Most of you are too young to remember this line from the character, Jan Brady , a middle child in a large tv family, who spoke this famous line from the old tv show, The Brady Bunch. “You’re all against me, and you worst of all!” This always make me think of any type of […]
Off Court Training
This question came to me through the chat room on a rare appearance for me on USA Racquetball Live Streaming in the men’s finals of the USA Racquetball Doubles and singles qualifying tournament a few years ago. Forgive me because I am paraphrasing but it went something like this-“How much time do you recommend on […]
Believe!
I was reading a thing the other day that struck me. It was a response to someone who had claimed their career was ruined by a few experts who told them they would never be any good. Those critics drove this person away from success. Their career was acting and the responses were swift. Most […]