Steps to the Top

A few months ago I had an, aspiring pro visiting me for help. I am going over video now and developing a game plan for this young phenom. For any coaching plan to be successful, I need the answer to one question, “What is your goal?” Once I have the goal we can attack the […]

Best Coaches

This question threw me at first. I had to really think about it. The question was, Who are the best coaches you ever saw or coached against? Who is the best coach of all time? Wow, those are real loaded questions for sure. Let me illustrate with a story. When I was head coach of […]

I Hate The XYZ Ball!!

Help! I hate the ball we are playing with! I hate the court we are playing on. I hate the ref in charge of this match. I hate the (fill in the blank). When I hear this I can forecast what is coming. The athlete has their built-in excuse. I always use the xyz ball […]

Price of Gold

This was touched on in a recent fb post that caught my eye with a young athlete from Stanford who committed suicide. HBO sports had a one hour documentary titled “The Weight of Gold” on the topic of mental health issues young athletes face. The stories athletes shared reminded me so much of my days […]

Unconscious Competence

So Kevin asks this question of me a few days ago. “How do YOU get players to “think on every shot??” (Or better yet, how do you get players to hit the right shot without even thinking??) First, perfect is impossible. Nobody is perfect and the chaos of racquetball or any sport means dealing with […]

The Best Coach Ever!!

I have a weekly newsletter I send out to my families, friends, and players I coach. In this newsletter I try to include some training science, useful advice, and relevant information to the racquetball wars. Some time ago this happened and I included it in my weekly newsletter. It proved so popular I am releasing […]

You Might Need Some Coaching If…..

With all due respect to Jeff Foxworthy–You might need of coaching if…….. 1. You aim bottom board and hit the front wall ten feet high. 2. Your warmup time is twice as long as it takes an opponent to beat you two games. 3. Your mother picks someone else for her doubles partner. 4. Your […]

Players, Celebs and Gurus

What is a racquetball celebrity? I guess there are no definitive answers but in a recent conversation with one of my respected pros they kind of dropped it on me that I was a racquetball “name” of stature. This is something I never planned. I was a player. All I wanted to do was be […]

Time Out or Flame Out?

So I am hunkering down in front of my computer for one of my “days off”. Problem is I have athletes playing in the Midwest, Mexico, and High School Nationals. I also have athletes preparing for some big tournaments coming up. So a day off means scouting, and watching matches. So I could not help […]

Charting or Scouting?

Charting and scouting are two different things in my mind. Let me pre-qualify this post with I was an English major, not a math major. So when I see all of these stats on which side so and so is most proficient I often think it might not be that simple. If I played a […]