So, You Want to be a Coach?

So you want to be a coach! Join the ever expanding list of experts!! Racquetball players are competitors all so coaches hate to lose; especially if their athletes are playing another coach’s athletes. The best thing you can do as a coach is work as hard as you can for your athletes. Develop a coaching […]

Chasing Championships

Some time ago after a national tournament I got a text from a colleague of mine that went like this: “Boy you had a rough day. You lost every match on center court! The funny thing is I did not see any of it like that. I did not lose anything because i did not […]

Repeating Poor Mechanics Makes you Better…..at Poor Mechanics

  A while ago, in a conversation with one of my athletes it came up that he heard from a legend that he should play better players mostly. That works if your technique is good. Well shoot, that works I guess if your technique is not good either. But consider this idea: Most players should […]

The Junior Coaching Summit

Some weeks ago I had a great conference meeting with some of my junior’s parents. It is fun to work with parents so dedicated to getting their children the best instruction. The young athletes want wins and now! However, hurrying up the development process is not an easy or good idea with junior athletes. I […]

Too Many Coaches

I hate it when another coach jumps in and spoils what I am trying to do. I am fussy about what I do and how I do it. Mixed messages to athletes mess up the end result. Here is an example: Athlete has an issue hitting “floaters” cross court. Opponents get fooled, are out of […]

Adults with Work Ethics

Yesterday I posted some feedback regarding my amazing athletes that have chosen me for a coach. I talked about the juniors and today- The adults What they get right- Adults understand life due to more experience and I find the guidance on different problems is not needed as much as it is for youngsters developing […]

Juniors With Work Ethics

I have some amazing young and older athletes that have signed on with me. Their desire to excel is the fuel that drives my passion for coaching. The Juniors These kids are trying to get all the information they can from me as fast as they can. They fill the court with hours of practice […]

Moving Up

So I have these athletes moving up through the chain of excellence. Their games get better and better. They defeat someone they have never beaten before and folks are beginning to notice their improvement. Then they (the athletes) begin to think, “I have arrived.” I don’t need to practice as much and I can just […]

Leaning Syrndrome

Leaning syndrome is a term I have coined after watching many players throughout my video reading. LS symptoms include, weak drive serves, poor footwork, and front wall side wall shots into center court. Quite simply LS occurs when the player has all their weight on the front foot and no weight on the back foot. […]

Local Legend or Big Dog?

Local Legend vs National I remember walking into one of my first tournaments. In came the rock star guys, the guys in the finals all the time. All eyes were on the top dogs. In walked me . No respect does not even cover it. I had no clue what I was doing and got […]