Racquetball Elbow-Cause and Cure!
Coach, do you have any advice for chronic elbow pain? I can relate to that one. As a young man tearing up the courts with a 250g state of the art racquet I also tore up my elbow. My stroke mechanics were ugly ugly!! One day around Christmas of 1979 I felt a “pop” […]
Think for Yourself!
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 […]
Off-Court Training Tips
The lower back is often overlooked but it is crucial to the proper body integrity which leads to proper stroke mechanics. Consider this; everything we do in racquetball is a forward motion with our shoulders, and torso. We have to work the counter-movement forces in the transverse movements that are the forehand and backhand. If […]
Coach Shopping
I was an open player. (I was not great, but I was not that bad!) I remember one young pro saying to me, “you don’t know what it is like to play in front of 500 people.” (He was speaking of pro stops-and actually the finals of the Long Island Open back in the […]
Try Easier!
Do not try harder! Say what? Coach, this goes against everything I was taught!! Many moons ago I was enjoying an adult beverage with a friend of mine who I played every week. He said, “I’ll tell you one weakness in your game if you tell me one weakness in mine.” So I proceeded to […]
No Step Drive Serve!
Ever try the no step drive serve? When we wrote the instructor’s manual a few years ago my colleagues were aghast that i wanted to write about the no step drive serve. Apparently that is blasphemy in the racquetball world. I was voted down on that as well as other fundamental truths of racquetball. […]
How Coaching Can Impact a Life
You never know how your coaching can have an effect on other people. I am often asked why I am not retired and why I work so many hours coaching up folks, meeting with them, and promoting racquetball. Last week a student from Arizona State contacted me and asked to meet me. I thought […]
Find A Coach-Stick With Them!
I hate it when I do not have the undivided attention of an athlete. It is not an ego thing either; it is an efficiency thing. Let me explain. I have a way of doing things. I see a problem and then attack it. The way I coach is different than most out there. […]
The Weight 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 […]
More Z Serve Variation in Racquetball Nation
Z serving for points can be an art form. Many players tend to have one Z serve. Good-but how many have three or four different Z serves? Your opponent will get used to your Z serve eventually so you have to have more than one in your arsenal. Here is a way to add […]