Six Ways to Improve Practice
Six ways to make practice more efficient. 1. Set objectives-ie I will hit 7 perfect forehand killshots out of 10 setups. 2. Set realistic objectives-if you have a poor forehand, don’t set a 10 out of 10 objective unless you are prepared to be disappointed! Start small and build to the 10 of 10! 3. […]
Over-Coached, Under-Taught
This quote came from a post a couple of years ago. Brad H, I thank you! Brad told the story of a player who told his basketball coach, “This sport is over-coached and under-taught”! This got me thinking of OC and UT situations in racquetball. Here are some specific examples at all levels of play. […]
Daily Racquetball Goals
Generally all of my lessons start the same way. “What are your goals?” How do your goals match your lifestyle, job, school, family, relationships etc.? How much time do you have to devote to racquetball excellence? To be good at it, you must make a schedule to train and get to work. To be great […]
12 Tips For Coaches
The World Junior Championships were held a few weeks ago and I spent hours watching my athletes play. I had five players from different countries and they all played great and it was and still is an honor to work with them. But during the tournament I saw what I consider huge coaching errors made […]
Coach “Over-Coach”
Game planning can be over-rated for advanced players. Too much game planning can be counter-productive. Here is an example of over-preparation. 1. Coach or well-meaning friend-“This player is very weak on any shot above their waist. Keep the ball there.” 2. Coach-“This player has a weak backhand so keep the ball on that side of […]
5,209 and counting!
TODAY MARKS THE 5,209TH TIP OF THE DAY I HAVE PUBLISHED! For 5,209 consecutive days I have given you a racquetball tip of the day! Each day, I get up early, and post a tip of the day that has been written well in advance. To the athletes I coach: Special thanks. It is an […]
10 Improvement Tips
These days with fewer tournaments, how do you know if you are improving. Well, if you are killing every ball in practice you might be improving but remember these things….. 1. Almost impossible to simulate tournament conditions, especially the mental pressure. 2. There is practice tough and there is tournament tough. The latter means more […]
Anger Posts
“Im mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more!” so goes the line from the movie, Network back in the old days. Well on rball community within the past months I have seen several misguided and uninformed posts. Racquetball public–please take note. I wish I could go into specifics–I really […]
Building Acronyms!
Want to get mentally tougher? Why not build your own acronym? An acronym is a collection of letters that stands for something but forms a word. PUP-I put this on my shoe and folks thought I was an animal lover. I am, but PUP stood for Poise under pressure. Often in tight matches I would […]
State Board Blues
For three years I served on the Arizona State Board and I am now going on year 5 with a little break between terms. Prior to that I had stints as the NY State President back in the day and the NY State Board. Why do I do this? To give something back to the […]