TOD X 5,329

TODAY MARKS THE 5,329TH TIP OF THE DAY I HAVE PUBLISHED! For 5,329 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 […]

Legislating Racquetball in the board rooms or in the clubs–some rules to consider! 1. Do what is right! That means not what you want, but what is good for the players and the organization. Players’ welfare should come first in all decision making. 2. Do stand up against popular group-think if you are right. Do […]

Respect

Some time ago I was asked to write to athletes in Bolivia who were competing in the worlds. I was also asked in past years to address the USA junior team. Here is a basic outline of what i said to both teams! “It has been my honor to work with your coaches and some […]

Analysis of An Analysis

So I get my video sent to me by my friend. I asked him to shoot some video of one of my favorite junior players. I get a clip of the floor, two opponents in a doubles match, and not one swing for my junior player. When you are shooting video of a player-keep the […]

Coach Wars

So I receive all sorts of mail from other sports and I love reading articles about coaching and specifically, youth coaching. There was an article about how to approach your child’s coach about more playing time for your son or daughter. It seemed to be a reasonable article to me. I did think that teaching […]

Pro-act or Re-act?

Do you react to game situations or pro-act? Case in point: Referee allows an opponent receiving serve to raise their racquet, lower it after you check and then raise it again. They call a fault on your ace. You go nuts and start arguing with the ref who hits you with a technical. React! Same […]

Fee or Free?

I was talking to some players years ago and it was real late as the matches were running late. I get asked this question. “What is the best thing you can do to improve?” My answer-“Play racquetball.” Next question, “No, I mean what drill is the best or what do you look for?” My answer, […]

Little Things=Big Differences!

Little things can make a big difference. Here is one. Everybody knows (well almost) that to hit a good shot on both sides of the court you should change your grip. This gives you a longer injury-free career. What everybody may not know is the angle of the wrist with the arm is just as […]

Spin Cycles

This question was first posed to me back in the 1980s. Coach, When you hit the ball what kind of spin does it have? Over, under or side? Me: Say what? Recently a big discussion on fb and all sorts of comments. It is really interesting that my bio-mechanics PHD guy swore it was sidespin. […]

Don’t Quit on Talent Even if Talent Quits on You?

Attitude-two players-two very different attitudes. Player A has all the talent in the world. This player has everything but conditioning and work ethic. For whatever reason this player is happy being a good player but unless this player changes their work ethic, will eventually not even be a good player. To make matters worse this […]