Day in the Life of….

  Another day in the life of Coach Winterton– I am going over video with one of my athletes and the topic of shot selection comes up. I am noticing something at crucial points in the match. Now stay with me out there in racquetball land because this is important. The left corner pinch is […]

Be Where Your Feet Are!

  It seems like a simple thing but it is not. Keep your upper body over your lower body. Say what? Okay–you should not be bending forward at the waist to get to a shot. This puts you off balance. Arch your lower back, stay straight and centered. Your movement will be much better. How […]

Playing Pressure Racquetball

  Keep your opponent under pressure! Time outs in Racquetball are an art form. Scenario-you are winning and your opponent calls a timeout to regroup. Time is now in and we are ready to continue and you are serving. This is an opportunity to put your opponent away. If you can win these next rallies […]

Are You a Linebacker or a Cat?

    Return of serve stance and start. I get this a lot. A wide stance keeps you low on the ball on return of serve. Yes, if the ball is within your reach or stride. If not, you will be in no position to return a serve offensively. So to me the wide stance […]

Amateur vs Expert

  File this one under “Everybody is an expert”. I recently ran into a situation that explains the difference between an amateur coach and an expert coach. Coach had an athlete playing another athlete with an unbelievable backhand. Coach had his athlete serve almost every serve to the opponent’s forehand because logically the forehand was […]

Hall of Fame For Our Great Game!

Hall of Fame speeches! Each year one to three folks are inducted into the Hall of Fame. I guess now that there are so many halls of fame I should delineate the USAR Hall of Fame. This is for indoor racquetball, and excellence of age groups, contributors and athletes. I have been thinking about the […]