Mental or Practice Problem?
Mental toughness is a phrase bandied about rather liberally. I have had many athletes come to me with a reputation of poor mental concentration. In almost every case I found it was not a mental problem, but a practice problem. If you are not logging your hours on the court, you will not […]
Junior Racquetball Rules
Junior racquetball guidelines: Full disclosure-this was written many years ago and these days I am coaching only seven kids and they are all at different skill levels. That makes some of these items I used to do, difficult. At the same time I am teaching racquetball there is pickleball in the gym and I […]
The Rest of the Story
The late Paul Harvey used to have a radio segment called; “The Rest of the Story.” In this segment he had interesting facts about historical events and people. Here are three of my recent “rest of the stories”! I apologize to the bulk of my audience who are too young to remember Paul Harvey. […]
Training Daze!
Dear Coach, Could you please set up my training every day from now until January? Signed Game Ball Dear Game Ball, Yes, if you can share with me your personal schedule day in and day out from now until January? Sounds like a tough job? Each day your schedule will change and have to […]
Twisty Wristy vs Flat Attack!
Rekill vs skip! Nothing is worse than hitting that perfect serve, getting a weak return and then putting it into the floor. My favorite saying I stole from the late Dr. Bud Muehleisen, “The floor beats most people!” Why the UE? (Unforced error) Top reasons– 1. Poor racquet preparation-Keep the racquet above your waist […]
End The Rallies!
Racquetball Rally…….End it or Extend it?? Stop being a retriever! Are you a retriever? A good retriever gets to everything and extends rallies only to frustrate their opponent into finally making an error. Unfortunately, just retrieving only takes you so far. To go to the top you have to end the rally, not extend […]
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 […]