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 […]
Ref Rules
Some do’s and do nots of reffing.I know you may be trapped into reffing sooner or later. Here are a few things referees should not do. These are my pet peeves. 1. Never turn to the crowd or folks watching with the old “these guys are jerks” line, even if they are. Be objective. […]
You Might Need Coaching If….
With all due respect to Jeff Foxworthy–You might need of coaching if…….. 1. You aim bottom board and hit the front wall ten feet high. 2. Your warmup time is twice as long as it takes an opponent to beat you two games. 3. Your mother picks someone else for her doubles partner. 4. Your […]
Racquetball Player or Celeb?
What is a racquetball celebrity? I guess there are no definitive answers but in a recent conversation with one of my respected pros they kind of dropped it on me that I was a racquetball “name” of stature. This is something I never planned. I was a player. All I wanted to do […]
Practice Objective: Get Better
Practice play should be designed for one thing-to make you a better player. I was watching some practice play recently at our Elite Camp and it made me think of my practice partners that I played back in the day. The best practice partner I ever had and I were reminiscing recently. Once we […]
Hey, You’re Cheating!
The game within the game refers to the things done to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Here is are two scenarios, one I observed at a recent tournament and the other to me personally. In this recent tournament my doubles team is up 9-4 breaker and the kid from the other team […]
Racquetball’s Yadda Yadda and Blah Blah’s
Most racquetball players have a fairly big ego or they would not be able to survive the wars within the little boxes of 40x20x20. Those egos lead to many errors in judgement. Here are a few that come to mind. 1. Believing you do not need coaching. This is the case of many good players […]