Bad Business, Great Coaching!
So I am wandering around the endless threads in facebook and I come across this snapshot and post. JT Rball posted this photo of racquetball courses offered by Udemy courses. I had to comment that this was part of two dumb financial deals that I made back 24 years ago. The video deal and […]
Critics Beware!!
It is easy to be the critic! Nowhere is this more true than racquetball fans. There are many things fans do not know and fans can be brutal. Here are some examples of what you see may not be what is the total truth. This happened to me more than once. A few years […]
Focus on Goal, not Immediate Results!
Over 50 years ago I got out of the United States Air Force and decided to go to college. Those were weird days for me as I had been in Europe from 1966 to 1969. I used my leave time to visit Europe and experience life in other countries rather than coming home. It was […]
The Art of Doubles
The game of Doubles is a lot of fun. A few weeks ago I got into a doubles game with a few friends and I played with a partner i did not know. This player was all into racquetball and loved the game. This athlete possessed some amazing athletic ability. This athlete also possessed […]
Racquetball Player or Person Who Plays Racquetball?
I hit a nerve a few weeks ago when I sent out my weekly reader. All of my players and athletes get a weekly reader from me. Each week I search for articles of importance that are relevant to training and excellence. This article pertained to life after your competing career is over. Sadly, that […]
Might Not be a Mental Problem
Dear Coach, I have an athlete who does everything great in practice but in a match is helpless and clueless. Do you have any advice for this athlete? Signed Coach of Choker! Dear Coach of Choker, One of my favorite Sports psych friends put it this way, “This player does not have a psychological […]
Happy New Year
Happy New Year! Today is the day we make all of these resolutions for the new year. Here are a few of mine-from last year–and happy to say-I was successful and here are the ten for this year!! Rather than go on and on about our accomplishments this year-I am saving it for a later […]
No Time Timeout Talk
Coaches-don’t talk so much! Recently I had the pleasure of observing some young and upcoming coaches. All of them are excellent players and all of them are great role models for the kids. All of them talked too much! Picture this: Time out and your coach says: Use the backhand lob z and be […]
Swim In The Big River
Some time ago social media started burning up when someone complained about doubles prize money. Curious, I went to the home page on the tournament website and the rules of prize payout were posted. Here is my thought on that. 1. I cannot get this out of my head. When I was a top […]
Technique Modernization of Racquetball Nation
The 70s and 80s racquetball techniques have changed drastically with one exception; the Dave and Gregg Peck School of racquetball. They were way ahead of their time, having conferred with movement experts and linked science and racquetball very early in our game’s history. Tennis has gone through the same growing pains racquetball now is. […]