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 […]
Try Easier!
Do not try harder! Say what? Coach, this goes against everything I was taught!! Many moons ago I was enjoying an adult beverage with a friend of mine who I played every week. He said, “I’ll tell you one weakness in your game if you tell me one weakness in mine.” So I proceeded to […]
No Step Drive Serve!
Ever try the no step drive serve? When we wrote the instructor’s manual a few years ago my colleagues were aghast that i wanted to write about the no step drive serve. Apparently that is blasphemy in the racquetball world. I was voted down on that as well as other fundamental truths of racquetball. […]
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. […]