Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Here is my tip today. This is a great day for family and friends. Some of my athletes have lost people close to them and my heart goes out to them today. Enjoy your family and enjoy your friends and celebrate this most holy of all days on the Christian calendar. No Racquetball today and […]
Is It Me?
“Is it me?” One of my favorite sayings. I used to play cutthroat a couple of times per week and this one guy violates every etiquette rule of racquetball. So this tip is for all the “rude” players who do not seem to get it. Five rules of practice play etiquette. 1. Do not […]
Old School Training Methods
Alternative training methods pop up from some of the “old school” legends from time to time on the blogs and internet. Here are some of my likes and dislikes: Like the idea of having only three main strings and three crosses for sweet spot contact with the ball. Dislike the idea of playing with weighted […]
C Players for Center Court?
“I want to play on the showcase court. I am a C player, and I would like to be on that court.” Never used to get this back in the day, but these days, things change. Why C players should be on the show court. 1. Anyone not a top player could watch and […]
Racquetball Roadie Day
A while back I traveled to a secret location to work with some open players and pro athletes. It was not work and it was a blast but as I sat in the airport waiting for my flight out of Dodge I realized: 1. I had spent 7 hours Friday and 4 hours Saturday […]
Racquetball Mind Repair
Mind repair. When your car breaks down you go the garage and they find a part to replace the broken one. Here are seven “broken” mindsets and the parts below to replace them! 1. Uh Oh-here we go again. (forecasting your loss ahead of time!) 2. I can’t get my first serve in! (meaning-I am […]
Doubles Troubles!
Coach help-my partner sucks! I have gotten these from my athletes playing doubles more than once. I have pointed out some tips in previous posts about this but with addition of mixed doubles to international and national play, I think this may help some teams. To the Alpha player-Definition-clearly the most skilled member of the […]
Ten Qualities of Great Coaches
When I was first beginning my life as an athlete I was very fortunate to have some great coaches and mentors. Here are 10 things I can think of that great coaches do. I know there must be more so feel free to help me out on this one. Super-Coaches know how to: 1. […]
Change Angles and Paces-Get More Aces!
One of the things I see in many matches is the underutilization of the service box. Player A serves from the right of center and hits drive serves left, right and a z serve right. This is a good basic offense for Player A. Player B starts same as player A but then moves left […]
Jitters
Help Coach! I gots the tournament jitters in my home town! With many of the athletes I coach this one happens. It happened to me also because everyone in my club expected me to be undefeated because I was their club pro. No matter who you are when you are in your home surroundings […]