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To prepare for the athletic demands of football, you cannot just do any generic exercise regimen.
Explosiveness, Parenting a young athlete, Strength, Youth Coaching, Youth Football, youth sports

How to Prepare for the Strength Demands of Football

Most people who participate in extracurricular athletic endeavors often believe that an athletic pastime like boxing or wrestling can prepare you for a sport like football. As a result, in the youth football off-season, a lot of kids focus on activities like karate, crossfit or Brazilian jiujitsu as way of staying in shape while football is out. While I do believe that, participating in multiple athletic … Continue reading How to Prepare for the Strength Demands of Football

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Explosiveness, Strength, weight lifting

The Real Difference Between Calisthenics and Weight Lifting

Many people believe that the real difference between bodyweight exercise and weight lifting is only in the difference between using bodyweight and external weight for resistance. This is not true. Both ways of training will make you “stronger” but what does that mean in the context of sports like football, boxing, MMA, track and field or even powerlifting? Well, as many of you have already … Continue reading The Real Difference Between Calisthenics and Weight Lifting

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Being a parent who is emotionally invested in your child's success is a good thing.
Parenting a young athlete, Youth Football, youth sports

Make No Mistake About It … You Should Live Vicariously Through Your Child.

In today’s world, it is very common for people to want to coddle their kids. As a result, when they see you pushing your kid to train and practice, people often assume that you are being abusive or hard on the child. People say things like “you’ll take the fun out of the sport if you keep pushing him (or her) so hard.” Moreover, there is … Continue reading Make No Mistake About It … You Should Live Vicariously Through Your Child.

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Sports Legends are both Born and Made!
Strength, Youth Coaching, Youth Football

Sports Legends are both Born and Made!

Right now, if you were to look across social media, you would see an endless number of people who will tell you that, “You can be whatever you want to be, you just gotta grind harder than the next person.” Basically, they’re saying that in order to be great, you have to outwork and want victory more than the next person. Well, I’ll tell you … Continue reading Sports Legends are both Born and Made!

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No kid is born with the hands of Jerry Rice, not even Jerry Rice
Youth Boxing, Youth Football

How To Teach Your Kid to Play Football

Many parents have lofty football aspirations for their children. However, people need to be real about what will be required to make their child exceptional on the football field. The reality is that, no kid is born with the hands of Jerry Rice … not even Jerry Rice. It takes lots of relentless work. That being said, there will be times when your kid may … Continue reading How To Teach Your Kid to Play Football

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Real athletic training isn't about aesthetics. It's about performance on the field.
Youth Football, youth sports

Getting Buff is Not Getting Fit.

When training a youth athlete, you cannot be overly concerned with the aesthetics that the mainstream fitness community is so pre-occupied with. The reality of athletics is that, it is not a bodybuilding show where the most ripped guy is automatically declared superior. Performance is a priority and results are based on what you can do and not how you look. That being said, so … Continue reading Getting Buff is Not Getting Fit.

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Functional training is a term that has been thrown around a lot. But what is functional for MMA may not be so for football and vice versa.
Explosiveness, Strength, youth sports

The Difference Between MMA Athleticism and Football Athleticism

It wasn’t so long ago that I was watching an MMA event on pay-per-view, when I heard one of the commentators saying that MMA athletes are the most conditioned athletes in the world. Since that time, I have come into contact with many BJJ Black Belts as well as professional and amateur fighters. Many of these athletes really believe that their levels of athleticism are … Continue reading The Difference Between MMA Athleticism and Football Athleticism

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Explosiveness, Speed, Strength, Youth Football

If You’re Trying to Make Your Child Buff, Then You Could Be Hurting His Athleticism.

The sad thing about the mainstream fitness industry is that most people associate weight or resistance training with getting buff or swole. As a result, many people avoid weights and opt to jump on a treadmill. Or the go to the opposite extreme and pursue excessive muscle gain. Moreover, the top Youtube fitness gurus are all buff and ripped. They put motivational videos up and … Continue reading If You’re Trying to Make Your Child Buff, Then You Could Be Hurting His Athleticism.

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