Strength Training for Kids

Should You Let Your Child Strength Train Your kids are playing sports. They’re practicing. They’re training. You bring them to and from practice and watch their games, but have you ever given much thought to what they are actually doing at those practices? After watching a number of practices myself and talking with other parents …

Shooting Coordination Drill # 1 Our shooting training drills improve your team’s shooting on goal instantly. Also find great expert advice and tips for your players on effective shooting. Print/Download This Drill Basic Information Age Group: (8-11yrs) (12-15yrs) (16-Adult) Number of Players: 10+ Difficulty: Medium-Hard Time: 15-20 min. Emphasis: Finishing Field Preparation: 4 groups 2x goals …

Players that practice tennis agility drills focusing on quickness, reaction time and speed will see improved coordination, explosiveness and speed.

For a first serve that wins points, follow our tips on how to make your tennis serve your biggest weapon.

Wall Passes # 2 The best way to improve a passing drill in soccer when the squad simply won’t appear to understand it. An excellent routine is usually to show exactly what a effective soccer passing drill needs to look like with the team ahead of getting them to carry it out by themselves. Teach …

How To Play Fantasy Football – A Beginner’s Guide for Girls When I first met my husband (way back in college) he was playing Fantasy Sports.  Flash forward to today and his love for Fantasy (football and baseball) is still going strong. Over the years his group of friends have taken the “sport” to a …

Football season is rolling in, ladies! This means cheering on your favorite team on Sunday afternoons, tailgating at the stadium or even gathering with friends for football parties! Don’t be left out in cheering on your favorite team! Update your football wardrobe with a new sweatshirt and a few accessories! No longer do we have …

Football Passing Warm Up  Print/Download This Drill Basic Information Age Group: (5-7yrs) (8-11yrs) (12-15yrs) Number of Players: 4+ Difficulty: Easy Time: 5 min. Emphasis: Passing, Ball Control, Dribbling Field Preparation: supply of balls cones to mark off area​ Description: players pass to targets at back of each box and switch places targets in box can …

The overhead is a shot in tennis that will typically be hit off of a lob. If you are moving towards the net and putting pressure on your opponent.

Team Tag # 1 Here is a drill that works on speed dribbling and getting the ball under control after dribbling with speed. The objective is to develop ball familiarity. Print/Download This Drill Basic Information Age Group: (5-7yrs) (8-11yrs) (12-15yrs) Number of Players: 8+ Difficulty: Easy-Medium Time: 10-15 min. Emphasis: Dribbling Field Preparation: 2 teams …

Doubles drills can be beneficial to improve a player’s net game. These tennis drills serves to develop the quick reflexes which are essential in playing a tennis doubles match.

The perfect family day at the NFL Training Camps

I can hardly believe that we are rolling into FOOTBALL SEASON!! The guys in my house get pretty excited, dinner talk turns to football, Sundays are spent watching football and evenings hanging with neighborhood kids have turned from wiffle ball games to touch football games! We are lucky enough to live just outside Indianapolis, so …

Tennis doubles drills or practice can help you build up your overall game both as singles and doubles players.

Swinging Volleys, Volleys, and Transition Game. Lessons. Approach Shot and Volley Patterns; Defensive Tactics and Passing Shots; Half Volley Tips and Drills.

Touchline Passing # 3 The following soccer passing drills are aimed at developing passing ability. They are suitable for improving the football skills of passing. Print/Download This Drill Basic Information Age Group: (8-11yrs) (12-15yrs) (16-Adult) Number of Players: 8+ Difficulty: Easy Time: 5-15 min. Emphasis: Passing, Heading Field Preparation: 2 groups grid (20yds x 30yds) …

Triangle Passing Professional Dribbling, Passing and Finishing Drills & Soccer Coaching Tricks. Improve your coaching skills by learning the best practices by top youth coaches. Print/Download This Drill Basic Information Age Group: (5-7yrs)(8-11yrs) (12-15yrs) (16-Adult) Number of Players: 4+ Difficulty: Medium Time: 10-15 min. Emphasis: Passing Field Preparation: groups of 4 each group with 2 …

Vertical Pass Plus Finish # 1 Advanced beginner soccer finishing drills designed for players that have perfected the technique of finishing/shooting as well as scoring with many parts of their body. Most of these training sessions can easily add pressure and additional advanced finishing abilities. Standard Main Coaching Points: Make certain to keep head and …

Everybody Is It # 2 Print/Download This Drill Basic Information Age Group: (5-7yrs) (8-11yrs) (12-15yrs) Number of Players: 5+ Difficulty: Easy Time: 5-10 min. Emphasis: Dribbling, Passing Field Preparation: each player with a ball grid (15yds x 20yds) cones to mark off area Description: players attempt to shoot their ball against another player’s ball if …

Everybody Is It Print/Download This Drill Basic Information Age Group: (5-7yrs) (8-11yrs) (12-15yrs) Number of Players: 6+ Difficulty: Easy Time: 5-10 min. Emphasis: Dribbling, Passing Field Preparation: each player with a ball grid (15yds x 20yds) cones to mark off area Description: players attempt to pass their ball against another player’s ball to be awarded …

Sports Mom Secrets

Sam’s Club Shopping Tips If you are like me, you might feel like you are always running out of food! Always.  We are about to hit a stage where we will spend the most amount of money on groceries ever. EVER. Our boys are 13, 12 and 10 and the amount they consume continues to …

A rally in tennis is a collective name given to a sequence of back and forth shots between players, within a point.

Successful tennis doubles teams don’t wait to see what might happen, they make things happen.

Many tennis players warm up incorrectly before tennis matches and fail to cool down afterward.

Dribbling Warm Up Print/Download This Drill Basic Information Age Group: (5-7yrs) (8-11yrs) (12-15yrs) Number of Players: 2+ Difficulty: Easy Time: 5-10 min. Emphasis: Dribbling Field Preparation: 3-4 players max. per station each player with a ball supply of cones repeat setup to accommodate the entire team Description: players dribble in V pattern as shown   …

Small Sided Shooting Game # 1 This drill is a shooting game that will help finishing and can be used in a session on training your strikers, movement and finishing in the final third. Print/Download This Drill Basic Information Age Group: (8-11yrs) (12-15yrs) (16-Adult) Number of Players: 8+ Difficulty: Medium Time: 15-25 min. Emphasis: Finishing …