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TIAPEPE VITALE De La Salle – Football
Despite suffering a shoulder injury on the team’s second possession of the CIF Open Division Bowl championship game, the senior tailback delivered a vintage Spartans performance. He rushed 26 times for 145 yards and four touchdowns to help lift De La Salle to a 48-28 win over Centennial-Corona, cementing... Read more
Justin Alumbaugh will all but likely be asked to replace the most famous high school football coach in America.  Read more
Scott Rasmussen may have been the only conflicted fan at the CIF Northern Regional Open Bowl Read more
Deer Valley’s 6-10 talent Marcus Lee burned up recruiting lists and is likely to do the same to opponents. Read more
State runners-up two of the past three years, St. Mary’s-Berkeley is ready to say ‘Enough!’ Read more
 Warming up should be a focus in every workout and race.  Plan a warm-up sequence before every workout. A good warm-up should include jogging and exercises that help your muscles and joints get ready, as well as work on form, agility, balance, coordination and efficiency. Even in hot weather... Read more
This week I’d like to share the missing link in most of your athlete’s training and sports programs that is hindering their performance and greatly increasing their chance of pain and injury.  Picture for a moment the daily stress to your athletes’ bodies. They sit in a desk all... Read more
Shoulder Subluxations and Their Treatment
Shoulder subluxations are a common wrestling injury. Last year I wrote an article about reducing the risk of wrestling injuries. With the wrestling season upon us, here’s a follow up. Shoulder subluxations, along with other shoulder injuries, are among the most frequently seen high school wrestling injuries.  They represent... Read more
Why do football teams have so many coaches? The soccer team has just as many players.  R.J., Kentfield   It does seem like there are a lot of broad-necked men decked out in full Nike apparel on the sidelines of every high school game, but there are reasons that... Read more
It’s finally the holidays, and if you’re anything like me, you’re bundled up to avoid the cold weather, and you just can’t help but want to eat everything in sight. So you’re gaining a little weight? Who cares?  Unless you have a figure competition coming up or you’re going... Read more
In my last article I discussed the importance of core stability and how vital it is for optimal force generation in sport performance and injury reduction. This week we’ll take a closer look at core training.  Core training is more than just training the abdominals, it involves a systematic... Read more