POWERED BY TRUCKS: Time to eat up- it’s bulking season
CalHiSports Insights December 20, 2012 0
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
TRAINING TIME: Core Training, Part II, Goals and progression
CalHiSports Insights December 20, 2012 0
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
HEALTH WATCH: Kick start heart safety: Promote AED availability
CalHiSports Insights December 20, 2012 0
Sudden Cardiac Failure in the young athlete is not common, but when this occurs the consequences are devastating. The rate of occurrence is about 1/200,000 per year in the U.S. athletic population. The underlying factors are difficult to screen for, and the most common first symptom is sudden death.... Read more
BEHIND THE CLIPBOARD: Refs aren’t plotting against your school
CalHiSports Insights December 3, 2012 0
The refs have always hated our school, and we just lost a football game because of some really horrible calls. Why aren’t there better refs? — F.K., Oakland Actually, there are two questions, and the first is “Why do the refs hate my school?” The answer to that... Read more
HEALTH WATCH: Causes of shin splints, and best medicine is rest
CalHiSports Insights December 3, 2012 0
Medial tibial stress syndrome, commonly referred to as shin splints, is the most common leg injury in distance runners. This problem is primarily characterized as pain and tenderness when running, along the posteromedial tibial crest, where deep flexor muscles attach to the tibia. The pain will vary from mild... Read more
BEHIND THE CLIPBOARD: Acknowledging imperfections
CalHiSports Insights November 15, 2012 0
Our football team is pretty good but the coach doesn’t seem to care about anything but defense. He puts the best players on defense, he tells us that we can’t lose if the other team doesn’t score and he never seems to say much about our offense. I like... Read more
TRAINING TIME: Build your way to being the best athlete you can be
CalHiSports Insights November 15, 2012 0
Last week I discussed what plyometrics are and why the majority of high school athletes are wasting their time if they jump right into a high intensity plyometric program. Now it doesn’t mean that the only thing a beginning athlete should do is strength train. It should be... Read more
HEALTH WATCH: Closer look at elbow injuries in young pitchers
BaseballCalHiSports InsightsHigh School Baseball/Softball November 15, 2012 0
With the baseball postseason coming to end, it’s perhaps no better time to talk about elbow injuries in our young athletes who play baseball, particularly pitchers. There has been increasing talk about elbow injuries, particularly after the Washington Nationals decided to shut down Stephen Strasburg for the season after... Read more
POWERED BY TRUCKS: Make your bench lifts more impressive
CalHiSports Insights November 15, 2012 0
The bench press is one of the most widely performed lifts in the world. If you walk into any gym in America you will most likely find that there is a line just to use the bench press. It’s all about who can press the most weight. Now if... Read more
BEHIND THE CLIPBOARD: Three-sport athletes a thing of the past
CalHiSports InsightsMulti-Sport October 23, 2012 0
My dad can’t understand why I only play one sport. He says that things were better when there were three-sport athletes and kids didn’t focus so much on one thing. Should I really try to play three sports in high school? K.D., Piedmont This a complicated question in... Read more
TRAINING TIME: Most high school athletes aren’t equipped to benefit from plyometrics
CalHiSports Insights October 23, 2012 0
This week I’m going to throw you for a loop and tell you that plyometric training means absolutely NOTHING for a lot of high school athletes. Why? Let me first give a very simple description of plyometric activity: It’s basically defined as movement that enables a muscle to reach... Read more
Tri STEPS: Coaching dedicated young swimmers reinforces what I’ve learned from sport
CalHiSports Insights October 23, 2012 0
I have been an endurance athlete for most of my life — a swimmer for over 20 years, and approaching 10 years as a triathlete. In the past 20 years, I’ve also taught and coached thousands of athletes of all levels and ages. From both sides of the water,... Read more
