Help SportStars Support Youth Sports
CalHiSports InsightsMulti-Sport September 28, 2015 0
Challenges. We face them at every level of sports — and youth sports faces challenges of many kinds – especially funding. That’s why SportStars continually endeavors to expand its reach and offer our help. The magazine has one of the lowest ad rate costs of any major sports media... Read more
FIRST PITCH: Respecting the Classics
CalHiSports Insights September 9, 2015 0
Nine times out of 10 in this magazine, our features and coverage will be centered on a specific player or team. Not too often does the coach get a spotlight treatment. That being said, it doesn’t mean they aren’t some of our favorite people to deal with... Read more
POWERED BY TRUCKS: Best Season EVER
CalHiSports InsightsFootballHigh School Football August 21, 2015 0
If you happen to be, or have been, an athlete in any sport then you know how important it is for you to have the best season of your life every season. For me, the sport of choice was football. I was blessed to be able to... Read more
BEHIND THE CLIPBOARD: Embrace The Process, Not Expectations
CalHiSports InsightsFootballHigh School Football August 21, 2015 0
Our football team hasn’t been that good recently, but this year, we’re going to shock the world. We’ve had a great offseason, our new coaches are super and we’ve all made it our goal to win the league. No one thinks we can do it and people tell... Read more
Each year in early August, myself and SportStars Sac-Joaquin content coordinator, Jim McCue, sit down and begin to plan out our football coverage — and not just for the Preview, but for the season as a whole, too. Often times we throw out questions to one another... Read more
POWERED BY TRUCKS: Fail Safe
CalHiSports Insights August 14, 2015 0
Performing a lift to the point of failure can be a good thing — if you know when you’re failing. Powered By Trucks : Anthony Trucks There are so many ways to train, and one of the most underused forms is failure sets. Failure sets are... Read more
TRAINING TIME: Poor Condition
CalHiSports Insights August 14, 2015 0
Football coaches have plenty to focus on in practice, and proper conditioning can get lost in the shuffle Training Time: Tim Rudd Football season is right around the corner and that means summer football camp is going strong. So here are three of the most common... Read more
NUTRITION: Fueling For Success
CalHiSports Insights August 14, 2015 0
Your nutrition habits before practice are just as vital as they are before a game. Eating well before practice is just as important as eating well before competition. If you are well fueled, you’ll be better able to train hard, which means that you’ll have an edge over... Read more
FIRST PITCH: How We Spent Summer Vacation
CalHiSports Insights August 14, 2015 0
By the time this issue hits the web, and then the streets, there will already be some NorCal school districts who have begun their academic year. So long, Summer. We hardly knew ye. Now, we could use this entire column to a Grandpa Simpson-like rant on how... Read more
Sports Politics: Team Positions in Football
CalHiSports InsightsFootballHigh School Football August 14, 2015 0
Team Positions- The football position you want to play may not always be the one that best helps the team. In sports politics you may hear, ” I’ve always been bigger than the other kids, so whenever we play football, I’m stuck blocking. I can throw the... Read more
There’s a fine line between condition training and speed training. And this requires proper recovery. If athletes are going to increase their speed, quickness and agility they must train at high speeds. Many times coaches keep the drills too long and the rest too short. This simply becomes a conditioning... Read more
POWERED BY TRUCKS: Pay Attention to Pain
CalHiSports Insights April 2, 2015 0
Pushing through discomfort isn’t always a sign of strength; it’s often an avenue to injury POWERED BY TRUCKS: Anthony Trucks “It’s nothing, I can handle it. I’ll just push through the pain” Worse words have never been uttered when in my presence at the gym. I... Read more
