Power Up: Three Strategies To Follow For Game-Day Nutrition
Health & Fitness January 16, 2015 0
Training Time: Tim Rudd for IYCA Knowing how and what to eat leading up to and on game day can be the difference between dominating your competition or being dominated. If an athlete eats poorly or doesn’t eat enough throughout the week, his performance will struggle. Food fuels... Read more
The Compound Effect
Health & Fitness January 16, 2015 0
Your workout habits will improve or depreciate based on the routine you set for yourself. Powered by Trucks : Anthony Trucks Have you ever noticed how many people start New Year’s resolutions to get in better shape and fall short of their goal about 4-6 weeks in? Ever... Read more
The Invisible Recovery
Health & Fitness January 16, 2015 0
Healing from an injury takes as much mental strength as it does physical GET MENTAL : Erika Carlson It’s no secret that injury rates in youth sports are exploding. ACL tears have gotten a lot of attention in the media. According to US Youth Soccer, females are indeed... Read more
For good reason, Santa Clara Aquamaids Marketing & Communications Chair Kay Lau, is celebrating. And she couldn’t be more proud of her two superstar swimmers, Elle Billman and Amanda Urke. Both, you see were selected to Stanford University’s synchronized swim team for the coming year. No one can remember the last... Read more
FREE! IMPACT COMPETITIVE SOCCER CLUB EVALUATIONS
Club Sports January 6, 2015 0
IMPACT COMPETITIVE Teams train every Tuesday – Thursday at Sunset Park Athletic Complex in Brentwood, CA. Competitive teams have annual evaluations for any and all players looking for more than a 3-month season. At some ages, there are two separate Comp teams of varying skills levels. Players interested in... Read more
NB Courts is Hoop Haven
Basketball December 19, 2014 0
Patterson Pass Road in Livermore is already home to a number of destinations for sports enthusiasts (a Sports Mecca if you will), which includes Umigo Racing, Cabernet Indoor Sports and The Range football training center. A new facility is under development and slated to open next Spring, called Lost... Read more
Instinctive Athleticism: Top 3 Steps Improving Biomechanics
Health & FitnessLEVELUP INSIDERS January 17, 2014 0
Plyo steps happen naturally to help the body produce force, but improving certain biomechanics can make it more effective. Training Time: Tim Rudd for IYCA The plyo step (see video below) is a movement that the body does instinctively to get your body in optimal acceleration angles — out of... Read more
2014 SJS Boys Championship Previews
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
DIVISION I“¢ No. 1 Jesuit-Carmichael (27-3) vs. No. 2 Rodriguez (26-2)“¢ Saturday, March 8, 8:30 PM HISTORY/STORYLINES: History is certainly on the side of the Marauders, who have won 8 Sac Joaquin Section titles and played many more “big games” on Sleep Train Arena’s big stage. Jesuit’s last Division I title... Read more
Champions Head Overseas
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
Victory was in the hands of the San Antonio Spurs this weekend as they defeated Miami Heat in game 5 of the NBA Finals. In a 104-87 victory, the game was particularly significant for the Spurs, who had bounced back from their heartbreaking defeat in the 2013 finals... Read more
Champions Head Overseas
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
Victory was in the hands of the San Antonio Spurs this weekend as they defeated Miami Heat in game 5 of the NBA Finals. In a 104-87 victory, the game was particularly significant for the Spurs, who had bounced back from their heartbreaking defeat in the 2013 finals... Read more
Steady as Sacamento Goes
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
By JIM McCUE | Contributor Derek Swafford arrived at the Sacramento High boys basketball program when the school was at a crossroads. It was 2003 and Sacramento High School had just become a St. HOPE charter school. Swafford’s tenure began at the start of the 2003-04 season and has... Read more
MLK Classic Boys Preview
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
