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Get The Most From Workouts: 3 Step Ladder of Success Formula

LEVELUP INSIDERS February 20, 2018 0

A Formula To Get The Most From Workouts In the next five minutes you’re going to find out three specific steps you can take to get the most out of each training session for the rest of your life. No matter who you are, you’re in training mode at... Read more

Building Confidence in Young Players: The “A” in RACE

LEVELUP INSIDERS February 20, 2018 0

We continue with Tod’s story. Confidence Part 2. See Part 1 of the Building Confidence in Young Players series: The RACE Formula This could easily be about dozens of boys or girls basketball players I’ve trained in just the same way. The next session he came in in a much better head... Read more

5 Best Steps to Golf Conditioning

High School Golf LEVELUP INSIDERS February 16, 2018 0

Who wants to hit the golf ball shorter? None of us, right? We are always looking for ways to lower our handicap and hit longer drives! We take swing lessons, buy new clubs, spend absurd amounts of money on gadgets. To be honest, we’ll do anything to play better... Read more

Mitty too strong in the 4th to win over Lady Fighting Irish

High School Basketball LEVELUP INSIDERS February 12, 2018 0

Sacred Heart Cathedral kept it close, but Mitty too strong in the 4th to win 82-63 Story by George Pahulu, SportStars INSIDER. Photos: Matthew Aguirre Archbishop Mitty Lady Monarchs of San Jose are led by All-American #30 Haley Jones, a junior, and are the current #1 team in the... Read more

Helpful Tips: Building Confidence in Young Players

High School Basketball LEVELUP INSIDERS February 11, 2018 0

Today I want to share with you how I helped a 14 year old basketball player break through typical youth player struggles. It all starts with this one thing– that you just cannot allow to happen to a youth player. To begin, see if this 3 minute video story relates to... Read more

Perfectionism. Another Reason for Underperformance

LEVELUP INSIDERS February 9, 2018 0

In continuing our series on bringing player’s best practice/training game over to pressured competition … I often find many athletes wear a badge of being a “perfectionist” proudly. Unfortunately, many don’t realize perfectionism ends up only hurting their performance. How does trying to be perfect cause you to underperform? Seems counterintuitive, right? Well,... Read more

Mental Toughness- Confident Shooting- Hot Hand

LEVELUP INSIDERS February 5, 2018 0

Today I begin my series on the mental toughness side of sports training. All athletes and performers know they have more ability, skills, and talents than they have been showing in competition or on the stage. You are here because you want to see your talent show up a... Read more

Why Do Refs Make Bad Calls In High School Sports?

LEVELUP INSIDERS January 26, 2018 0

Why do refs make bad calls? They’re wrong more than they’re right. It’s awful. — G. H., Milpitas So let’s start with the obvious on why do refs make bad calls? 1) The players are in high school 2) The coaches are working at a high school 3) The parents go to high... Read more

Arsen Aleksanyan to Lead NAIA Wrestling Program

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW LEVELUP INSIDERS Uncategorized January 23, 2018 0

NAIA Wrestling is On Fire With Aleksanyan Leading NAIA Wrestling Program at Life Pacific College in San Dimas, California. Since the early 1980s, the sport of wrestling has seen a significant decline in the number of programs offered at the collegiate level. More specifically at the NCAA Division I... Read more

Let’s Get It Started

Lacrosse LEVELUP INSIDERS January 22, 2018 0

Happy New Year, sports fans. In fact, ‘New’ is a big theme this year with SportStars. This is technically the second of 35 planned publications for 2018, which currently includes our standard 16 NorCal issues, six SoCal issues and 13 SportStars Now (formerly SportStars Extra) issues that will feature... Read more

Pahulu’s POV: 2018 MLK Classic College Report

High School Basketball LEVELUP INSIDERS North Coast Section January 17, 2018 0

Akinjo, Salesian too much for Modesto Christian 76-62 The main event featured #5 Salesian Prep (Richmond) led by their point guard #11 James Akinjo as he is the top guard in California. Akinjo will be going to UConn next year to play for Coach Kevin Ollie as he informed... Read more

How I Work on My Game During the Off Season

High School Golf LEVELUP INSIDERS December 19, 2017 0

Winter time. It’s cold, dark, windy, and raining. Nobody wants to be out on the course working on their game. We definitely don’t want to be on the putting green with half frozen snot hanging from our nose and our hands frozen to the putter. It’s not a good... Read more

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