Michael Richards ISSA Certified Strength Coach Owner Elite Athletic Performance LLC 16 years of experience training athletes Author: Your Student Athlete; Should Do, Must Do, and Don’t Each year I am asked this question or a variation of it “Mike, I love baseball and want to play it in college. Should I keep playing football(Basketball, etc)?“ For our female athletes it is usually between volleyball and basketball. I am going to include a sketch of a flowchart to help wade th

Michael Richards ISSA Certified Strength Coach Owner Elite Athletic Performance LLC 16 years of experience training athletes Author: Your Student Athlete; Should Do, Must Do, and Don’t 1. Muscle soreness and fatigue are poor indicators of whether or not a kid is working hard. 2. It is incredibly difficult to train for increased Performance(E.G. Volleyball trying to increase vert jump, baseball training for increased throwing velocity) during an athletes competitive season. Do