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5 simple things your Volleyball player can do everyday to get better
Michael Richards
  • Mar 11, 2018

5 simple things your Volleyball player can do everyday to get better

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) Monster Walks Go to Academy Sports and get a set of SKLZ Mini Resistance Bands. Put one of the bands around the athletes knees (and one around the ankles if you wanna make it really tough). Basically keep the bands as tight as possible by spreading knees (and ankles if you choose) as far as
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Michael Richards
  • Mar 11, 2018

Multi-Sport or na???

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
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13 Things I want to tell every student athlete.
Michael Richards
  • Mar 11, 2018

13 Things I want to tell every student athlete.

Michael Richards ISSA Certified Strength Coach Owner Elite Athletic Performance LLC Published Author 16 years of experience training athletes 1. Art class does not impact your core GPA. Nor does any other silly elective you choose as an “easy A”. If you want to play in college you will have to have a good GPA in the main courses. 2. Hitting a bucket of balls, throwing a bullpen, throwing/running routes at the field, hitting a volleyball to a net is NOT “grinding” 3. We (grown
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Mental Approach To Sport
Michael Richards
  • Mar 8, 2018

Mental Approach To Sport

Michael Richards ISSA Certified Strength Coach Owner Elite Athletic Performance LLC Published Author 16 years of experience training athletes In this blog post I want to talk about one of the most under utilized methods for gaining a competitive edge and that is an athletes “Mental Approach”. Please remember I am taking a new approach to my blogging. I am trying to cut down on the words and get straight to the point soooooo...here are the points. Try these methods and see wha
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15 things I want to tell parents of athletes that aren’t quite worth a whole blog post
Michael Richards
  • Mar 2, 2018

15 things I want to tell parents of athletes that aren’t quite worth a whole blog post

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
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