Plenty of critics will tell you that goaltending is 90% mental. Is it really? Any skilled performance has a mental component. At the elite level in any sport, the difference in skill between Player A and Player B is probably minimal, … Continued
Congratulations to Julio Prieto, our River City Elite Dutch Soccer Competition Champion. Julio gave a great effort and showed coaches his skills as he lead all points scorers after six rounds of Dutch Soccer. For those of you who don’t … Continued
“I go out there and fight as hard as I can all the time, because you never know when it could be your last game” – Clint Dempsey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJhScEftw-0&feature=player_embedded Clint has overcome a great deal to get to where he … Continued
Athlete Training guide: The Principle of Overload The overload principle states that in order to keep making gains from an exercise program, you must find some way to make it more difficult. This is because bodies adapt to exercise. This … Continued
Great article in the New York Times about Charlie Davies: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/sports/soccer/27davies.html?pagewanted=2&hp Davies, one of the US National Teams rising stars, was in a horrific car accident in October that left him severely injured and unlikely to play soccer again. Enter The … Continued
The following are questions from our mail bag. We receive these questions either during the many interactions EXACT Sports has with baseball players on the field, or by players who have emailed us or one of the college coaches who … Continued
Well I am back into the swing of things, hitting the books hard preparing for my finals trying to make sure I graduate without any problems. I had my first taste of college this past weekend and I cannot wait … Continued
Every week I receive e-mails from parents and players asking questions about our camps. For example, what is it that you do, what is different about your camps? So I thought why not use my first blog entry as an … Continued
I was reading an interesting blog post by Erin Mirabella (USA Olympic athlete in 2000, 2004 & children’s sports story author) about whether DNA testing can determine a child’s athletic potential. As I work in an organization that assists athletes … Continued
What Is The Principal Of Specificity? The principle of specificity is deceptively simple and it drives all the gains that one makes from a strength training program. Specificity states that the body makes gains from exercise according to how the body … Continued