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I HATE COMPLAINERS.

**deep breath, deep breath**

I’m all fired up today on this topic, because I deal with it nearly every day and it is ONLY GETTING WORSE! As many of you know I coach football and baseball while teaching high school Economics and running my gym (and this site). I ha… Continue

Coaching and running a training program has been been packed with learning experiences for me. Unfortunately, I see too many coaches out there that break their kids down mentally and physically for no reason at all. Here is one of my reflections.

First, I’ll discuss the physcal breakdo… Continue

FULL POST AT SYNERGY ATHLETICS

Baseball season is well under way, and may athletes are starting to feel that mid season arm pain. Why? Well it is often caused by the repetitive throwing motion, which isn’t the big secret.

Check out the… Continue

Due to the great feedback on the NFL training last week, and the increased traffic thanks to the EliteFts article, I’ll post another one this week. No waiting this time! Just a brief recap of the “Which Sport Trains The Best.”

I post video clips of athletes in a specific sport training.
You get to vote on the best one, by putting your thoughts in the COMMENT SECTION.
After all the initial rounds are done, the winners will go against each other until we have one person left that trains the best!… Continue

I am piloting a new motivational technique I came up with while sitting in the gym the other night. I like to call it “Resume Building.” Here is the constant that I depend on for this technique to work - the athletes must be competitive. If they aren’t, perhaps they should pursue different endeavours! However, if they are competitive, this should work!

Resume Building Guidelines

1. I gave my athletes a sheet of paper with their name on it.

2. I instructed them to write down training informati… Continue