Posted on Tuesday, 31st January 2012 by admin
David Clarke
Carles Puyol is the type of player every team would like. He is the classic old-fashioned captain. Quick and powerful, committed almost to the point of comedy, he is an inspiration to team-mates and an idol for the fans.
His intense commitment to Barcelona runs deep – he often stays behind to train and [...]
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Posted on Monday, 30th January 2012 by Don Jenkins
This is one of my top baseball hitting drills called the fence drill. This drill helped me save a season, both off the tee and when someone was essentially unhand throwing balls to me from the front, clearly from behind an L screen or some form of protecting device. You want to stand reasonably close to the net and place the bat at your belly button. I suggest that you stand about a 12 inches away from the net. This is to all intents and purposes punishment if we dive too much or we over rotate and come in. We’re going to hit the net. This is going to force us to remain square. This is going to force us to let a ball get deep if it’s moving.
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Posted on Monday, 23rd January 2012 by Karly Shannon
The most important skill to have in volleyball is being able to pepper. The reason that it is so important because you can practice the three most vital parts of the volleyball game: setting, hitting, and digging. I always say to my players that I have never met a good volleyball player that is bad at peppering. The best volleyball players in the world are really good at it. Players must know that they should master the art of the pepper. I wish I had a dime for the amount of times that I have players putting minimal effort into the pepper and really just are not good at it. Though not a real volleyball rule, I believe that knowing how to pepper is definitely one of the unwritten volleyball rules.
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Posted on Thursday, 19th January 2012 by admin
David Clarke
Temperatures have plummeted over the past few weeks and the result has been that a number of games have been called off. My side couldn’t dodge a frozen pitch, but one of our younger teams managed to get their match on, so I went along to watch them.
They are a good team and [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 18th January 2012 by admin
David Clarke
Learning to lose graciously is one of the hardest lessons any young sports person has to take on board. Young players learn a lot from losing, providing they can accept it, analyse why they lost and know what they can do to improve next time.
It’s okay to show some emotion…
Many psychologists believe you [...]
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Posted on Friday, 6th January 2012 by admin
David Clarke
One of my player’s parents came up to me this week after training and said: “What I like about your half-time and post-match team-talks is that you always use ‘we’ when you talk to the boys and not ‘you’.”
I appreciated his comment and, listening in on another training session the following day, noticed the [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 5th January 2012 by admin
David Clarke
Technique can be simple. Anyone can do Lionel Messi’s drag back which is nothing more than pushing the ball out in front of you before dragging it back and turning to face the way you came. You’ve left your opponent behind.
But the skill is to do it at speed.
If youth players can perfect just [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 4th January 2012 by admin
David Clarke
It’s been blowing a gale lately out on the practice pitch, but nothing like what I had to endure in a match last season.
We turned up for a match and it was like being on an exposed seafront during a gale. The pitch was very open, high up, and ready to present my [...]
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