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Last time, we discussed Nutrition’s essential role in Recovery and Nutrient Timing, (see last post) but today I would like introduce you to a couple of new athletes in our program. Daisy’s daughter runs Cross Country for her High School and plays competitive Soccer 2+ nights per week. She is also lifting with the...
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Athletes and Coaches are always on the lookout for anything that could give them or their Teams an edge. Truly abusive-sounding Training Protocols, insanely high volumes of 'conditioning' or speed work or exotic supplements like Russian Velvet Deer Antler or dried 'Chinese Caterpillar'. The ability to train or play harder, lift more and recover...
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Game-Changing Tactics and Cracker Jack Prizes… It’s taken till 9:51 PM on Thursday to get through all the amazing feedback about the Dr. Andrews message sent Tuesday. From Coaches who were put off by the negative elements of the article, parents who asked if their athlete’s training and practices were too intensive to the...
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Coaches and Parents- Across the last few messages, we’ve discovered more and more about the intangible-but priceless- benefits of sport training for our youth. We’ve also seen ‘behind the curtain’ as to how those benefits accrue over time, what we do to increase them- and what we do to cause them to cease. The...
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Coaches (and Parents)- Video game developer, Paul Bertome Jr. of Microsoft's Bungie Studios was asked in an interview about his team's approach to developing Halo. He said, "We do a lot of testing to make sure that it's easy to pick up, easy to play and hopefully easy to get addicted to. Some games,...
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Parents and Coaches- Meningitis shots, dorm room furnishings, computer, tablet, laundry baskets,... the list goes on and on. We are in the final stages of sending our youngest son off to the University of North Texas. While the paperwork required and series of tasks to be checked off before his Launch seems endless, I...
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Raising Kids Who Can Save the World (if they had to…) By King Hoover- Internationally recognized Fitness Expert I have always had an intense fascination with spies, the WWII spies who kept the Nazis from conquering the world to James Bond-type secret agents who get amazing training that turns them into unstoppable forces for...
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"How to Stay Cool and Wet in August" by King Hoover – Internationally-recognized Fitness Expert “The Triple Digits are here the Triple Digits are here!” could be Paul Revere’s riding call here in North Texas, but he wouldn’t be able to ride very far or fast because he’d be stopping for water or letting...
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What is Transforming Athletics’ Middle School Athletic Camp? Middle School Fall and Winter Camp is an athletic development program focused on helping kids going into grades 3-8 become better athletes and more confident young adults. Athletes in these grades are in a rapid stage of growth - and even kids in the same grade...
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What is Transforming Athletics’ High School Fall / Winter Camp? High School Fall / Winter Camp is the ultimate training program to help your son or daughter transition from one Sport or get ready for their upcoming season. Whether they are just getting started in their high school career or are looking to play...
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