This past Saturday night I had the incredible opportunity to speak to the University of Louisiana-Monroe softball program at their "HAHA Night with the Hawks" fundraising event. It was an amazing night and I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the chance to be at the...
Call me a nerd, but I loved when I was in middle school and high school and teachers would send me home with a summer reading list. I still love reading and I love learning. I'm actually listening to an audiobook while writing this post. Once I got out of high school,...
I absolutely love the game of softball. I actually take that back. I love sports in general because I think there are infinite life lessons we take from that. The problem with constantly growing up playing sports, when it is taken away from you, for many after their co...
Metrics are becoming more and more popular in the world of baseball and softball. Software like Rapsodo and HitTrax are making it more and more easy to access all of the numbers around our game like exit velocity, bat speed, spin rates, and launch angles. While I am a...
So, I am a nerd and I love reading research. It is also very important to me that the latest scientific information gets out to young athletes, their parents, and their coaches. Honestly, even many professional softball players are not aware of the scientific basis of...
It is inevitable and it's the worst feeling in the world. It is always in the back of your mind in every at bat and in every practice. Your parents and teammates are wondering when you will snap out of it and so are you. You're in a slump. So how do get out of it?
Softball season is in full-swing, no pun intended. This time of the year, athletes often find themselves with their plates full of sport obligations, school obligations, and social obligations. Time-Management and routine were things instilled in me from an early age,...
If I had a dollar for every time I got the question "What should my daughter be doing to get stronger?" on social media, I would be a rich lady. Twitter and instagram have taken over a lot of the strength and conditioning information that we encounter, and more often...
Softball season is officially upon us, and slowly but surely heavy volumes of games, practices, and travel start to creep up in a just a few weeks. The offseason is where all of the hard work goes in. Hard work has its place always, but the key to having a longer caree...
It has been a crazy past couple of months for me, as I just accepted a full-time job as a strength and conditioning coach at Florida A&M University. I am BEYOND grateful for this opportunity and I am around some of the hardest working, coolest athletes in the country....
What the Research Says: The Secret to Surviving a Long Season
April 8, 2019
Over the years I have had countless opportunities to talk to young athletes, especially young softball players, about their training regimens. I have...