Maximize your summer

Using the summer months to maximize your game is a tri-fold approach.

Part 1: Athletes who are serious ahould be using this time to train, for example I host morning boot-camp style workouts with exercises focused specifically to the athlete/sport. This begins with essential cardio to build stamina to then transition into strength, speed, and agility training. It's all about power, not so much skills in the summer.

Part 2: Using the summer to get your name and skill set to prospective coaches is an essential element to this season. Most college coaches like you, don't have school so it's heavy-recruitment time. It is essential to send your summer competition schedule to coaches NOW (May) so you can get on their travel list.

It is helpful to have a video to se d along with your summer games to entice coaches to come recruit you.

Part 3: Competing in the summer is essential because during your high school season these prospective college coaches were also competing. So they likely didn't get to see you play. **Make sure if you are playing in a recruitment tournament that you not only send your game schedule to coaches you like, but each of these tournaments typically has a list of "attending coaches". Scan ths list, even look into some of the schools you have never heard of and email and additional coaches your cover letter, video, resume, and game schedule.


Good Luck, ***make it your goal to get the most out of THIS summer.

The right way to train for spring athletes: Part 5 of 5... "playoffs"

Congratulations! You have proven yourself in competiion to be THE ONE who knows how to win. This is the most important quality to enter post-season play with. Do you know how to win?

Winners:
1. Enter competition with clear goals that contribute to the "win". In example: I will be the first girl around turn one, or I will make contact during each at bat.
2. Are mentally tough. I had a quote I posted in my college bedroom "never consider the possibility of failure"... Winners replace any even remotely negative thought with a positive one.
3. Stay competitive throughout the entire season. This is one of the biggest challenges to young athletes... It's all about continuing to put forth your best effort both mentally and physically in practice, pregame, and gametime. Winners thrive by pullin from within to make the most of every day.

Good luck in offseason play!
Continue with your current nutrition plan,mad you start to fatigue you may want to step back and consider if you have enough energy mid-to-late game... If you do not try FRS Energy Chews: they are a GREAT, Quick, Energy boost.

The right way to train for spring athletes: Part 4 of 5... "end of regular season"

So you have about a week remaining in your regular season. If you don't have a chance for post-season play, enjoy your last few days with your teammates and take pride in your team and the relationships you have built this season. After all, isn't it more than just the love of the game, but the people we share it with that brings us back each season?

If you foresee a playoff opportunity your mind is going to be your biggest challenge. You might start to feel drained of your sport, or stressed about your current or upcoming performance. Use this week to work on your mental game with these suggestions:

1. Have fun EVERY DAY. Enjoy your teammates and practice/competition. It's important to take the end of your season seriously, but it's essential to relax and enjoy the game too. So try to balance between competition and making a few goofy memories at the same time.
2. Realize you're "Too Blessed to be Stressed!" This translates to your game by realizing you are not perfect; whether you are striving for a PR or perfect game--recognize that passion is great but perfection is not the measure of your worth. Too much focus on perfection is only going to stress you out and lower your performance.
3. And lastly, keep up the hard work... though you shouldn't demand perfection, demanding a solid effort each day is your responsibility. And it feels good at the end of the day that you put forth your best.

****now is the time your nutrition regimine should be propelling you through the end-of-season fatigue!!


Good Luck as you finish out the rest of your "regularly scheduled season"