Think About Your Feet
When you watch a gymnast perform on any apparatus, do you think about how important their feet are? Probably not, unless you’ve had experience with the sport or you’ve ever had problems with your own...
View ArticleDo You Have Athletes with OTS?
OTS, Over Training Syndrome, is something that you should be watching for in your gym so that you can help your athletes deal with it constructively. Basically, OTS is exactly what it sounds like: the...
View ArticleLearning More About The Achilles Heel
Holly Heitzman, MS, LAT, ATC, PTA, St. Vincent Sports Performance, provides information on Achilles Heal – what causes it, how to recognize it and how to treat it – in a recent Technique Magazine, Vol....
View ArticleKindness: Three Truths To Help You Live Longer
Mostly everyone desires to be a good person. However, even the best of us can be pushed into unkind thoughts and actions against people who treat us poorly. I can recall several times in life where I...
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How Much Vitamin D Does A Child Need?
When we were kids, I don’t remember that getting enough Vitamin D was an issue. In fact, my mother had to drag us in from the yard so we could have our dinner. And in the summer time, we would rush...
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How to Talk To Children about Drugs
Some great examples that Betsy Brown Braun, author of “Just Tell Me What to Say,” offers include how some athletes have “gone south” – or ruined their lives – using drugs. Her video shares very...
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The Forgotten Muscle: The Hip Flexor
The hip flexor muscle (the psoas) is used in the split leap, straddle jump, glide kip, running, and many other gymnastics and dance skills. But it is often overlooked in training – overlooked until...
View ArticleWalk Your Healthy Eating Talk
Did you know that August is “Kids Eat Right Month“? This is a new initiative of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and spotlights healthy nutrition and active lifestyle choices for children and...
View ArticleMake Sure You Have “The Best Vacation Ever”
If you’re thinking back over your most recent vacations, do you wonder why some are awesome – and then some just aren’t? Don’t rush to blame the location. It could have nothing to do with where you...
View ArticleMind Strength: Show It in What You Don’t Do
What you don’t do can be as important as what you do when it comes to how mentally strong you are. And your mental strength can help you when you: Have to make tough decisions. Face adversity. Need to...
View ArticleThings To Know About Head Lice
What do you do when a child comes into your facility with head lice? Do you have a procedure in place for communicating to other families that head lice has been identified in your facility? How do you...
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How Bad is Sugar for Us – Really?
Sugar’s Impact on Our Health We hear something new (and different) everyday about the effects of sugar on our health. And with obesity levels on a constant rise in the US, we all struggle to know what...
View ArticleSleep’s Role in Your Students’ Well-Being
Without question, sleep is important to kids. It is precious to their growth and learning. This is critical to all kids from tiny to toddler to school age because it has tremendous impact on the...
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Stage Fright: Control It, Don’t Let It Control You
Have you nailed it in your living room and then had a meltdown on stage? Yes? Then you’ve suffered from stage fright. But stage fright doesn’t require that you be “on stage.” It could strike anytime...
View ArticleFlu Fighting Foods
Yes, the foods that you eat affect performance. Did you also know that foods can also boost immunity and prevent illness? Intense physical activities and competition can stress the immune system too....
View ArticleThinking lifetime (don’t break the chain)
Thinking lifetime (don’t break the chain) -Seth Godin The traveling salesman, the carnival barker and the old-time businessman can hit and run. Make the sale, cut your costs, move on. Today, though,...
View Article10 Hidden Benefits of Smiling
Smiles are about much more than just showing pleasure. Psychological research reveals 10 ways to use them to your advantage. People are always smiling, especially in groups, but it doesn’t just signal...
View ArticleHow Emotionally Intelligent Are We?
Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to monitor one’s own and other people’s emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to...
View ArticleLearning More About The Achilles Heel
Holly Heitzman, MS, LAT, ATC, PTA, St. Vincent Sports Performance, provides information on Achilles Heal – what causes it, how to recognize it and how to treat it – in a recent Technique Magazine, Vol....
View ArticleKindness: Three Truths To Help You Live Longer
Mostly everyone desires to be a good person. However, even the best of us can be pushed into unkind thoughts and actions against people who treat us poorly. I can recall several times in life where I...
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