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06/13/2026
Thanks for having me up to the city for a great event.
Being in the city during the Knicks finals run had incredible energy. Connecting with coaches and sharing experiences brings training to life.
C’est le belle vie!
Most youth athletes wait until their knees or Achilles hurt before they start training them.
Tendons don’t get stronger by accident.
✅ Isometrics improve tendon stiffness and pain tolerance
✅ Eccentrics build tendon capacity and resilience
✅ Plyometrics teach tendons to store and release force efficiently
The goal isn’t just injury prevention.
It’s keeping athletes on the field/court so they can practice more, and get better at the skills needed in their sport.
If your athlete is dealing with knee or Achilles pain
Send me a DM.
Most youth athletes skip steps in development and wonder why progress stalls.
✅ Coordination – Learn to control your body, move efficiently, and develop athletic movement patterns.
✅ Mobility – Build the range of motion needed to get into strong, safe positions for sport.
✅ Strength – Create the foundation to produce force, resist injury, and handle the demands of competition.
✅ Power – Apply force quickly to sprint faster, jump higher, and change direction more explosively.
The key is understanding that these qualities don’t compete with each other.
They complement each other.
Better mobility improves strength.
Better strength improves power.
Better coordination allows you to use them all effectively.
If you’re looking for a fully individualized training program built around your age, needs, sport, and goals.
Send me a DM to learn more about fully remote coaching.
🚨 You’re not getting faster because you’re training speed the wrong way.
⚡ Here’s what might be holding you back:
• You’re cycling instead of pistoning. Speed comes from driving force down and back into the ground.
• You can’t balance on one leg. Sprinting is a series of explosive single-leg jumps. If you can’t control your body on one foot, you can’t transfer force efficiently.
• You don’t practice front-side mechanics. knee up, toe up, hips tall. This creates better force angles and faster ground contacts.
Get stronger on one leg.
Master front-side positions.
Learn to strike the ground like a piston.
If you want speed training that actually works, send me a DM 📪
A lot of coaches rush straight to strength and power work with young athletes.
But hypertrophy is the foundation.
Building muscle doesn’t just create more potential for strength and power development later on.
It also gives athletes more quality reps to improve coordination and develop motor skills.
Which ultimately transferred to the field in court the most.
More muscle. More practice. Better movement.
When we focus on building the engine first, we set youth athletes up for long-term.
Stronger. More athletic. More resilient.
That’s why hypertrophy matters.
Not just for today, but for the athlete they’ll become years from now.
🚨 Asking for help!
I got into coaching to help people.
That’s the foundation to everything. And I want to help as many people as possible achieve their dreams.
Even if I can be a little piece in your journey.
If you’re willing to help me - send me a message 🤝
Your hips and rib cage are connected by a web of muscles, fascia and connective tissue.
There is a deep relationship between these two units. One pulls on the other. Either creating force, stability and function or limiting it.
Find shapes that challenge the body as one connected unit.
Strength training is moe important than just building muscle.
Full body compound movement train the nervous system.
As athletes get stronger, they improve their ability to recruit muscles efficiently, control their body in space, and produce force with better timing.
The best athletes are better coordinated, cleaner movers.
Most athletes think speed starts fancy footwork drills.
But it actually starts with balance.
If you can’t control your body on one leg, you can’t efficiently absorb force, change direction, or apply force back into the ground.
Better balance improves body control, deceleration, and force transfer.
Three things that directly impact performance on the court.
Most sports, even running and walking, are single leg activities.
Master balance first. Speed comes next.
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