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Throw away the ladders and cones! Every sport coverts speed. Spring speed, change of direction, acceleration, you name the sport, speed is cool! Three must moves to develop speed: You want your child or yourself to get faster? Don’t follow the norm of certain agility and speed experts that would have you believe there is magic in ladders, cones and jogging. 1. Change the way you walk: Walk on the balls of your feet and understand that the ground is the enemy! Walk with a s

Tony Abbatine
- Mar 18, 2015
- 2 min
Travel Team Mania: What's best for your child? Three Simple Rules!
With the explosion of baseball and softball travel teams, players and parents have more options today than ever before in selecting a team that fits that child. Get real and have realistic goals: What's your end game? If it's about making the big leagues, get real. If your son is that good, they will find him! Select a travel team that will allow your child to accomplish his short term goal of being a Little League All-star, make a modified team or start on the school varsit
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Tony Abbatine
- Mar 16, 2015
- 2 min
Give your softball daughter a chance to excel: 5 strategies that work
1. Intro to strength and Speed at an early age: Have your daughter fall in love at an early age... with getting stronger and faster than her girlfriends and boy classmates. Enroll her in a speed or strength class that is age appropriate and will challenge her beyond her gym class activity.
Females mature faster than boys (both physically and emotionally). By the time your daughter turns 13, her movement patterns and strength and speed thresholds will be place. Don’t wait -
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tonyabbatinewebsite
- Mar 2, 2015
- 1 min
Ass or Asset to your child?
We have all witnessed first hand the good, the bad and the ugly in sports parenting. Whether you are a player or a parent, take the test below and see if you (or your parent) are an ass or an asset. Are you an ass or an asset? Click here to take our quiz!
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