Tomorrow my family and I depart on our big trip to Disney. My kids are going bonkers just thinking about it. Even though it has always been hard for me to relax and take a vacation, I must admit I am ready and looking forward to this one. My posts for the rest of the week will be coming from sunny Florida.
Traveling on this vacation reminds me of when I use to live near the beach when I was completing my masters at the United States Sports Academy in …

Saturday three new athletes start training with me…a brother, a sister and a friend. They are between 10 and 12 years of age. My typical starting point with any new young athlete is to find out how their posture is during basic running exercises. To see this I use low cones. (Low cones allow them to run over them-one step between each). With this exercise, I am looking for how the athletes maintain tall posture while lifting their knees and driving their arms. What typically happens in younger kids when …