Dr. Chris Stankovich, regular contributor to Coachbook and Founder of Advanced Human Performance Systems, invites you to add a new link to your website so that you may help student athletes, parents, and coaches learn

about the issues and challenges they face while involved in youth and interscholastic athletics. Take full

advantage of Dr. Stankovich’s library of professional sport performance articles, videos, and…

Autumn is here and then Winter. And with this change of season brings cooler and colder temperatures, inclement weather, and darkness. If you’re like most people, you probably workout in the early morning or late afternoon. This is tough enough now throw on cold, dark and damp weather and these conditions can challenge even the most highly motivated athlete.…

It was interesting attending last week's 10 year anniversary celebration of Sydney 2000 Olympics. It was a fabulous day and I enjoyed the evening dinner catching up with many of my colleagues, many of them Gold Medalists. It brought me back to the time of the games in many ways, particularly the feeling of…

I am perhaps one of the world's unique trainers out there, who happens to be the following:

1. I am a full-time custodian at my old school in my hometown. Been doing it for a year now.

2. I am a coach for track & field, training the long distance crews and being the head coach for the junior high boys & girls teams.

3. I also do sports performance & fitness training in my spare time between seasons. (I also used to coach volleyball last…

At the beginning of the first practice I always give a brief but heartfelt speech to the players. My first goal is to endorse the team and let them know that I am excited about having them on my team. If it is a situation where I literally picked them, as in an AAU tryout, I tell them that: "Do you know why you are on this team?" Because I wanted you on it. I got to pick the players I wanted, and you are them. If I didn't choose the players, I still make it clear that I am…

Times are really tough right now. Not all schools or booster clubs can afford to have a professional highlight video produced this year. But there might be another way to finance it.

Here's an idea. Get a local business to sponsor this year's highlight video in exchange for opening and closing screen credit and on the package logo. Add a logo turn around between some games for added value. It's a great goodwill builder for them. It demonstrates their interest in and support of…