It’s never easy losing a starter to injury. It’s even harder when that starter happens to be a seven-time All-Star, recognized as one of the best in the world. Just ask Silver Stars Coach Dan Hughes. First, he lost guard Becky Hammon to a broken finger for the first 10 games of the season. Then,… Continue Reading
By Dr. Annette “Dr Z” Zaharoff What do you get when you have a wooden paddle, a ball, and enough space to fit a ping-pong table, but you don’t have a table? You play RoTenGo, of course. Maybe you know it better by its official name, “road tennis.” Or maybe you don’t know it at… Continue Reading
In tennis as in most sports, major upsets by their very nature tend to be memorable. Unless they occur in the championship game, however, upsets rarely outshine the eventual championship play. This year’s Wimbledon may be one of those exceptions. On the men’s side, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer failed to make the quarterfinals. Perhaps… Continue Reading
In the last column I talked about the concept of proprioception – or a sense of balance and knowing where your joints are in space without looking. Proprioception training – sometimes referred to as stability training or core training – is becoming more common among coaches of young athletes, particularly girls. Research is mounting that… Continue Reading
We all know that boys and girls are built differently. As they reach puberty, girls mature faster physically, tend to be more flexible and have wider pelvises. Thanks to the estrogen that our bodies produce, women store more body fat than men and have less lean body mass. All these differences and more impact the… Continue Reading