My Championship Team Summer 2011 Update

September 30th, 2011 Comments off

Rocky Carson wins the Outdoor National Championships in Huntington Beach, CA making it 8 in a row, after taking off 3 weeks from a grueling 2010/2011 professional indoor season where he was in 10 out of 12 finals. After winning the Outdoor Nationals his training regiment was like no other as he was not only Read more…

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Rocky Carson #2 IRT Pro Player

June 12th, 2011 Comments off

Rocky had an amazing season finishing as the #2 IRT Professional Player for the 2010/2011 season and winning one of the IRT Grand Slams and made 9 finals of Tier 1 events. Not only did he make it to 9 finals, but he pushed the IRT #1 Pro Player, Kane Waselenchuk, to 2 tie breakers Read more…

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Paola Longoria #2 WPRO Professional Player

June 12th, 2011 Comments off

WPRO Pro National Champion.. CONGRATULATIONS Paola you deserve it! Paola finishes the season winning the last event of the season on May 13-15 – the WPRO Pro Nationals, a Grand Slam held in New Orleans, LA, against a fierce competitor, Rhonda Rajsich. This was a sweet victory for Paola as she lost to Rhonda in Read more…

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Taylor Knoth #23 IRT Professional Player

June 12th, 2011 Comments off

Taylor Knoth the Jr. World and National Champion 2010, National Intercollegiate Champion 2011 and made it to the quarter finals of the IRT Pro National Championships – a dream came true! Beyond his wildest imagination, Taylor never expected to make it to the quarter finals of the IRT Pro National Championships; he knocked off the Read more…

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Sharon Jackson, A Rising Star on the WPRO!

June 12th, 2011 Comments off

Sharon Jackson, the 2009 Junior National Champion and the 2010 National Intercollegiate Champion qualifies at the WPRO 2011 Pro National Championships in New Orleans and takes home Gold and a Silver Medal at the 2011 National Intercollegiate Championships in Tempe, AZ. There is no question that Sharon’s game is taking shape as she qualified again Read more…

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Diana’s Tips on Mental Toughness

June 11th, 2011 Comments off

VISUALIZATION…. The #1 technique in maintaining mental toughness is visualization. It is the art of creating images in your mind of perfect technique and performance and allowing these images to become imprinted into your muscle memory which lives an inch and a half around your belly button. The best athletes do this naturally without even Read more…

Diana’s Tips on Nutrition

June 11th, 2011 Comments off

As a general rule your muscles need a good combination of food as racquetball is very demanding on the body. You need protein ( fish, chicken, fish, beans, etc. ) every day at least 90 minutes after practice to REPAIR your broken down tissues and cells. You need vegetables for electrolytes or quickness. You need Read more…

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Dan’s Tips on Conditioning

June 11th, 2011 Comments off

The techniques and skills of racquetball require five different speed motions: STARTING SPEED: getting up to the highest rate of speed as quickly as possible so you can get into good center court position or have better return of serves. FOOT SPEED: to negotiate balls that are hit at different angles and come off the Read more…

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An Update on My Team!

April 13th, 2011 Comments off

CONGRATULATIONS to my team of  players…here’s an update: 1 – Rocky Carson, #2 IRT Pro Player, was in 9 straight finals of the IRT Pro Stops and getting ready for Pro Nationals in May in Fullerton, CA. 2 – Paola Longoria, #1 WPRO Pro Player, has won EVERY WPRO Pro Stop in 2011 beating Rhonda Read more…

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In an interview with Jason Mannino, the Legend

March 5th, 2011 Comments off

Jason shares his thoughts and insights on being coached by Fran Davis. 1)  Jason, why did you choose Fran Davis when you were looking for a coach? After I started teaching with Fran during the 2000 season I learned how much she knew about the game. At that time, I felt she was the only Read more…

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