Back to Back Weekend Coaching

[ngg src="galleries" ids="14" display="basic_slideshow"] Well I finally have a weekend off from coaching two tournaments in a row: Last Weekend April 29-May 1, 2022, I coached Rocky Carson at the IRT ProStop in LA, CA a part of Team Dovetail. Also attending was Team Zurek Sebastian Franco/Eduardo Garay, Men’s Open Doubles (2nd) Erick Trujillo /JP Gonzales, Men's Open Doubles (3rd) Francisco Fajardo Men’s 30/40 (3rd) Francisco Fajardo/Eduardo Castaneda, Men’s Elite Doubles (Semi's) Then the weekend of April 22-24, 2022 I went to Portland, OR for the USAR NW Regionals. I started the weekend off coaching Charlie Pratt who’s preparing for

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Pass Down-The-Line When Your Opponent Is Too Far Forward

Since returning back from the USAR Nationals at Texas A&M, I thought this would be the perfect time to share another valuable racquetball tip courtesy of Rocky Carson. As you may or may not know, Rocky won the singles and doubles of the U.S. Team Qualifying division. Pass DOWN-THE-LINE When Your Opponent Is Too Far Forward - As you know, I am Paola's and Rocky's coach and these are the same techniques I teach and use with all of my racquetball athletes. I am offering a 20% DISCOUNT on my book, DVD and ALL of my coaching packages, so treat

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Suivant Consulting Grand Slam Recap

[ngg src="galleries" ids="13" display="basic_thumbnail" thumbnail_crop="0"]Good Monday morning everyone. I had great time in Atlanta for the Suivant Consulting Grand Slam at the Rec ATL. Working with Team Dovetail and Team Zurek was my focus all weekend, we had some great results I wanted to share and recap. Rocky Carson had several tough matches, first a win against Charlie Pratt in the round of 32, then a win over Jake Bredenbeck in the round of 16, and then played Daniel De La Rosa in the quarterfinals, losing 15-8, 15-8. Samuel Schulze and Mike Kinkin had a great run in men’s elite

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Rocky Wins U.S. Team Qualifying Singles and Doubles with Charlie

Des Moines, Iowa – August 2, 2021 – More than 100 racquetballers hit the courts at the Wellmark YMCA in Downtown Des Moines in the first USA Racquetball National Championship event in over 500 days. The tournament served as the 2021 National Junior Championships and also included special championship qualifying divisions for the USA Adult National Team. Rocky Carson (Ladera Ranch, California) won the Men’s Adult Singles division to earn his 8th US National Singles Championship. Carson also won the Men’s Adult Doubles division with fellow Team HEAD Penn player Charlie Pratt (Portland, Oregon). The doubles win became Rocky’s 11th

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Building Relationships Builds Champions

[caption id="attachment_5350" align="alignright" width="300"] Coach Fran Davis on her way with Jordan, Wayne, Mitchell and Jack to visit OSU and their dynamite Racquetball Program[/caption] I just finished a wonderful training camp with my Junior Championship Team in Salem and Mt. Hood, OR during the Christmas to New Years break, as there was NO school. Jordan Cooperrider flew from Tampa, FL to Seattle, WA on Christmas Night to begin a week long training camp with me. We wanted to make her feel at home so we started the night with “stocking stuffers” and a movie….oh what fun. (more…)

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