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Dan’s Tips on Conditioning

June 11, 2011
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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 wall at different angles, speeds and trajectories. HIP SPEED: (or rotation) is often necessary to turn and run as well as used to generate more power which we outlined explicitly in Chapters One and Two, Forehand and Backhand techniques. BACKPEDAL SPEED: is to relocate back

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Valerie Marott

June 7, 2011
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By day, I’m a mild mannered teacher, but around 6 PM and on weekends I become “Middle Aged Court Rat” Yes, that is my super hero name. I learned to play racquetball in college in the 80s, but that’s not where this racquetball story begins, because I played off an on for years, never getting better than a mediocre C player. Then 4 years ago I had the opportunity to change my life, move across the country from California to North Carolina, and focus on the things I’d always wanted to do. One of those things was to devote more

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Getting Ready for Nationals with Fran Davis

April 25, 2011
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Well it is that time of year to get ready for "The Nationals" in Fullerton, CA. How does one prepare for such a prestigious event? I would think you are in decent tournament shape as you had to play in "The Regional's" to qualify for this tournament. Let's see what Rocky Carson and Taylor Knoth will do to aggressively prepare for this tournament so they can achieve their goals of winning in their respective divisions, Rocky in the Pro division and Taylor in the US Team Qualifying division. (more…)

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An Update on My Team!

April 13, 2011
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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 Rajsich again in Maryland and is heading to Nicaragua to represent Mexico in the Pan American Trials April 14th, 2011. 3 - Taylor Knoth is the 2011 National Intercollegiate Champion and getting ready for Pro Nationals in May in Fullerton, CA. 4 - Sharon Jackson

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In an interview with Jason Mannino, the Legend

March 5, 2011
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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 person that I could trust to analyze my game. We set up a video analysis session which I thought would last an hour or two, 10 hours later, after strict scrutiny, I realized I had a lot to work on and that she could help.

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Sports Nutrition / Conditioning and Mental Skills Training!

March 1, 2011
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By: Diana McNab MEd, Sports Consulting & Life Coaching; a former 8 year member of The Canadian National Ski Team now working with Elite, Olympic, Paralympic and Professional Athletes. NUTRITION Corner: The number one cause of poor performance with most athletes is dehydration and a lack of proper nutrients that will enhance performance as well as heal and repair tissues and cells after practice or competition. All elite athletes start with Sports Nutrition and make sure that they understand what their body needs for strength, power, speed, finesse and recovery. Next they take their body weight and divide it by 2 ounces

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Rocky Carson #2 IRT Professional Player

February 28, 2011
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"A GREAT Start to the 2nd Half of the Season" Rocky has played three Tier 1 IRT events in January So. CA, NY and IN and not only made the finals of all three, but in the IN event he took Kane to a tie-breaker before losing 6-11 in the 5th game. Only a select few have even taken a game off Kane in TWO years, but in the IN event Rocky pushed him and had Kane on the ropes. On February 13th at the National Doubles Championship at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, Rocky and his partner, Jack

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Paola Longoria #1 WPRO Professional Player

February 26, 2011
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"Finally Back...Proved that by Beating Rhonda in back to back Tier 1 WPRO Pro Stops in the So. CA "Coast to Coast", January 5-7, and in Miami, FL "Great Balls of Fire", February 25-27, events. Both tournaments went tie-breakers, but in Miami Paola was down 5-10 in the tie-breaker and came from behind to win 12-10...a HUGE mental win for her. Also, March 4-6 Paola competed in the Mexican National Championships and won BOTH the Singles and Doubles divisions which gave her a spot on the Mexican National Team and will represent her country at the Pan American Championships, October

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Taylor Knoth

February 24, 2011
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"Gearing up for the National Intercollegiate Championships April 2011 in Tempe, AZ" Taylor has not played many events after winning the Junior World Championships in November 2010 due to a heavy load in college, but the tournament he played in Corvalis, OR at the beginning of January he won beating Jeff Stark in the finals. Taylor just played in the Tier 3 IRT Satellite Pro-Stop, the Seattle Open, February 18-20, where last year he took Shane Vanderson to 5 games before losing in the tie-breaker. This year he took out the #15 IRT Pro Player, Charlie Pratt, in the quarter-finals

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Sharon Jackson

February 23, 2011
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Sharon Jackson  Junior National Champion 2009, National Intercollegiate Champion 2010,  #25 WPRO Professional Player "Gearing up for the National Intercollegiate Championships April 2011 in Tempe, AZ" Sharon has not played many events after qualifying for the pro division at the US Open 2010 due to a heavy load in college, but the tournaments she plays in locally she plays in the Men's Open division and usually can hold her own if not beat all the local open players. She is currently training to win the National Intercollegiate Championships and defend her title she took home in 2010 as a freshman.

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