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SCF Letter from the Editor-the Great Debate

06/27/2007 7:51 AM -

The Great Debate

Sitting at a major league baseball game this past weekend, my friend asked a simple question: “Is Craig Biggio a Hall of Famer?” Two hours, three bags of peanuts, and six hot dogs later, we still had no answer.

Perhaps there is not a more electrifying issue in sports than the debate on who does and does not deserve to be enshrined in the place where childhood heroes live forever in the form of bronze statues or plaques.

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SCF Soccer Tip of the Month - How to Choose a Soccer Camp

06/25/2007 8:19 AM -

Choosing a Soccer Training Program for Your Teen

Quality soccer training programs for young players are in high demand but short supply. While the number of youth teams on the field continues to grow there are relatively few educated, professional coaches available. While well meaning parent and school gymnasium coaches may be able to teach your child the basics, high-level competitive skills can only be obtained from an expert.

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SCF Sports Conditioning - Supercompensation

06/25/2007 7:59 AM - The body is always seeking to maintain a state of homeostasis so it will constantly adapt to the stress from its environment. Training is simply the manipulation of the application of stress and the body’s subsequent adaptation to that stress to maintain homeostasis. The adaptation that occurs is fairly predictable. In training the desired adaptive response is called supercompensation.

The supercompensation model is still the most straightforward representation of the training process. I use it as a conceptual basis for the construction of my training sessions and microcycles as well as construction of mesocycles. The process is predictable and quantifiable once you have developed your training system.

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SCF Sports Psychology- Pre-Performance Routine

06/25/2007 7:41 AM -

Pre-Performance Routine

"BRRRRIIINGGG!"

The ringing phone knocked me out of a deep slumber. I looked at the clock: 1:47 a.m.

I was too young to have a call at that hour scare me. Nothing could have happened to my kids since this was years before they were born.

I was too old to have it be a friend goofing around. By 29 most of the guys had slowed down quite a bit.

I mumbled "Hello."

"TOMMMY!" said the unmistakable voice of Dr. Ken Ravizza. It was a couple of years before we wrote Heads-Up Baseball together, but we were pretty good friends and had logged some important conversations.

Ken was on his way home from a night working with the California Angels. He ended up working with them for something like 15 years before management changes ended the streak.

That's an amazing streak, by the way, to be working with one pro team for that long. Lasting through a few managerial changes is very rare. Ken is one of the best.

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SCF Sports Psychology- Pre-Performance Routine
June 25, 2007 7:41 AM

SCF Basketball Tip of the Month- Improve your speed and quickness
June 25, 2007 7:12 AM

SCF Basketball Tip of the Month- Improve your speed and quickness
June 25, 2007 7:12 AM

SCF Health and Nutrition-Summertime Fun, Not Overdone!
June 23, 2007 7:20 AM

SCF Charity- World Vision
June 12, 2007 1:41 PM

SCF Hockey Tip of the Month-Foolish Moments
June 12, 2007 10:07 AM

SCF Book of the Month-Spaldings World Tour
June 12, 2007 9:05 AM

SCF Letter From the Editor- They say it's how you play the game
May 17, 2007 12:36 PM

SCF Athlete of the Month- Greg Maddux
May 17, 2007 11:45 AM

SCF Athlete of the Month- Greg Maddux
May 17, 2007 11:45 AM

SCF Sports Psychology-This Skill Separates the Average from the Great
May 17, 2007 11:07 AM

SCF Health and Nutrition- Feet University
May 17, 2007 11:01 AM

SCF Soccer Tip of the Month - Placement Not Power: Shooting Progression
May 17, 2007 10:45 AM

SCF Soccer Tip of the Month - Placement Not Power: Shooting Progression
May 17, 2007 10:45 AM

SCF Baseball tip of the Month-How to Pick a Bat
May 17, 2007 10:03 AM

SCF Basketball tip of the Month- Becoming a Big-Time Point Guard
May 17, 2007 9:37 AM

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