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Youth Weightlifting: What is Its Future Direction?
By Harvey Newton In March 2019 the International Weightlifting Federation’s Youth World Championships were held in Las Vegas. Not surprising, Team USA won the team [...]
5 Deadly Mistakes Making You A Poor Competitor By Jeff Salzenstein, Former Top 100 ATP Player
One of the biggest challenges in tennis is learning how to compete so that you can deliver your best performance and play up to your [...]
KNOW SQUAT?
Featured image credit: Klemens Photography by Harvey Newton There’s nothing particularly unusual about the act of squatting. Around the globe squatting may be part of [...]
The Warm-up Room
The Warm-up Room: Through the Eyes of an Athlete - TJ Greenstone Meet Day The day is finally here! If it’s your first meet, there will be [...]
Learn to Clean & Jerk
Featured image credit: Klemens Photography By Harvey Newton Weightlifting’s second competitive lift, the clean & jerk, is known as the “King of Lifts.” This is [...]
Teach ’em to Miss!
By Harvey Newton The bar was loaded for a PR snatch attempt. All eyes focused on the lifter as he chalked up. The weights flew [...]
Behind the Scenes of a 3 PR Performance
SOURCE: TAKANO WEIGHTLIFTING My athlete, Christine Na, just completed a very memorable 3 PR performance at the American Open Final in the 59 kg class. [...]
Using SportsEdTV For High School Tennis Coaches: 6-Step Program To Improve Your Team’s Results
SportsEdTV allows all coaches, whether experienced or new to tennis, to become more effective at helping players improve. It’s free to use and features world-class [...]
Learn to Snatch By Harvey Newton
Weightlifting’s snatch lift (squat, split, or power styles) requires a good deal of proper technique. Many athletes try to simply tear the weight off the [...]
I Used SportsEdTV’s Videos To Improve My High School Tennis Team’s Results. You Can, Too.
Last year, I was determined to improve my high school tennis program. We have hundreds of players of varying levels playing at several middle and [...]
Challenges in Coaching Olympic-style Lifts With Athletes
TJ Greenstone, MA, SCCC, USAW II Assistant S&C Coach Butler University As a Division I strength and conditioning coach I encounter, and need to remedy, [...]
The ABCs of Weightlifting Equipment
An online search for weightlifting equipment is a popular one. Details might relate to Olympic-style weightlifting, or to the more generic activity, weight lifting. This [...]
What Are Those Weightlifting Shoes?
Do You Need Weightlifting Shoes? YES! Every activity has its own specialized equipment. The shoes you wear to squat, snatch and clean and jerk are [...]
Jump Back Snatch: Why?
To illustrate for this blog, Rachael Bommicino demonstrates the jump-back effect in the snatch during a recent SportsEdTV filming of weightlifting technique. The yellow line [...]
The Basic Shots in Tennis: Learn the Game for a Lifetime of Fun and Fitness | Part 1
Mastering the game of tennis requires learning a variety of different shots and then using them in different sequences to execute strategies in order to [...]
How to Properly Address the Golf Ball by Todd Dugan
The following information will cover properly addressing the golf ball. No, we are not talking about politely beginning your pleas for mercy to the ball [...]
Best Exercises for Improving Your Golf Game by Christopher Smith
So... you’ve decided to commit some time to improve the most important piece of equipment in your golf arsenal – your physical body! Brilliant. Now, [...]
HIT THE SLICE BACKHAND LIKE A PRO
The slice backhand is an important shot for anyone wishing to be competitive on the tennis court. It is a major component of an effective [...]
SportsEdTV Appoints Alan Vickers as Vice-Chairman
Miami, May 23, 2018 - SportsEdTV has appointed Alan Vickers, former senior executive at Nike, Reebok and Starbucks, as Vice-Chairman. With this appointment, Vickers joins [...]