When carbon fiber rackets reached the tennis world in the early 1990s, they were lightweight and stiff — good for performance but poor for shock absorption, leading to an uptick in arm injuries. At the time, a New York area tennis pro with a background in architecture and engineering, Brett Bothwell, began brainstorming solutions. The […]
Much is expected of high school coaches. They’re pressed with the delicate balance of developing the player while keeping a keen eye on developing each student as a person. Oftentimes, and rightfully so, precedent falls on the latter. Still, with the high-level of competitiveness in high school sports, schools are looking for an edge. That’s why PlaySight, […]
Resistance bands might be the ultimate portable, easy-to-use, effective workout tool. Every gym has them and many households do as well. The only downside is that it’s difficult to gauge how many calories you have burnt or how much force you’re really putting into the exercise. A possible solution lies in the Circuband iQ, a […]
NEW YORK — DribbleUp founder Eric Forkosh theorizes that Americans lag behind the rest of the world in soccer because youth in this country have less access to quality training and less emphasis on regular drills — and he offers a simple, portable solution. In the back room of Long Island City coffee shop Sweetleaf, […]
The elite high school prospects participating in the inaugural Prospect Development Pipeline series of showcases and tournaments — a collaboration of USA Baseball and Major League Baseball — will have access to advanced tracking metrics thanks to a new partnership with Rapsodo. While TrackMan radars are installed at all 30 major league ballparks, as well as […]
