One of the worst experiences as a sports parent was the year my son, Kyle, wrestled when he was in the 1st grade. We’d go to these all day tourneys. Get there at 6:30 am for weighins… first match starts at 8:45. Over 15 seconds later as Kyle gets pinned by a kid 7 years [...]

If you go to any bookstore’s Sports section, chances are that you will see a disproportionate number of coaching books written by basketball coaches. Seriously, check it out next time you’re in Barnes and Noble. So that got me thinking, “Why is that?” Do basketball coaches have a secret formula on great coaching? What is [...]

Maybe you have noticed that the video quality of Kudda has improved. Starting with the videos from 2 months ago, Kudda has invested in upgrading the quality of all of the new videos. When Kudda first launched 3 years ago, we were concerned about the file size and streaming costs. Understand that this was right [...]

Calling all coaches… is it me or are the players today lacking a lot of the fundamentals? Watching kids catch and throw the wrong way is becoming the norm. I remember my oldest daughter’s lacrosse team being very smooth, catching and throwing at ease when they were at the Midget level. Now my youngest is [...]

My coaching resources are drying up. I’ve been fortunate that over 40 coaches have contributed their content. Many of these were coaches I had worked with or friends of friends who believed in the idea of a free resource for coaches. I do have 3-4 coaches ready to go…just a matter of actually doing the [...]

For all of these, please check the dates. For more information on college recruiting, see the following Kudda videos on recruiting Rutgers MVP- June 13-15th… Run by Rutgers University is a team camp. Players stay at one of the many campuses at Rutgers in AC dorms. Teams check in on Friday w/ their first game [...]

Like a lot of you, I’m in that one week of the year where I’m in between seasons. Just finished coaching the U-13 girls basketball and am getting ready for U-13 girls lax which starts next week. As I’m getting fired up for the lax season, I find myself going through some advice that the [...]

Kudda was privy to attend two college recruiting nights presented by the coaches at some of the top D1 and DIII programs. For the boys recruiting night, Dave Pietramala from Hopkins and Gene McCabe from W&L presented the process from a D1 and D3 perspective. For the women, sponsored by the M&D Lacrosse Club, Kelly [...]