Kendra Rask helps Punahou Girls Swimming to another State Championship

Kendra Rask, a sophomore, helped the Punahou girls swim team win the 2009 HHSAA State Swimming and Diving Championship.  Kendra placed second in the 200-yard freestyle with a personal record time of 1:58.76.  She was also a part of the teams that won first place in the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Kendra began training at Tactical Strength in August 2008 at the recommendation of her physical therapist, Paul Matsumoto, at Physical Therapy Associates.  Coach Barry had Kendra training two to three times per week with the intent of peaking her performance for the state championships.

Congratulations Kendra!

Defining Strength and Power

In the next few weeks, we will be discussing the process of “Building an Explosive Athlete.”  This will be a multiple article discussion covering various areas of building explosiveness.  However, before we start, we must first define what it means to be explosive, powerful and strong.  Many people use these terms loosely and carelessly.  We will try to define these terms to create a clear understanding of how they differ from and/or relate to each other. [CONTINUE READING THIS POST..]

Gracie Technics Academy

I would like to send out a huge mahalo to Rylan Lizares and his boys at Gracie Technics Academy.  Rylan is a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under Professor Pedro Sauer and the owner/founder of Gracie Technics Academy.  Rylan trains at Tactical Strength and he invited me to his “open mat” session on Thursday night at his new location above OTM Fight Shop on South Beretania Street.  I was pretty excited to experience my first jiu-jitsu class and the guys at Gracie Technics did not disappoint.  [CONTINUE READING THIS POST..]

Maximizing Performance Through Core Training

Let me start by stating we do PERFORMANCE TRAINING. Many people confuse what we do with “core training.” Core training is a small component of performance training. It would be like telling a basketball coach that he only coaches dribbling.

In order to better understand core training, we must first define the core. The core is the area from your hips up to your shoulders. We also refer to that region as your trunk. Many people mistaken the core for just the abdomen and lower back, but it also includes the upper back, chest, and hips. With core training, there is a progression we follow. As I mentioned in a previous post on the performance training pyramid, performance training follows a stability, strength, power progression. Core training follows that same progression. First, we start by working on core stability. Next, we train for core strength. Finally, we train the core to produce power. [CONTINUE READING THIS POST..]

All-State Girls Volleyball Selections

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin announced their 2008 All-State/Fab 15 Girls Volleyball Selections. Congratulations to Sarah Palmer, a junior outside hitter for the Hawaii Baptist Academy Girls Volleyball team for being voted the 2008 Player of the Year. Sarah recently gave a verbal commitment to play setter/libero for the University of Texas.

Also recognized in the Star-Bulletin Fab 15 were Candace Soares, a senior outside hitter for Mililani High School and I’isha Keliikoa, a senior outside hitter for Iolani School. Both are members of the Jammers Volleyball Club and were coached by Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson.

Honorable Mention selections to the Star-Bulletin Fab 15 were Malie Yoon, a junior setter for Iolani School, Brianna Lovett, a junior outside hitter/middle blocker for Hawaii Baptist Academy, and Elissa Ji, a senior outside hitter for Maryknoll.

Congratulations to all of our athletes who were recognized for their outstanding play!

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