Monthly Archives: April 2009

Le Rotater - Low to High Chop

One of my favorite exercises for developing balance and rotater cuff strength is the Single Arm, One Leg, Low to High Chop.
I love throwing this one into the workout several times a week. Because you are only balancing on one leg, you have to work extra hard in your core. While [...]

Lance Ok’ed for Tour…Giro right around the Corner!

Lance Armstrong has been cleared to race the Tour de France by the French Drug Authorities! This is big news for Team Livestrong for there was talk about the French trying to snub Armstrong by keeping him out.
No doubt this would be a dumb decision and I am really happy to hear [...]

“Wanna Run Faster?”

My father, Dick, sent me a nice email the other day that I thought I would share with you. He is an avid NY Times reader and often stumbles upon some great stuff to share with lucky me! ….
:…Mr. Gordon found that training, if done right, is the ultimate performance enhancer, with effects [...]

Friday Night Fights - Kendrick vs Young

The city of Tallahassee is going to be treated to one hell of a Friday Evening at The Country Club. Young is looking to have good form right now, while Robert is getting better each match that he plays.
I expect White Shadow to come out guns a blazing and bully Young off [...]

Secret to Training - Fun!

One of the things that has help me be successful happens to be one of the things that has also, in some ways, held me back. I am talking about the element of having FUN! As you can see on the right, the boys and I had a lot of fun training [...]

Sweeting Starts with a Bang

After a week of training camp in Orlando, Pisanitraining newcomer, Ryan Sweeting, opened up his Challenger Campaign with a win over Number 1 seed, Bobby Reynolds. 6-1, 7-6 was the score that advances Ryan to today’s 2nd Rnd.
Kendo plays long time friend, Jesse Witten and Ryan plays newcomer and tournament wild card, Jean- [...]

Kendrick Prevails in 3

With a stiff back still lingering from the Houston Clay Court Championships, White Shadow had enough in the tank to take out the always tough, Giovanni Lapentti in this week’s tournament in Tallahassee, FL.
When I talked to Rob after the match, I immediately said to him, “The X Factor prevails again!” What [...]

Inverted Bosu Ball Squat with Kendo

One of the best balancing exercises that you can do for your lower body and core is the Inverted Bosu Ball Squat.
Here is Kendo executing this one nicely. You can see he has excellent balance as he holds the 8 pound med ball out in front with his arms parallel to the ground. [...]

The “X” Factor in Top Coaches

What seperates the top coaches from the rest is in what I like to call the “X Factor”. The great ones have it; Brad Gilbert (Andre Agassi), Vince Lombardi (Green Bay Packers), Johan Brunyeel (Lance Armstrong), Michael Joyce (Maria Sharapova), and Phil Jackson (Chicago Bulls), have all been great [...]

Last Day of Training Camp

Good Morning everyone! Drove back from Orlando yesterday morning at 5 am to just barely make it to my 8 am training with Rob Roberts (love that name!) .
Had a solid 3 days with the boys. They certainly needed it, and the work hopefully will pay dividends in [...]