I started interviews this week for The Female Athlete Summit On Tuesday, I spoke with Dr. Nicole Surdyka and we talked about expectations vs. reality with ACL Injuries and Nicole shared some crazy statistics with me After an ACL Injury (Post Rehab) 91% of young athletes expect they will return to pre-injury activity level In… [Read More]
4 Exercises to Improve Footwork and Help Reduce Ankle Rolls
Everyone seemed to like the 3 exercises to get quicker feet, so I wanted to give you 4 more exercises to work on your footwork Keep in mind, getting stronger will help you get quicker and improve your footwork The harder you can push into the court generates more force to move 🙂 These exercises… [Read More]
3 Exercises for Quicker Feet
This week’s Thursday Training Tip is 3 exercises to work on your footwork and get quicker on the basketball court 1. Foot Fires – Click Here 2. In and Out’s – Click Here 3. Box Hops – Click Here I would do each exercise for 30 seconds and rest 30 to 60 seconds Enjoy 🙂… [Read More]
4 Tips to Grow Your Online Business
We are wrapping up week 7 of my 8 week online coaching group and I wanted to share 4 things that keep coming up each week 1. Know your ideal client You need to know you want to work with and who you need to market and craft your lead magnet and a product, coaching… [Read More]
The Female Athlete Summit 2.0
The Female Athlete Summit speaker line up is set and the website is live Go to femaleathletesummit.com to claim your free ticket The summit will go live on Monday, April 8th at 9am EST Here are the speakers and what we will be discussing: Allison Tenney and Ellie Somers – Training the Female Athlete. Allison… [Read More]
Should We Train Girls Differently Than Boys?
Last week, I talked about myths surrounding lifting stunting your growth and today I wanted to touch on should we train girls differently than boys The answer is NO! Every workout should have a hinge, a squat, a push, a pull, a loaded carry and single leg work. There will also be a core and… [Read More]
Thursday Training Tip
I am coming off a weekend in Seattle for The Ignited Womxn Summit and my body is trashed flying 12 hours in less than 2 days I am sure you are wondering, how does this relate to basketball, female athletes Well, all athletes travel and sit on buses or fly and their bodies take a… [Read More]
Does Lifting Stunt Your Growth?
Last week, Mike Boyle talked about does lifting stunt your growth and how this is 100% not true “The myth can be traced back to a Japanese study on child labor. Children forced to perform heavy labor had stunted growth. Somehow that became correlated to weight training. Totally unfounded.” So kids should be strength training… [Read More]
3 Takeaways from The Ignited Womxn Summit
I am just coming off my weekend in Seattle and attending The Ignited Womxn Summit The Ignited Womxn Summit is THE premier wellness and leadership summit, unlike any other. Build an exclusive network. Learn sustainable strategies. Create community. Develop alternative solutions. Stop compromising pieces of who you are to achieve what you want. Allison Tenney… [Read More]
2 Exercises to Work on Power and Explosiveness in Girl Basketball Players
How was your weekend? I am coming off a red eye from Seattle. I was there to attend for the Ignited Womxn Summit I’m sure you know by now, that I believe all female athletes should be sports performance training. A good age to start is 10-11 (more on this on Thursday) But for today,… [Read More]
The One Thing You Need to Play Division 1
I was at a bar mitzvah this weekend and sitting at the “basketball table”, meaning everyone at the table was a coach or a parent of a player I was talking to one parent who’s daughter will be playing at a D3 school next year that’s in a high level conference And I told him… [Read More]
What’s Your February Goals?
Can you believe it is already February 6th? Did you write down your February goals? I read somewhere you are 42% more likely you reach your goals if you write them down So, what do you want to accomplish this month? My February goals are:1. Book all speakers for The Female Athlete Summit and speak… [Read More]
Why UConn Lost Twice This Season
In light of UCONN’s lost to Louisville last week, Geno’s quote after the game and this question I got ask on my FB page, “Ok settle a debate how would a typical high school team from say Maine do against a UConn team I say lose by a million my son says he thinks they… [Read More]
2 Basketball Core Exercises
I have a question for you: Have you been adding in the exercises I have been sharing with you? I would love to know how you are incorporating the exercises Today, I wanted to give you 2 more exercises you can do right on the court and with the basketball 1. High Plank Hold on… [Read More]
Did You Crush January?
Can you believe that February 1st in on Friday How did your January go? Did you hit your monthly goals? Did you read at least 1 book? I always find the end of the month is always a great time to evaluate your plan, goals What worked well? What didn’t work? Learn from your mistakes,… [Read More]
5 Bodyweight Basketball Exercises for Girl Basketball Players
You have heard me say this before, but it’s worth repeating; girl basketball players need to be strength training in-season and frankly all year long. There should be a couple of breaks, 2-3 weeks after the season is over and probably a total of 4-5 weeks during the summer but other than, girls should be… [Read More]
What’s on your Reading List?
We have 1 week left in January One of my goals this year it to read 2 books a month What books have you read this month? My last 4 books (picture below). I highly recommend you read, Michael Hyatt’s, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World I find reading is one of my daily… [Read More]
Do You Wanna Play D1, Part 2!
There was a ton of responses from my post on Monday, So You Wanna Play D1. I wanted to follow up that post with some advice for parents and coaches to help their athletes open their eyes and keep an open mind to all basketball programs 🏀1. Student first, then Athlete On one of my… [Read More]
So You Wanna Play D1?
This kept coming up last week in my conversation with coaches and parents A kid gets a D1 offer and now that’s all they’re focused on and only want more D1 offers and won’t even pay attention to a D2 or D3 school Full disclosure: most of these girls have no business playing D1. I… [Read More]
4 Body Weight Core Exercises for Girl Basketball Players
Last week, I gave you 6 body weight core exercises you can do right on the basketball courtLet’s add 4 more (video below) 1. Low Plank Spider-mans2. Push up Plank3. Shoulder Taps4. Renegade Rows The 6 core exercises last week were: 1. Low Plank with a Reach 2. Low plank with step 3. High Plank… [Read More]
Content is King
We are half way through January! Are you conquering your goals? Did you start to build your online platform? Are you starting to grow your email list? Today, I wanted to talk to you about content Do you deliver quality, free content to your clients, your email list and on social media on a regular… [Read More]
Do you have Knee Pain?
How was your weekend? Basketball season is heating up, athletes have games 2X a week and probably traveling and on the road every other week This is the time of year nagging injuries come up: sore muscles, knee pain, nagging muscle pull, etc When my athletes come to me and they tell me they are… [Read More]
6 Body Weight Exercises for Girl Basketball Players
I was at a middle school basketball game last week and three things I observed was the lack of body awareness, spacial awareness and strength Kids in middle school need to be doing some form of strength training: body weight training is a great place to start So, I wanted to share with you 6… [Read More]
Wisdom Wednesday
How’s your first full week of 2019 off to? I try to ease into 2019 and had a somewhat lazy week last week, but this week, everything starts to crank back up Last week, we talked about having a lead magnet Did you come up with one? Once you have your free offer to give… [Read More]
Are you ready for conference play?
How was your weekend? You will still get 2-3x emails from me every week talking everything basketball and female athletes, but everything will be sent from jen@jenbrickey.com If you have not had a chance, head on over to JenBrickey.com and let me know what you think This new platform is for basketball players, female athletes… [Read More]
2nd Best Exercise for Basketball Players: The Kettlebell Snatch
2nd Best Exercise for Basketball Players: The Kettlebell Snatch Happy New Year! I hope you had a great 2018 and looking forward to an even better 2019! Last week, I told you my top exercise for girl basketball players is the kettlebell swing. Once the athlete masters the kettlebell swing, I would then move onto… [Read More]
Top Exercise for Girl Basketball Players for 2018
Top Exercise for Girl Basketball Players for 2018 I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends If you did not celebrate Christmas, I hope you took some time to rest, relax, recharge and reflex As we close out 2018, I wanted to share with you my top exercise for the… [Read More]
Wisdom Wednesday – Who’s your Ideal Client?
Wisdom Wednesday – Who’s your Ideal Client? Have you planned out your goals for 2019? I started mine last week and will finish off most of them this week Today, I wanted to talk to you about being clear on who your ideal client is… Simple question, right? So write down who you want to… [Read More]
3 Resistance Band Exercises for Girl Basketball Players
3 Resistance Band Exercises for Girl Basketball Players I hope you had a fantastic weekend and want to wish you a very Merry Christmas The last few weeks, I have been giving you exercises you can do right on the basketball court with your team Again, all basketball teams should be doing some form on… [Read More]
5 Lower Body Exercises for Girl Basketball Players
5 Lower Body Exercises for Girl Basketball Players Before I get into the 5 lower body exercises, I wanted to let you know as of January 2nd, Women’s Basketball Performance will be under a new platform, JenBrickey.com I am rebranding so I can put everything in one place, the coaching, virtual summits, etc 🙂 More… [Read More]
Wisdom Wednesday: What’s Your Big 3?
Wisdom Wednesday: What’s Your Big 3? Yesterday, I release my 7 biggest take-aways from the summit, if you missed it, you can check it out here ===> http://www.womensbasketballperformance.com/7-take-aways-from-the-female-fitness-summit/ Now onto the first Wisdom Wednesday – What’s your big 3? We have two weeks left in 2019, have you set time aside and really planned out… [Read More]
7 Take-Aways From The Female Fitness Summit
7 Take-Aways From The Female Fitness Summit I just wanted to follow up with my 7 takeaways from the summit On a side note, I will be starting “Wisdom Wednesday”, where each Wednesday I am going to share a tip, trick, advice to help you grow your online fitness business If you want to receive… [Read More]
5 Resistance Band Exercises for Girl Basketball Players
5 Resistance Band Exercises for Girl Basketball Players How was your weekend? Last week, I gave you 5 body weight exercises you can do right on the basketball court Today, I am giving you 5 resistance band exercises you can do Resistance are pretty inexpensive and I even put a package together called the WBP… [Read More]
5 Body Weight Exercises for Girl Basketball Players
5 Body Weight Exercises for Girl Basketball Players I hope you liked my video on Monday explaining the difference between a deadlift and squat Today, I wanted to give you 5 body weight exercises you can do right on the basketball court Every basketball player should be doing some form on in season strength,… [Read More]
What’s the Difference Between the Squat and Deadlift
What’s the Difference Between the Squat and Deadlift? Happy Monday 🙂 I hope you had a nice weekend! Last week, my students/ athletes and I were talking about what’s the difference between a squat and deadlift. You see I like to educate my athletes on top of the training we do so when… [Read More]
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