TRAINING AND FITNESS

CMAC offers weekly dryland training sessions each fall in September and October. Usually at Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island. Uros, Alan, and Lizzy are great contacts to discuss a specific training plan for the weekdays with for your athlete. 

Strength and Conditioning (ie Crossfit) gyms around the city are an excellent way to get in to top shape. Many athletes from all types of sports use strength and conditioning to enhance their fitness.  

Other sports like track and soccer are great, but adding strength, core and agility training to your program goes a long way. Remember, there is no one way to train, there are many ways to get quick, fast, strong, agile, flexible, etc., bottom line is find a place, the time and method to pursue your fitness and make the most of it.

Mental training

Also here are some good books on Mental training:

• With Winning in Mind by Lanny Basham
• Mind Gym by Gary Mack
  
• Prime Ski Racing: Triumph of the Racer's Mind by Jim Taylor (Jim Taylor has worked with many ski racers, so I'm sure it has some excellent information.

A great local sports psychologist is Elizabeth Boyer from Northwest Performance Psychology.