Posts Tagged ‘athletes’

Can Professional Athletes Make More Money Online Vs Their Contracts Annually?

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

I recently wrote an interesting article breaking down Steve Nash and if he utilized an online platform (hypothetically) to generate supplemental revenue. Very interesting. Please let me know your thoughts. Click here!

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Baseball Off- Season Programs

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Over the past summer I have spoken to numerous parents/ players wanted to either A. Increase their velocity or B. Gain weight the proper way.
I thought it would be a great opportunity to give a little insight to my personal experience with gaining weight and velocity.
A lot of questions come to mind right away:
Do I long toss?
How far is too far?
How long to I take off during the winter?
If I play two sports, how do I properly rest my body?
What supplements do I take?
All of these are great questions and all have very indirect- case-by-case answers. What worked for me in the past certainly might not work for you. The best advice I can give on arm strength is never compromise your throwing motion. If you have to alter your mechanics to reach 250 feet, bring it back to 200. The goal is to mimic your throwing motion as if you were throwing from your position.
The further you long toss with improper mechanics, the higher percentage you risk of getting injured. No bueno.

Weight gain is something that is slowly starting to be done properly in certain high schools. Guys, baseball don’t care how much you can bench press. The girls do but your career doesn’t. What purpose does “maxing out” on bench press do but put a serious amount of stress on your bicep tendon? It also serves as a great way to tear your labrum. Lightweight mixed with a lot of reps is usually a safe bet. Your nutrition is the key ingredient to gaining weight.
With all that being said, I do offer consulting on both of these areas. This usually allows me to ask the important questions that are usually left unsaid while trying to gain weight and/or arm strength. Another method I have been recently tackling with parents are a list of questions they wrote up, which we go one by one until they are all answered. I currently do not write throwing programs but I will not turn you down if interested.
Please click here if you wish to contact me to book an appointment. Leave as much information as you can so I can best judge the right direction to take. Thanks and looking forward to hearing from you.
P.S. I am currently in the process of writing three e-books regarding nutrition, arm care and strengthening and weight gain and flexibility. Please contact me if these would be of interest to you and your family. I will send out the e-books free to the first 15 people to get back with me. Offer stands until the e-books are released. Thanks.

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Top 5 Ways for Professional Athletes to Use Social Media Article

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

I recently posted an article on the Top 5 ways for professional athletes to use social media on ProtegeBranding.com. Click here to check it out and let me know your thoughts! -CG

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Snippet of my Domain Article

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

I am currently in the process of writing an article that will be published regarding Domains and Professional Athletes. Quite an interesting subject. Take a quick look and let me know your thoughts…Thanks.

” Would you believe me if I told you that 80-90% of Professional Athletes do

not own their own domain name? It’s crazy right? The funny thing is that no

one seems to grasp the value of owning their own domain name, especially an

athlete.

I never thought about owning my domain name until I met Brad Larson. Brad

is an Executive Accounts Manager at Godaddy.com, and has been a true

mentor/friend to me over the past three years. One of the first questions

he asked me was, “Do you own your own domain name?” I said no, of course,

and immediately searched to see if it was available. It was not.

Someone purchased my domain name with the intent of one day selling it back

to me for a substantial profit. Come to find out, the gentleman actually

wanted three thousand dollars for it. He also was “cash parking” the site

with baseball-like keywords, which made it clear why the price was so high.

A website that is “cash parked” displays nothing more than a list of

sponsored links and ads on it. The domain owner makes money every time

those ads get clicked, even if it’s by using your name without your

permission.

There was no way that I was going to pay that kind of money for my own

domain name; just not going to happen. So then I started searching for

other players. I was fairly surprised to find that every elite athlete’s

name I looked for was taken. Then I searched a “who-is” database to see who

actually owned some of these domain names. What I found was stunning.

Nearly every single person who owned one of these domain names was either a

cyber-squatter (cash parking), a sports memorabilia store owner, domain

investor, or simply a fan. I was, and still am, shocked.”

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