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A look at the top prep prospects for this summer's amateur MLB draft 2008-05-01 13:34:00 The Major League Baseball amateur draft is still five weeks away, but many of the best high school seniors in the country are putting the finishing touches on their already impressive resumes. Here's a rundown of the nation's top high school prospects and where they could land in the draft. Tim Beckham, SS, Griffin High (Kennesaw, Ga.) Considered by many to be the top high school player in the country, Beckham is a smooth athlete who has all the tools to be a big-time player at shortstop. He runs well, hits with some power, is already a top-notch fielder and has a smooth stroke that could turn him into a tremendous offensive player. His speed, his defense, and the position he plays has many Major League scouts salivating. Beckham has signed with Southern California, but don't expec
University of Kentucky offers eighth grader a scholarship 2008-05-06 15:04:00 Kentucky made news this week when it announced that coach Billy Gillispie had offered a scholarship to California 8th grader Michael Avery. Gillispie saw Avery play at a LeBron James sponsored event in Akron, and decided to offer the guard, who is yet to decide which high school he will attend, a spot on the Wildcats 2012-2013 squad."We're taking things one day at a time," the player's father, Howard Avery, told the Lexington Herald-Journal last week. "Right now, (Gillispie) is there and he's a terrific coach. Without a doubt, Kentucky is a terrific program. Factors change. I'm not going to worry about 25,000 different things when I'm trying to get through this day."Last year, USC coach Tim Floyd offered a scholarship to Illinois forward Ryan Boatright, a move that drew criticism from the Read more:University
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Takkle Video of the Day 5-9-08 2008-05-09 11:34:00 Video Posted from Eric's Gallery on Takkle.comThis is why you should never attempt a dunk off a trampoline!
Takkle Top 100 football player shot 2008-05-12 14:57:00 A member of the Florida Gators football team, Matt Patchan, was shot in the shoulder Friday night while at a Tampa area park. All reports say that Patchan is doing well as Florida Coach, Urban Meyer issued a statement that Patchan is expected to fully recover. Patchan, however declined to comment on the issue. Patchan is 25th ranked player
in the Takkle/SI Football Top 100. For highlights of Matt
Takkle brings on board the CEO of Major League Strength: Dana Cavalea 2008-05-14 10:30:00 My name is Dana Cavalea. I am the Director of Strength and Conditioning of the New York Yankees, as well as the CEO of MajorLeague
Strength, a training company designed to enhance the athletic ability and lifestyle of youth baseball and softball players. I am extremely excited to bring you the most cutting-edge information in the field of Performance Training for Baseball and Softball! Wor Read more:Major League
The J’Mison Morgan era at LSU was short but sweet 2008-05-15 17:40:00 The J’Mison Morgan
era at LSU was indeed a very short one.The 6-11 center out of Dallas was granted a release from his national letter of intent on Monday and is now expected to sign on with UCLA. The opportunity for more playing time at UCLA with the departure of Kevin Love seemed to play a heavy role in Morgan’s decision.Morgan’s mother, BianCa Morgan, told the Los Angeles Times that UCL
Why is Tyler Fiorito #1 in the SI/Takkle Boys Lacrosse Top 100? 2008-05-20 12:48:00 In a recent game against highly-touted St. Paul's of Baltimore, McDonough School (Owing Mills, Md.) goalie Tyler
Fiorito showed why he is considered the best high school lacrosse player in the country.With his team clinging to a one-goal lead in the third quarter, a St. Paul's attacker broke free in front of the crease and wound up for what looked like a certain game-tying goal. But Fiorito -- who Read more:Lacrosse
Live the lifestyle 2008-05-19 12:19:00 Hey Guys. Just checking in with this week’s blog to address something that is very important to me, as well as the success of all the athletes we work with. That something is a slogan that we reiterate time and time again to our athletes: “ Live the Lifestyle.”What “Live the Lifestlye” means is if you want to be an athlete, act like it -- in all aspects of the word. What you do off the f Read more:lifestyle
Ebanks Headed to West Virginia 2008-05-19 12:12:00 Devin Ebanks, the highly-rated St. Thomas More Prep guard, ended his recruitment drama this weekend by announcing that he would become a Mountaineer.According to a report on SI.com, during halftime of his game at the IS8 tournament in Queens, the former Bishop Loughlin star stepped out of the lay-up line, took the microphone and simple said “West Virginia
” before stepping back into line to com Read more:West Virginia
SI's Top 25 High School Athletic Programs: Are you one of them? 2008-05-22 13:57:00 Sports Illustrated recently launched its uber popular feature of Top 25 High School
Athletic Programs
yesterday. Coming in at number one is Punahou, the have won 16 state titles in sports ranging from boys' air riflery to girls' canoe paddling to wrestling to girls' water polo; in addition to their utter dominance, 12 seniors received Division I athletic scholarships. Since 1958 they have brought Read more:High School
Day 1 of Training - Hip Flexor Stretch 2008-05-21 12:39:00 Hey Guys, back again. Since I have given you a background on the Major League Strength philosophy from the mental perspective and character standpoint, it is now time to start entering the world of training.I would really like to encourage all of you to ask questions about your particular needs, and also to create debates/discussions on things you have heard that you might question. There are so m Read more:Training
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Hip Flexors and Rotation: Unleash Your Power 2008-05-27 11:13:00 In our last post we discussed tight hip flexors, and a simple stretch to release them! In this post I am going to tell you why this is important. If you think about the hip flexor, which is just above your quad, it is a muscle that connects the upper and lower body, much like what the core does. But this specific muscle, when it gets tight, can really cause problems when a ballplayer goes to hit a Read more:Rotation
Syracuse brings home their 9th NCAA lacrosse D-I Title dethroning Johns Hopkins 2008-05-27 09:00:00 Foxboro,MA - In front of a crowd of approximately 50,000 fans in Gillette stadium; the third seeded Syracuse
lacrosse team brought home its 9th title in the past 25 years by taking down last years champion, fifth seeded JohnsHopkins
. In a battle of perennial lacrosse powerhouses, Syracuse dominated for most of the game even though the score showed a close game at 13-10. The Orange out shot Hopkin Read more:Title
Brennan is the latest in a long line Garden City All- Americas 2008-05-28 11:14:00 The Garden
City (N.Y.) High girls' lacrosse program -- which has produced 14 All-Americas
and won 11 Long Island titles in the last 14 years -- is the Goliath of an area where lacrosse is king. But even by those lofty standards, Trojans senior Erin Brennan
is special. The University of Pennsylvania-bound attacker is putting the finishing touches on an already stellar career with a senior campa
Baseball and Hamstrings 2008-05-30 13:20:00 So we are going to continue the theme of freeing up your body so you can move. The next phase we are going to look at is to keep the hamstrings loose! The number 1 lower body injury over the years for baseball players has been the hamstrings. If you keep your hip flexors loose, your hamstrings will automatically become looser. With this being said, we loosen our hips first, then the hammys. Often
Bridges - Key to a strong core 2008-06-03 13:16:00 Hey Guys. The new cool word on the training block is CORE. What is core? Your core is the bridge between your upper and lower body. Now we must bridge the gap between our training! The core is composed of your abdominal muscles, lower back, shoulder blades, and glutes. Most people think doing crunches gets the core, but this could not be further from the truth. Crunches lead to strong flexion st Read more:Bridges
Takkle Top 100 Baseball 1st round 2008 draft recap 2008-06-05 17:15:00 The #1 player in the Takkle Top 100, Tim Beckham, was chosen first overall by the young and talented Tampa Bay Rays. By most experts opinion Beckham had the most upside and is a 5 tool athlete. Beckham is an athletic, supremely talented player with potential above average defensive ability at the Major League level. His actions are smooth, fluid and easy.Coming in with the 3rd overall pick the Ka Read more:round
Improve Your Chops for Bat Speed 2008-06-09 10:51:00 As we patrol weight rooms nationwide, ballplayers love to use med balls, and they love to mimic their swing with them, always chopping and rotating. This is great, but in-season it often leads to overuse injuries due to all the swinging that is taking place in conjunction with med ball training. The cure for creating balance in the body, especially around the core, is the Med Ball Lift. The med b Read more:Improve
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Can the Rays bend it like Beckham? 2008-06-10 17:24:00 Tim Beckham
, the #1 player on the Takkle Top 100 and #3 in baseball america was the #1 overall pick in the 2008 MLB first year player draft. Beckham hit .500 with 31 runs batted in and 16 stolen bases this year. There are many pundits, including famed GM Billy Beane of Moneyball fame, that claim drafting a player out of high school has much more risk associated along with it, and if you are going
The Nate Miles saga 2008-06-10 11:35:00 The Nate Miles
saga may be coming to a conclusion.The well-traveled swingman graduated from North Carolina’s Patterson School last January with intent of attending UConn. But due to a convoluted transcript – Miles has attended five high schools and missed time to deal with his sister’s cancer – the NCAA has yet to grant him eligibility due to a dispute as to whether he has completed enough
Death, Taxes, and Tiger Woods 2008-06-16 17:14:00 Every high school has that guy. You know, the guy you claim to hate because you secretly want to be exactly like them. That guy who’s seemingly great at every sport, everyone seems to love, and never seems to be trying hard at any of it. You survived all this knowing that one day, you’d leave high school and they’d be just as small as you in that larger, post-graduation world you were enteri Read more:Taxes
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Welcome to the Shea Circus 2008-06-17 16:10:00 This was their plan? After hours of secret meetings, careful deliberation, and crafted press releases, this was their plan? In the “massacre” that was the firing of Willie Randolph, the New York Mets proved once again why they are, and will forever be, Baseball’s biggest joke this side of Kansas City. Somewhere in that “Running a Baseball Franchise for Dummies” book that seems to guide t Read more:Welcome
, Circus
The Next Jordan? 2008-06-18 17:03:00 22 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 turnovers. That was it. No awe-inspiring dunks, no crowd-quieting fadeaways, no last-second jumpers, and no patented one-man scoring runs. Just referee complaints, utter disbelief, and visible disappointment. On a Boston night when his team could most use the killer instinct from the self-proclaimed “Black Mamba”, it was left out in L.A, probably somewhe Read more:Jordan
Should I swing a heavy bat for bat speed? 2008-06-18 10:52:00 So how many of you use a donut for bat speed? Or perhaps you are swing
ing a heavier bat? The theory here is good, thinking that by swinging a heavier bat you will train your muscles with greater resistance, and the end result will be greater bat speed. The idea is good, but the end result is usually altered swing mechanics, along with a lot of strike outs. The reality is if you want to increase ba
NBA Mock Draft 2008 2008-06-25 16:59:00 With the NBA
draft only 24 hours away, it’s time for a Mock Draft
. The draft is always unpredictable and impossible to forecast, but I’ll do it anyway. Here are my NBA 2008 draft predictions: Chicago Bulls – The Bulls claim they are undecided as to whom they will select with the first pick –Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley. They’re lying. Rose, the talented freshman point guard out of M
Worst Athletes-turned-Artist Creations 2008-06-24 17:12:00 On Sunday Night in New York City, Shaquille O’Neal was asked (probably jokingly) to step to the mic and freestyle. Never one to shy away from the spotlight, one minute later, Shaquille O’Neal, NBA great and future hall of famer, became ShaqFu, embarrassing rapper and YouTube joke. Why do so many athletes feel the need to release music? What? Is there not enough garbage on the radio already? Read more:turned
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