As a freshman Ryan Toney is contributing to a successful season as the Tommie’s advance to the second round of the NCAA Div III play-offs. Just last season he was one of the areas top yards per carry back playing for Valley Christian (Dublin).

Ryan Toney      10   62  301   36  265   4.3   3   21  26.5

Here’s an excerpt from their last game:

“Even in the playoffs the Tommies found playing time for freshman backups. Matt O’Connell took over at quarterback and Ryan Toney was carrying the ball by the end of the third quarter.

Toney burst to the edge and tumbled across the goal line for an eight yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter. Toney had six carries for 34 yards on the drive that put the Tommies up 48-2.”

Read the whole story at Tommie media at:  http://www.tommiemedia.com/featured-news/tommies-advance-beating-st-scholastica-48-2/

Modified schedule for the week. For those who are around our hours will be:

Monday: 9am-Noon

Tuesday: 3pm-7pm

Wednesday: 9am-noon  (Call to confirm your attendance by Tuesday evening).

Thursday: Off

Fri: Off

Sat: Off

Sunday 9am-noon.

If interested in private one to one sessions please call to arrange a time.

I’ve had water polo athletes in the past, most were dual sport athletes like Mike Cassady a Monte Vista pitcher who went on to pitch for CAL. Now I have Nick Candau. Nick was a pitcher who chose water polo as his main sport. Nick is the third Candau athlete I’ve trained, his older brother Matt is also a part time Gamespeed assistant.

Ive never seen a water polo match, so the NCS final between SRV and Miramonte was my first. These were the two best teams in the bay area and two of the best in California.  It was one of the most exciting sports competitions I have ever witnessed. Even though I am not the expert on how Nick played technically ( he did score two goals) I can assure you that his athletic feat was magnificent. I watched Nick basically swim back and forth the full length of the pool  (easily 30m)  for 36 minutes. But wait during that  time he has to tread water, sprint,  defend and elude competitors. For those not familiar with water polo it can be like UFC in the water, […]

Congratulations to our GS athletes on this past weeks signing of their letters of intent. Out of 18 baseball athletes signing 8 are current GS athletes.  Three will be going to CAL who already has four or five former clients. It will be great to watch these guys play locally.

We’d also like to acknowledge one of our former softball players Marissa Escalante of Rodriguez High who signed her letter of intent with UC Riverside.

BASEBALL

Will Ballowe (San Ramon) Washington

Brett Barbier (San Ramon) Cal Poly

Grant Diede (Acalanes) Cal

Max Dutto (San Ramon) Cal

Mitch Kranson (De La Salle) Cal

James Marvel (Campolindo) Duke

Mark Mathias (Irvington) Cal

Colby Wright (Castro Valley) Kansas

DIY Sports Massage

What’s the most important part of a good workout? You’re recovery!

Athletes must keep in mind that muscle growth comes during rest periods.   You can ruin the greatest workout in the world if you don’t have the proper recovery “Habits”.  I’m always lecturing my athletes about nutrition, rest for recovery, stretching and lastly, what I term “body flush” or massage.

At the conclusion of a workout I like athletes to rehydrate (protein drink & water), do an active cool down (rowing, bike, vibration plate), light stretching (static), and self massage (ball, roller stick, foam roller). It’s the last one that I’d like to discuss because it’s easy, inexpensive and has a variety of recovery benefits.

Myofasial release, trigger point therapy are also terms used to describe this form of massage.  Self massage techniques stretch muscles and tendons and breaks down the scar tissue and adhesions that result from training.

The benefits of self massage are:

1. Flushes the body of lactic acid and toxins.
2. Decreases inflammation (soreness, stiffness).
3. Restores flexibility and range of motion.
4. Improves circulation to speed recovery.

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A great story on an exceptional young man. A GS athlete since 2006 Craig has been impressive in the gym, football field, track and classroom.  It’s not hard to notice that this kid got it. Leadership qualities and a steadiness that escapes most of his age.  I have no doubt he will accomplish his goals as an athlete and a student. Stanford will be the one missing out if they don’t let him in and as a walk on they would be getting a steal!

Balancing act: Central’s Jones true student-athlete

While many of his football-playing peers are analyzing X’s and O’s and trying to uncover weak areas in the cover-five zone, Craig Jones is busy working on a different level.

The Central Catholic senior is splitting time between his playbook and four Advanced Placement courses as he tries to earn an invite to Stanford.

If the Cardinal deems Jones acceptable, it would be merely as a student — not as a football player. He’d have to earn that distinction, as well, as a walk-on player at the school.

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