Prime Path Athletics
Every issue, I hand you ONE practical thing you can do with your kid this week. No fluff, no filler.
Today’s tip: the ready position. It’s the one habit I make every kid on my team drill before anything else — and it takes two minutes a day to build.
🎯 Today’s Tip: The Ready Position
Every practice starts the same way — before a single drill, before a single rep. It’s not flashy, and it never makes the highlight reel. But it’s the one thing that separates kids who compete from kids who get run over.
It’s called the ready position — feet shoulder-width apart, knees bent, weight on the balls of your feet, eyes up. Every sport has its own version of it, and most kids never learn it until a coach forces the issue.
WHY IT MATTERS
Most kids stand flat-footed until the play has already started. By the time they react, the ball, the runner, or the shot is already gone.
I’ve watched kids get beat to a loose ball by a full step — not because they were slower, but because they started half a second late.
That half-second is the whole game. It’s the difference between a starter and a kid on the bench wondering why.
Bottom line: the ready position isn’t optional. It’s the foundation everything else gets built on.
THE SOLUTION
Have your kid practice snapping into the ready position from a dead stand — 10 times, every day, until it’s automatic. No ball, no drill required. Just muscle memory. It takes two minutes and it shows up in every sport they play.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Talk tomorrow,
Prime Path Athletics LLC