James Yoon wins the FCWT Plantation Inn Open!

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Posted: Sunday, February 28th, 2010

The IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy traveled a couple hours north this weekend to Crystal River to play in the FCWT Plantation Inn Open! The weather, once again this weekend, proved to be challenging with the chilly temperatures and strong winds.
IMG Golfer, James Yoon, of Paraguay, won the 36-hole event on Sunday. Now playing in [...]

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Player Profile Series: Joshua Tsao drums

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Posted: Friday, February 26th, 2010

IMG Baseball Academy’s Joshua Tsao does more than play baseball. Much more. As a musician he dabbles on the bass guitar and destroys a drum set like his hands are on fire. He began playing at the age of 5, around the time when his mother, a concert pianist, gave him the choice. Now 15, [...]

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Watch this: iVision training tip

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Posted: Friday, February 26th, 2010

Here’s your IPI tip of the week from David DaSilva:

David DaSilva is a Mental Conditioning Coach and iVision Specialist at the IMG Academies Performance Center.

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Flashback Friday……Ginger and Robbi Howard!

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Posted: Friday, February 26th, 2010

We thought it would be fun to have a video Flashback Friday this week. Check out how Ginger and Robbi have grown!
Ginger and Robbi Howard are now in their 5th year as Full Timers at IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy.
Ginger is a 2012 Grad and is now ranked 36th by Golfweek!
Robbi is a 2013 Grad and [...]

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Casey Mulholland talks, Ole Miss or MLB

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Posted: Friday, February 26th, 2010

IMG Baseball Academies Casey Mulholland (Pendleton) is committed to playing for Ole Miss, and the Rebels couldn’t be more excited for the two-way star’s arrival. However, pending a great senior season, Mulholland may take the step directly to the majors. From RebelSports.net (full article):
The 6-foot-4 right-handed pitcher - that also projects as an elite college [...]

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IMG Soccer Academies Coach Tom Durkin talks with TopDrawerSoccer.com about the expansion of IMG Soccer, the new contract with Under Armour, and the upcoming inaugural IMG Cup.
To view the full video interview, click the link for TopDrawerSoccer.com

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IMG Basketball’s senior Andrew Davis recently went to Army for his first college basketball visit. It will also be his last visit, since he verbally committed to play for the Black Knights next year. Army is struggling in conference play this year, and Davis is part of a freshman class determined to change that.
…why Army? [...]

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The Eternal Jamie Moyer

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Posted: Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Jamie Moyer’s 26 seasons in the MLB have taken him many places, from Chicago to Seattle and in between, now playing for a spot in Philly. Seattle Times’ Larry Stone talked to Moyer about his long career:
CLEARWATER, Fla. - It has been 26 years since Jamie Moyer reported to his first spring-training camp, and 19 [...]

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“Picture yourself playing in front of 26,000″

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Posted: Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Here is a tip on INTENSITY from coach Brian Gottfreid:
“While working with a group of about 10 junior boys today I saw that the intensity level during the warmup was not very high. After 15 minutes the coaches pulled the players back onto one court and had 2 of the same players demonstrate the [...]

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In the first two weeks of February IMG Tennis took 16 players over two weeks to tournaments in Mexico City and Guadalajara to compete in Grade 4 ITF events.
The first week was Mexico City at the Casablanca club where the top showing was a quarterfinal effort by Xue Zhang and runner up in boys doubles [...]

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