welcome to sport-techniques.com!

Providing kids, parents and coaches the "how-to" sport techniques necessary to enjoy and succeed at the sports you love ... for free!

Welcome to Sport-Techniques.com. My name is Rick West, and I'm the founder of Sport Techniques.

While I never made it to the big leagues, the one thing I've learned during my many years of playing and coaching various sports is that confidence breeds enjoyment and excitement. It doesn't matter the sport. It doesn't matter the age.

If you have confidence that you can become a good skateboarder, you're out there falling down time after time. Not because you have to, but because you want to. If you're good at hockey, you're the one out there at 5:00am because that's the only time you can get rink time. You're not out there because you feel that you can't do it. You're out there because you know enough about hockey that you believe you can do it! You have confidence in yourself because of what you know!

It is for this reason that Sport Techniques exists. To give you the one-stop informational tools necessary to answer your sports questions ... to help fill in those missing informational gaps that you may have in an effort to help you gain the confidence to play, teach or coach the sports you love.

Again, I welcome you to Sport-Techniques.com. Through our extensive research I hope we can prove worthy of your time, becoming your
one-stop informational sports website.

Rick West

free "how-to" instructions

Sport Techniques ' detailed "how-to" sports library expands on a daily basis so that you'll have only one place to go when wanting to gain confidence by learning more about any sport that interests you.

Our first detailed topic, baseball, was released to rave reviews. That was followed up recently with Football. Expect these sport techniques libraries to continue to grow, as well as soccer, basketball, hockey, and many more coming soon! All topics can be found in the left navigation menu

create your own sports blog

Are you a coach wanting to keep your team informed without the hassles of email? Are you running a softball league and want to keep the players up to date on the league's ongoings? Or, have you begun some amazing running streak, like Nancy and Tim from Massachusetts, that you want to share with your family and friends?

Whatever your interest, share it with the world by using Sport Techniques' blog creation tool! It's free, it's easy, and there is no technical mess for you to deal with. It won't be long before you're sharing your sporting interests with others!

practice drills

As a coach, parent or athlete, it is often difficult to develop a set of practice drills. Whether you're looking for new practice drills for your team's next practice, or have one to share, this section is for you! See what other visitor's to Sport Techniques use to develop their skills in this one-stop practice drill emporium!

equipment tips

You know what you like and don't like when it comes to sports equipment. Maybe you have some inside knowledge on how to make football shoulder pads more comfortable for your 9-year old son, like Susan from Massachusetts. Or, detailed information on what to look for when it comes to purchasing a punching bag, like Adam from Texas.

Whatever your experience is, share it with others! Your insights will be invaluable to someone else learning about, and gaining confidence in, the same sport that you love!

information & techniques

The world of sports is vast, and while we are working hard on research to bring you free and easy access to the best sport techniques and information on the web, we can't do it alone! This is where the Information & Techniques section comes in.

Share with us sport techniques and information from your sport of interst so that others might benefit, like the details on Plyometric Training brought to us by Johnathan in Illinois, or the explanation of Bocce from Heather in Pennsylvania. Whether you have experience in more mainstream sports, or the obscure, it doesn't matter ... we want to hear and learn from you!

sports stories

Bruce from Minnesota shared with us the story of his "Father the Diving Clown". It is a sentimental story about how his father gained a job by attempting a dive that was, at the time, beyond his skills. And 9-year old Tim from Massachusetts (the same as mentioned above) wrote about how he and his Mom first started their running streak.

Perfect! That's what this Sports Stories section is about! How has sports touched your life? Your achievements? Your failures? Who or what in the world of sports made an impression on you? We want to know ... and we love it because THAT'S what sports are truly about!

sports articles

Do you enjoy writing about sports? Want to report on a local team or a sporting event happening in your area? The Sports Articles section is where you can write to your heart's content.

Share your sports writing with us in this highly visible outlet and gain significant exposure for your work. We'll all be looking on!

sporting goods

We attempt to bring you a complete one-stop sports experience when visiting Sport Techniques. In addtion to free instructional how-to information, we carry more than 2,000 sporting goods products and offer direct access to more than 4,500 additional sports products from several highly reputable partners -- with more added daily!

It is through the sales of our products, and those of our partners, that allows us to continue our growth. This growth means more free and accessible information for you. So when thinking about buying your next sporting goods product, please think about starting with Sport-Techniques.com. Thanks!

deals, top sellers, featured products

All sporting goods, all the time! This section provides you with easy access to our "Deal Of The Week", "Top Sellers", "New Products" and "Featured Products".

If wanting an overview of the sporting goods we offer, this is a great place to start!

become a ST Expert

Ok, so you consider yourself somewhat of an expert in the sport you love. Well, we want to offer you a residual income stream if we are allowed to extract some of that knowledge from you!

If you have writing skills and a vast array of knowledge on a sport that you hold near and dear, become a writer in Sport Techniques Expert Compensation Program and earn residual commissions going forward. We'd love to have you become part of our team! Learn more now!