Alex D. Merkel

💪Director of Sport Performance @ Cincinnati Country Day ✝️Matthew 25:29 🥠 "Your reward is the journey, not the destination" - Panda Express

[Brian Clarke M. Ed, CSCS @CoachClarkeWAT]

Consistency beats perfection every time. Perfection waits for the “right moment.” Consistency shows up anyway.

Small steps, repeated daily, will always outperform occasional bursts of perfect effort. Progress isn’t built on flawless moments , it’s built on showing up. 💪 #WAT

[Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77]

USF head coach, Brian Hartline, demanding his players do all they can to win the moment…

This second
This action
This activity
This session
Today
This week
Next game
This month
This season

Sports are game of moments. In fact, there are thousands of micro-moments in every game that can be won or lost. And these moments…these micro-moments…constantly influence the momentum of the game. The momentum of the game as it swings back and forth.

Underpinning moments and momentum is mindset. Is a player, are players, and is a team in High Performance Mindsets vertically or Low Performance Mindset?

Mindset drives Moments drives Momentum. Sports are games of Mindset, Moments, and Momentum. And this is why I want every player I work with and every team I work with to be outstanding at starting and staying in a High Performance Mindset.

(𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐏𝐌 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤)

[CCDS Athletics @CCDS_Sports]

Congratulations to our boys soccer players
who were named to the Cincinnati Enquirer All-City
team!

Gabe Benitez '26 - second team
Trey Blum '26- second team

Huge year for these two, they will be missed. Thank
you for your impact on the program!

[Kade McGee @kade_mcgee7]

Reminder to athletes, coaches, & parents everywhere.

The best S&C program in the world can’t prevent all injuries. Injury “prevention” is no such thing. Can only mitigate the risk of those injuries happening.

[craig james @coachcjames]

Response has been great! Sessions are filling out. If you know any college, HS/Jr High linemen looking to improve his craft, message @jakobjames00, myself, or AR at the info below.

[CCDS Athletics @CCDS_Sports]

Varsity Swim Dominates in Home Opener
https://t.co/vwPwlk2riN

[Coach Ross @CCDSCoachRoss]

Freshman start the night off with a win at Reading.

[CCDS Athletics @CCDS_Sports]

Thomas Huckleby ’28 continued to dominate throughout his sophomore season. He racked up 881 receiving yards (2nd most in the MVC) and added 9 receiving TDs. Combined with his 938 yards from last year, Huckleby now sits at 1,819 career receiving yards, the most in program history!

[CCDS Athletics @CCDS_Sports]

Six members of the football team received Ohio Prep Sports Media Association First Team DVII All-Southwest District Honors! The teams are voted on by a media panel from the District. Congratulations!

[Badin Strength & Conditioning @Badin_Strength]

In season lifting is essential. @BHSfootball4 @RAMSSPORTS

[Luke Messmer @lmess22]

The most important job of any youth coach: get all the kids to come back out next season because of the experience they had..that’s really all that matters. Bonus points if they come back and bring friends.

[CCDS Athletics @CCDS_Sports]

Vote CCDS cheer for the Cincinnati Enquirer Spirit Award! Our cheer team is having a record year! With 18 girls, it's the biggest squad in program history!

Vote for this amazing team with the link in our bio! You can vote every hour until 4 p.m. on Friday (10/3)!

[CCDS Athletics @CCDS_Sports]

NIGHTHAWKS WIN! Volleyball sweeps Seven Hills 3-0!

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

So many young athletes think they need super intricate, “sport specific,” training to get better…

Here’s all pro Christian McCaffrey using simple bounds, hops, sprints, jumps & lifts to get better:

[Joseph Guarascio @CoachJoeyG]

Transitional speed
S run
Half moon
Lateral bounds
Multi directional hurdle hops
#football #strengthandconditioning #workout #training #lift #lifting #strengthtraining #speed #sprint #changeofdirection #agility #game #gamespeed

[CCDS Athletics @CCDS_Sports]

Congrats to CCDS Soph. Luke Schnieber who placed 3rd at OHSAA Tournament today in Pole Vault. We are all proud of the record setting season you had this year Luke!!!

[Dr. Eric Cash @dormanstrength]

In HS S&C, there will always be athletes that train w/ private coaches. That’s not the issue. The issue is as S&C coaches we can’t manage volume/workload if we don’t know what’s happening.

This is the email you want to receive! This puts the athlete☝🏼! 👏🏼to this private coach!

[CCDS Athletics @CCDS_Sports]

District Champs!

[Jaemeson French @frenchjaemeson]

2 💣’s today in the tournament win against East Clinton. Can’t wait for the next game with the guys.
@weldyprep @CCDS_Sports @Coach_Shelb @PrepBaseOHScout @JHaire03 @K_Pettoruto11 @aluckey32 @Coach_Chiero @TysonBNeal

[Alex D. Merkel @CoachMerk91]

@pbasilstrength POWER