JR WPH Highlighting Race 4 Eight Pros Giving Back to the Game: Martin Mulkerrins
JR WPH Press, Logan, UT, 11/9/22
Utah State University Collegiate Handball Clinic – Coached and Written by Martin Mulkerrins
By the invitation of Utah State University Handball coaches Stacey Marble and Herm Olsen (2021 National Collegiate Handball Coach of the year), Martin Mulkerrins travelled to a snowy Logan, Utah to facilitate a handball clinic. Attendees at the clinic included students taking handball classes at the University, as well as current club players and coaches. The interactive clinic involved discussing fundamentals of the game of Handball, drills for improving performance and demonstrations. One specific request was for Martin to demonstrate the underhand fist shot to the ceiling!
“Universities and handball classes delivered by universities continue to have great potential to recruit and develop new players. Utah State University is a great example of this with Stacey Marble, Ryan Campbell, Danny Peterson and Xander Andreason all here today for the clinic and supporting the next generation of USU handballers. I look forward to seeing their progress when we meet in Tucson in February for the National Collegiate Championship” – Martin Mulkerrins.
After the clinic Martin played an exhibition match with 2022 Utah State Men’s Open Singles Champion and former USU student, Ryan Campbell. This gave everybody the opportunity to see what was discussed and demonstrated in the clinic. Following the exhibition Martin and all the students took to the courts for some matches to practice what they had learned.
“Having Martin come and teach the students (and the rest of us) was a great experience for all. To be able to continue to learn from the best and add things he talked about into our own teaching methods will be very helpful for the upcoming years. The kids all loved getting in the court to play with Martin and he is just as nice on the court as he is off the court” – Stacey Marble
In conclusion Herm Olsen highlights the benefits of having Pro players support collegiate programs:
“Martin Mulkerrins freely gave of his time, his techniques and his knowledge recently to the grateful and excited students of Utah State University. Martin is a class act all by himself, but when you throw in his remarkable teaching skill and gracious demeanor, you have a winning combination. We are so grateful that USU had the opportunity to host Martin, to learn from him, and to be enriched by his Handball style. As one of the truly best players in the world, it was a treat unrivaled for our students to watch, to listen to and to learn from this highly skilled emissary of World Handball. We hope he can return one day to see the fruits of his training. He is a classic example of why Handball is the greatest sport in the world, a sport for LIFE!”
Photo’s courtesy of Eilish Owens eilishowens3@gmail.com
If your community would like for the 2022 R48 Player’s Champion Martin Mulkerrins to host a clinic, please contact Martin at mmulkerrins@tamu.edu
Thank you to Martin for giving back and helping to grow the game.
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