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Mark Hoover

About Mark Hoover

Mark Hoover works for SimpliFaster in a coaching and technical consulting capacity and is the Director of Athletic Performance at Metrolina Christian Academy in Indian Trail, North Carolina. Coach Hoover started his career coaching football at both the high school and NCAA levels. After spending nearly 20 years in the dual role of sport coach/strength coach (including 11 years as a head football coach), he made the transition to full-time strength and conditioning in 2015.

Coach Hoover holds bachelor’s degrees in communications and physical education and is fully certified in K–12 social studies and physical education. He is currently pursuing an MS in Exercise Science. He is a USAW Level 1 and 2 Certified Advanced Sports Performance Coach, as well as an NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist.

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Technology Roundtable: Introducing the OHM Run

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Mark Hoover, Mike Wright, and Vien Vu discuss their experiences using the OHM...

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Making Elite Tech Accessible: How to Use Force ...

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At first, Coach Mark Hoover wasn’t sure how easy or beneficial force plates w...

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Using Performance Circuits and SHREDmill to Tra...

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Looking for a powerful solution to training large groups while limited by spa...

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5 Takeaways from Combine Training at XPE to Use...

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There’s nothing quite like the NFL Draft, nor the Combine leading up to it. A...

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Adding GPS Player Load to Your Monitoring Proto...

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In part 2 of a series looking at GPS player load, Coach Mark Hoover presents ...

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Better Ways to Build Work Capacity for Football...

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Coach Mark Hoover explains how you can use GPS to remove the educated guesswo...

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Start with the Game: Reverse Engineering a Perf...

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If the biggest failure of any performance program is the gap between what ath...

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Hooking Your High School Athletes on Intent and...

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Velocity-based training can be used with all levels of high school athletes a...

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Developing a Map for Cooperation Between Perfor...

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If we all want what’s best for our athletes, then S&C coaches and sports coac...

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5 Principles for Training High School Athletes

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Strength and conditioning coach Mark Hoover discusses how his approach to coa...

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How to Become a Behind-the-Scenes Superhero

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Mark Hoover explains why the relationships that strength and conditioning coa...

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How the 1×20 Won This Skeptic Over

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Coaches at all levels, from high school to collegiate to private sector, use ...

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