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5 Common Misconceptions About GPP (General Physical Preparedness)
As with so many things these days, there is a disconnect between the definition of general physical preparedness and the way that people actually interpret…
Reactive Strength Ratio: A New Way of Evaluating and Monitoring Plyometrics
To date, plyometrics has been overwhelmingly focused on—and tested for—vertical momentum-based movements. Because of the specificity of more horizontally focused plyometrics and their link to…
Misconceptions About Speed and Power Training for Team Sports
Many coaches of court and field-based sports teams have misconceptions about training speed and power in a team setting. Coach Joey Guarascio looks at eight…
What They Didn’t Teach Us About Fascia in Grad School
In grad school, Drew Hill looked at the body in terms of its hundreds of muscle groups. Then he researched fascia and discovered an intertwining…
The Top Three Misconceptions About Fitness in Soccer
Too often, any physical shortcoming a soccer player demonstrates is misattributed to a “lack of fitness.” As Coach Mike Whiteman explains in our ongoing series…
Bridging the Gap – How Training Angular Velocities in the Weight Room Transfers to Sprinting
Traditional lifts target force, but often miss velocity and movement specificity. Nolan Dreher explores exercises built around swing-leg retraction, angular…
Reflections on Experiences in and Around Professional Baseball
As a Minor League Baseball strength and conditioning coach, Sam Feldman has learned a thing or two these last few…
Putting the Acceleration vs. Maximum Velocity Debate to Bed
Coach Rob Assise explains why every athlete should train for max acceleration and max velocity, not one or the other.…
The New Age of Performance Training in Golf
Until relatively recently, golf instructors and coaches focused on kinematics and movement, instead of kinetics and forces. Bobby Prengle explains…
A Better Warm-Up with Activation, Sensory Preparation, and Potentiation
While the goal of a warm-up is to prepare the body for the workout to come, that’s far from its…
10 Achievable Goals in Post-Season Training
Brijesh Patel lays out his unique approach for post-season training to restore athletes and build them up stronger.
Managing Groin Pain in Field Sport Athletes
Coach Selwyn Griffith details the multi-stage rehabilitation of athletes with hip and groin pain. This rehab relies on clinical examinations…