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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…
Common Misconceptions About Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR)
Reflexive Performance Reset is more than just pushing in on one part of the body. As part of a new series on SimpliFaster, Chris Korfist,…
A Simple Guide To Effective In-Season Training
A highly effective in-season training program is one of the most important things that a coach can prepare for their athletes. Keith Ferrara gives his…
The Use of RPE in Team Sports
The use of the RPE scale is growing in popularity in team sports because data collection is easy and accurately…
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…
Training Strategies That Work in the Trenches: MADS
In a series of articles, Coach Alan Bishop will look at some training methods that have held up over the…
Winning After Winning—Finding the Keys to Sustained Success
Although the seminal paper, “Winning after Winning” is nearly 30 years old, Craig Pickering points out how its research and…
How to Maximize Sleep Quality and Recovery After Evening Games
Evening games are a fact of life for athletes at all levels. But how can an athlete “shut down” afterward…