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Incorporating Medicine Ball Training with Basketball Players
While athletes in sports such as golf and baseball regularly train with medicine balls, basketball players typically don’t—yet. Coach Justin Ochoa makes a strong case…
A Review of Output Sports Technology
Sam Feldman takes a deep dive into why strength and conditioning coaches should take notice of the new performance data gathering system from Output Sports.…
Are Static Jumps the Missing Element in Your Jump Training?
David Rosales explains why all coaches should include static plyometrics in their jump training instead of only focusing on elastic. Static jump training is an…
Cool as the Other Side of the Pillow – Inspiring Athletes to Sleep for Peak Performance
You know sleep is important for your athletes, but do you know just how important? Do they? Coach Pete Burridge explains how and why sleep…
Tempo: One Man’s Journey
Everyone’s got an opinion about tempo training, especially on social media. Coach Rob Assise weighs in with his own personal journey using tempo training through…
Impacting Game Day in Collegiate Softball
Softball players have lengthy pre-game warm-ups, but the processes rarely prepare athletes to start games optimally. Coach Timothy Rattan introduces…
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A Learning-Based Approach to Technical Coaching
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Budget-Friendly Solutions for High School S&C Coaches
High school coach Kevin Consoles discusses his favorite equipment and performance tests for coaches on a tight budget.
Why Categorizing Plyometrics as Intensive or Extensive Isn’t Specific Enough
While labeling plyometrics as either intensive or extensive is useful to categorize these movements, this framework doesn’t go far enough…
Roll Tide: The New Model
How important are speed and a multi-sport background for success in college football? Coach Tony Holler and Tracking Football bring…
Implementation and Progression of Eccentric Training with Athletes
While eccentric strength is necessary for athletes to develop to become faster and more powerful, coaches don’t always administer eccentric…
Ending the War on Tempo Running with Sprinters
Tempo training is a solution to some of the common challenges of athletic development. Don’t dismiss it out of hand…