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Using BTS Technology to Improve Exercise Prescription for Strength and Hypertrophy
Neuromuscular assessment by surface electromyography (EMG) helps to connect the dots between the neural response and the performance outcome during a training environment or competition.…
Adaptive Power for Injured Athletes
There are numerous considerations to take into account when deciding on the best methods for training an injured athlete, from evaluating strength and power to…
A Practical Guide to Utilizing Wellness Questionnaires in Collegiate Team Sports
It can be difficult to keep track of the well-being of your athletes. An effective and simple way to manage wellness and prevent injuries is…
Putting the “Fun” in Fundamentals: How, When & Why to Gamify Sprint Training
Gamifying sprint training is an opportunity to bridge the gap between technique work and game-speed performance. As Coaches Kyle Davey and Matt Tometz explain, athletes…
The Dichotomies of Strength and Conditioning
Navigating the nuances of strength and conditioning can be difficult at times, but Tate Tobiason is here to give you some tips to stay on…
Excuses Are the Nails that Build the House of Failure
As track and field coaches we’ve often heard that the best learning takes place not in formal educational settings nor…
To Drag the Toes (or Not) at the Start of a Sprint
While there are extremely successful sprinters who drag the toes, there are also great sprinters who don’t. Coach John Makell…
Bounce Gone Bad! 7 Common Pitfalls in Plyometric Programming
Mike Whiteman details some of the mistakes coaches make when using plyometric exercises to improve speed. Learn more about the…
What Can Cheese Teach Us About Performance?
Blaming the athlete will not achieve error-free performance. Former Olympic athlete Craig Pickering explains why treating errors as systemic problems…
Better Strategies to Train Speed and Fitness for Surfing
Too often, training approaches for surfers do very little to replicate the unique demands of the sport. Coach Michael Ferguson…
Sports Technology: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
For a variety of reasons, many coaches and teams enter into the sports technology buying process blindly, without necessarily knowing…
Why the Drum Drill Is Underrated for Speed
Although the drum drill has been around for years as an exercise to develop frequency, it was a bit cumbersome…