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Beyond the Play: Tech-Driven Insights for Peak Football Performance
Training football players requires more than building strength—it’s about developing speed, power, and recovery for game-day performance. Coaches Zackary Ceci and Joey Guarascio explore how…
10 Tips for an Effective Internship Program
Coach Stephen Georgio lays out 10 Tips for running an effective internship program that helps build your program and lands them a future job.
Train Fast to Play Fast: Using VBT to Develop Durable and Explosive Athletes
In this article, Tim Crowley outlines a full guide to implementing a velocity-based approach to your training program. This article includes a downloadable PDF of…
Force Plates in Practice: What I Learned in My First Year
Coach Jared Lovelace walks through common mistakes coaches make when first using force plates and how they can set themselves up for success. He also…
Lessons From A Strength Coach
In this article, Coach Zach Pinney discusses common faults in programming, such as an over-reliance on volume, and outlines basics of a quality strength and…
Is It Time to Dump the Catch with the Power Clean?
While Coach Bob Alejo has been a fan of the power clean for years, he discusses the reasons why he…
Popular Articles
How We Got Our First Sprint Relays to State in Program History
Sprint Coach Robert Dunn tells the story of how he helped guide a group of female sprinters from being on…
Science, Dogma, and Effective Practice in S&C
This article explores the intersection of science, cognitive biases, and practical application in the field of S&C. By drawing on…
How We Trained for the 2025 NFL Draft
Coach Stephen Haggerty details his time training five under-the-radar college football athletes for the NFL Combine. The program resulted in…
Why We Don’t Perform Hang Cleans
Despite his own background as a competitive Olympic weightlifter, Coach Cole Hergott now uses the lifts sparingly with his own…
1080 Sprint: Four Essential Tips You Won’t Find in the Manual
1080 Motion provides users numerous educational and technical resources to make best use of their tools, but what insider hacks…
Running Through Time: An Athlete’s Story of Resilience and Recovery
The epidemic of ACL injuries hasn’t just taken a physical toll on young female athletes—the social and emotional impact can…