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Evolving Your Block Periodized Model
Coach Trader Flora explains how coaches can tweak their block periodized program in different scenarios, helping athletes reach their various goals and better fit different…
7 Practical Elements for Making Your Athletes Lightning Fast
Mike Carolan discusses the most effective ways to improve your strength training regimen to improve your athletes’ performance speed.
Why You Should Use Manual Resistance in Strength Training
Although it may never replace using a barbell, strength training with manual resistance is highly effective when done properly, and it doesn’t typically need any…
A Review of the Normatec Legs Recovery System
Interested in the Normatec legs recovery system, but looking for a first-hand review of the technology from a coach? Justin Roethlingshoefer used it for six…
The Process of Putting Together a Successful Athletic Performance Staff
Coach and Performance Director George Greene takes us through the phases of hiring and developing a successful athletic performance staff, from the early stages to…
Voice from the Void: The Disappearing Middle Ground of Coaching
Rather than just accept the growing polarization in society today, Coach Kyle Hierholzer advocates for the value of the middle…
How the 1×20 Won This Skeptic Over
Coaches at all levels, from high school to collegiate to private sector, use the 1×20 program in their training as…
How to Develop Unstoppable Kicking Power
Self-defense instructor and strength and conditioning coach Alex Chrysovergis teaches the three basic and six specific exercises you need to…
My Speed Journey: From “Man-Makers” to Max Velocity
Coach Erik Becker takes us through his journey from team athlete whose speed was never timed to coach who never…
Speed and Conditioning for Team Sports
What is appropriate programming for speed and conditioning? Brendan Thompson analyzes some methods currently used by coaches to improve speed…
15 Uses of the MuscleLab Contact Grid
What can you test for with the MuscleLab Contract Grid? Quite a lot. Coach Rob Assise explains—and shows extensively—15 ways…
Athlete Fatigue Management: Gaining a Relative Advantage
The more insight coaches can gain into an athlete’s true readiness, the more ability they have to provide an optimal…