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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…
A New Way to Measure Change of Direction?
While there are ways to test change of direction, Coach Kyle Davey believes they miss a key component—speed. Here, he presents a new formula for…
Transfer of Learning: From the Weight Room to the Long Run
By increasing the absolute strength of muscles, an endurance athlete can increase the efficiency of the muscles; this allows for…
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…
High-Performance Library: The Personal MBA
In the book “The Personal MBA,” the author presents a series of “mental models” that helps businesses and businesspeople succeed.…