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Practical Methods for Designing Plyometric Progressions Based on RSI
When training with plyometrics, coaches need to prescribe the correct exercises in the correct doses. Ashton King demonstrates one way to do that by classifying…
How to Become a Behind-the-Scenes Superhero
Mark Hoover explains why the relationships that strength and conditioning coaches develop with the parents of their student-athletes are so important to the industry, the…
Developing Mentally Tough Athletes
How can you develop mentally tough athletes? Coach Cody Hughes looks at the mechanisms that can help create mental toughness and presents a plan to…
Better Pelvic Positioning for Better Sprinting
Speed coach Kyle Davey explores the causes and fixes of anterior pelvic tilt that saps speed and increases risk of injury among sprinters.
Enhancing Speed with Plyometrics
How can you use plyometrics to improve different facets of your athletes’ sprinting? Brendan Thompson looks at plyo prescription and how to best determine which…
Programming Resisted Sprints on the 1080 Sprint: Setting Speed Limits and the Impact on Sprint Kinetics
What are the most effective ways to apply the speed limit setting with the 1080 Sprint? Coach Jonathan Ward breaks…
Data-Driven Coaching in the Pole Vault
The World Athletics biomechanical data reports on pole vaulting offer critical perspectives which the naked eye can rarely capture as…
Simple Steps for Raising Faster Kids
How do you raise faster kids? As Coach Tyler Germain explains, by basically encouraging what they do naturally—playing, running, jumping,…
What Can COVID-19 Teach Us About Off-Season Programming?
The coronavirus lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders forced coaches to develop creative strategies to remotely train their athletes. Coach Pete Burridge…
The Role of Compression Garments in Performance and Recovery
Are compressions garments a good tool for recovery? And do they help enhance performance when worn during exercise? Coach Pickering…
An Alternative Way to Think About Plyometric Training for Women’s Volleyball
Programming a variety of jump heights in your plyometric training plan helps accommodate the specificity of volleyball while exposing the…
How to Swim Faster with SmartPaddle
SmartPaddle is a wearable sensor that reveals a swimmer’s strengths and weaknesses by measuring the force, speed, and orientation of…