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Optimal Off-Season Training for Volleyball
In six years of training volleyball teams, Keith Ferrara’s players haven’t suffered a single upper-body injury. Read his off-season training plan to learn how to…
Roll Tide: The New Model
How important are speed and a multi-sport background for success in college football? Coach Tony Holler and Tracking Football bring the receipts. Analyzing the makeup…
Faster Speeds, Better Times: Sprint Training for Distance Runners
Do you coach distance runners? Read why Coach Michael Farthing believes speed training will have a profound effect on your runners regardless of their experience…
How to Get Started with CoachMePlus
Wondering if CoachMePlus is a good fit for your strength and conditioning program? The company’s marketing director, Will Zacher, gives an in-depth look at the…
Training Volume, Intensity, and Density in a Masters Sprinter
Training as a masters athlete is different than training when you’re younger. With his own training as a guide, Coach David Maris looks at the…
The Digitalization of Resistance Training
Athletic training programs have embraced the benefits of digitalization. Resistance training, however, lags behind other types of training. While there…
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Are Your High School Athletes Eating the Right Foods to Play Their Best?
High school athletes might dedicate themselves to training and conditioning for their sport, but if they’re not eating well, they…
The Lost Art of Training Alone
In order to address the need to continue training during the pandemic and its resultant school and program shutdowns, many…
Developing a High School Sport Science Program Through the Classroom
High school sports don’t always get the budget their coaches want and/or need. But Coach Jeremy Weeks presents the cross-curricular…
7 Surfaces Coaches Must Navigate with Their Athletes
Coach Graham Eaton believes that when we talk about developing our athletes long-term and fostering a love of athletics, giving…
High-Performance Library: Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?
A crew of also-rans turned into Olympic Champions using these tools and techniques. Coach Pickering selects the most notable methods…
Hurdle Technical Drills Simplified
In the short hurdle events, all athletes perform a similar step pattern. The athlete who covers these steps the quickest…