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Implementation and Progression of Eccentric Training with Athletes
While eccentric strength is necessary for athletes to develop to become faster and more powerful, coaches don’t always administer eccentric training correctly. Coaches Mike Young…
Budget-Friendly Solutions for High School S&C Coaches
High school coach Kevin Consoles discusses his favorite equipment and performance tests for coaches on a tight budget.
Why Categorizing Plyometrics as Intensive or Extensive Isn’t Specific Enough
While labeling plyometrics as either intensive or extensive is useful to categorize these movements, this framework doesn’t go far enough to provide coaches with the…
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…
What Sprinters Must Know About Elastic Strength
Mindful that no strength coach wants to turn their sprinters into bodybuilders, Coach Kim Goss uses research and observation to…
Why We Need Barbell Training More than Ever
Coach William Wayland lays out steps to prepare athletes to resume barbell training once we return to sport. Athletes will…
Beyond ‘Go’: Adding Sensory Cues to Train Agility in Team Sports
Open and closed drills both have their place in training agility in team sports. Coach Will Ratelle makes a case…
High-Performance Library: Messengers
Don’t let the information you pass on to your athletes, staff members, and peers fall on deaf ears. Coach Pickering…
Al Vermeil, Unrehearsed – Training Strength In “The Last Dance” Dynasty
As “The Last Dance” sparks a revival of interest in Michael Jordan’s pair of NBA Championship three-peats with the Chicago…
For the Love of Interval Training
Coach Brennan Michelson shows us how to effectively program HIT and SIT during periodized interval training. The combination offers a…
Training the Long Sprints Without a Track
Coach Graham Eaton knows something about training the long sprints without a track, as his high school had to make…