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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…
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…
Learning to Learn Athletic Skills
Endurance athletes who primarily train their legs experience increased endurance capacity in their upper body. Learning the overhand throw of…
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…
Methods to Develop Speed and Power for the Shot Put
Weight training, running, and jumping are very important in the development of speed and power in the shot putter. Coach…
Polishing the Basics or Scared to Advance?
While it’s good to “polish the basics,” this should serve as a starting point, and not end goal, for athlete…
3 Lactate Workouts to Train for the 300-Meter Hurdles
Coach Tyler Germain believes the 300-meter hurdles is the toughest race in track and field for high school athletes, which…