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Science, Dogma, and Effective Practice in S&C
This article explores the intersection of science, cognitive biases, and practical application in the field of S&C. By drawing on analogies and real-world examples, it…
How We Trained for the 2025 NFL Draft
Coach Stephen Haggerty details his time training five under-the-radar college football athletes for the NFL Combine. The program resulted in significant improvements, notably a group…
Why We Don’t Perform Hang Cleans
Despite his own background as a competitive Olympic weightlifter, Coach Cole Hergott now uses the lifts sparingly with his own teams. Instead, to safely train…
1080 Sprint: Four Essential Tips You Won’t Find in the Manual
1080 Motion provides users numerous educational and technical resources to make best use of their tools, but what insider hacks can you only learn with…
Running Through Time: An Athlete’s Story of Resilience and Recovery
The epidemic of ACL injuries hasn’t just taken a physical toll on young female athletes—the social and emotional impact can be just as devastating. College…
Creative Ways to Time Agility Drills with Freelap and Post to Your Scoreboard
Coach Kenny Hill takes the record, rank, publish concept from Feed the Cats one step further and posts speed times…
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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…
Alphabet Soup—Learning the ABCs of S&C Certification
For coaches entering the strength and conditioning field, choosing the right certification courses can be a confusing process. Coach Raymond…
Bridging the Gap Between Awareness and Action in Youth Injury Prevention with Demotu 3D Analysis
Confidence and courage are crucial mental skills for athletes, but can also lead them to minimize their own potential injury…
Strength & Conditioning for Non-Strength Coaches
Leveraging 15 years of experience across all academic levels, Coach David Neill kicks off an article series dedicated to sharing…
Rediscover Wave Loading: Program Design for Speed and Power
For athletes to translate strength gains into speed gains, those increases in strength need to not correspond to excessive increases…
180° Cut Testing: A Superior Standard for Change of Direction
After years of training athletes to succeed on standard Combine tests, Coach Steve Breitenstein realized that choreographing the execution of…