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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 simply won’t be as successful…
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 them options to explore what…
Harnessing the Trap Bar Deadlift for Physical Development
While it’s possible to misuse the trap bar deadlift, Coach William Wayland believes that, in the right coaching hands, it can be used to improve…
Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect the ACL Knee Athlete’s Return to Play?
How will the COVID-19 restrictions affect the injured and post-surgical athlete’s rehabilitation and level of physical condition when they return to sport team practice? Robert…
Hurdle Technical Drills Simplified
In the short hurdle events, all athletes perform a similar step pattern. The athlete who covers these steps the quickest will always win. Oversimplified, yes,…
Jacksonian Dissolution: How a Theory of Evolution Can Help Explain Injuries and Inform Training
Stress is essential to athletic development because it fuels adaptations. However, too much stress—or the wrong stressors—can contribute to harmful…
Coaching Is Problem-Solving—8 Solutions Worth Stealing Today
Whether you work in a team gym or a private facility, there are plenty of steps you can take and…
The Importance of Tracking Body Composition in Athletes
Do you track your athlete’s body composition? If you do, do you know what to do with the data? In…
Uniform Training and Applying the Tier System for High School Athletes
Dorman High School strength coach Eric Cash explains how and why they train their athletes using Joe Kenn’s Tier System…
Why You Should Consider Boxing and Mittwork for Your Elite Athletes
Elite athletes have typically “been there, done that” when it comes to training drills and exercises. Coach Matt Nussbaum makes…
3 Ways Sports Science Can Make You Faster
Sports science can help athletes of all levels reach their potential when used properly. Coach Pickering believes strongly in the…
Managing the LTAD Process
Strength and conditioning coach Mike Whiteman believes that the timing is one of the most critical parts of long-term athletic…