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Accumulation & Intensification: A Plan for Training Speed in Team Sports
The Blue Program, designed by Nathan Kiely, relies on accumulation and intensification to introduce new sprinters to speed development, helping team sport athletes build game-breaking…
What Young Athletes DON’T Need
Social media shows kids cool exercises, huge weights, and flashy events. But not all that glitters is gold. What are young athletes doing that’s more…
High-Performance Library: The Strategy Book
Coaches, athletes, and other sport professionals can learn a thing or two from the business world, especially how to develop strategies to better inform their…
How to Support Mental Toughness and Resilience in Athletes
Coaches play a huge role in helping athletes to be aware of their emotions and training them to manage those emotions. By supporting your athletes…
Assisted Sprint Training in the Long Jump
Coach Bob Thurnhoffer believes a key element in the future of sprint and jump training involves effective uses of overspeed and assisted work to meticulously…
The Forgotten Plantar Flexor: Training the Soleus
Most coaches believe that the calves get enough training with sprints, jump landings, and plyometrics, and may even add standing…
Popular Articles
Weightlifting Progressions Even XL & Long-Limbed Athletes Can Perform
Coach Brendon Ziegler presents a detailed article on weightlifting progressions for athletes, especially long-limbed ones like basketball players. He includes…
Home Training for Sprinters: A Practical Guide
Gabriel Mvumvure, assistant coach for sprints and hurdles at Brown University, presents the home workouts and exercise diagrams that he…
Building and Creating Trust with Coaches and Athletes
Move past ingrained misconceptions and maximize your sports performance efforts by building trust with sport coaches and athletes. Coach Mark…
Athletic Development for Mom and Pop Coaches
Many youth coaches are parent volunteers looking to help their children and other kids learn a sport and stay fit…
Can We Finally Ditch Sport-Specific Strength Training?
If training causes adaptations and enhances qualities that make athletes better at their sport, it is sport-specific. How we understand…
7 Exercises Missing in Traditional Strength and Core Training for Golf
Technology and research continue to evolve, making available new training modalities and methods not just for team sports, but sports…