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How to Combine Video Analysis and Electronic Timing
The combination of video analysis and electronic timing can help coaches and other sports professionals get information on the way forces interact with an athlete’s…
How to Quickly Develop Work Capacity with Med Ball Tempo Variations
Even as the return to sports remains uncertain, coaches must be prepared to get, and keep, their athletes in ready-to-play condition. Coach Pete Arroyo suggests…
How Velocity Loss Within Sets Impacts Speed, Strength, and Jumping Ability
Bryan Mann dives into the research and data on velocity loss within sets of an exercise, which further supports that more is not always better…
How (and Why) We Elevated the Single Leg RDL to a ‘Main Lift’
While not considered a typical, “classic” deadlift, Coach Justin Ochoa explains why and how his facility uses the single leg Romanian deadlift as one of…
How to Teach Athletes to Lift With Intent
In his quest to get full lifting participation from his athletes, Coach Mark Hoover figured out a way to train them to move loads sufficiently…
Are S&C Coaches Contributing to the Overtraining of Our Athletes?
Both single-sport and multi-sport athletes suffer from overtraining these days, with stresses piled on by assorted coaches, trainers, and conditioning…
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Monitoring Is an Ethical Responsibility for Athlete Well-Being
Monitoring allows coaches and other sport practitioners to help athletes both physically and mentally. Coach Carl Valle recommends that coaches…
How to Select and Build an Athlete’s Alter Ego
Resilience coach Matthew Caldaroni presents the athlete’s alter ego as an extremely strong coaching tool that’s replicable and viable across…
Tackling the Starting Block Conundrum Using Simple Assessment Tools
There’s no doubt that starting blocks are an essential tool for modern-day sprinters, but that wasn’t always the case. Coach…
Programming Precursors: Pre-Program Checklist for Strength Coaches
We often speak of how powerful the basics of training can be and why being a principle-driven programmer is more…
A Five-Phase Model for the 300-Meter Hurdles
Assistant Track & Field Coach Tyler Germain shares his model for the 300-meter hurdles that worked for him and the…
Why We Should Teach Athletes How to Fall
Coach Chris Tocco believes all injury prevention strategies should start with learning how to properly fall, a skill that athletes…