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Blending and Bleeding Drills

There are many reasons for coaches to use blending and bleeding drills in their training program, though they depend on athlete readiness and the week’s…

Bleeding and Blending

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…

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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…

Adult Warmup

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…

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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…

Athlete Thinking
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RunScribe Instructions for CSV File Export

RunScribe instructions on how to export all of the raw metrics for every stride to a CSV file. A tech-savvy…

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6 Mental Skills to Get the Most out of Your Athletes

Resilience coach Matthew Caldaroni shares his crash course for getting the most out of athletes using techniques such as triggers…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Sports Specificity

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…

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