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From Grom to Tour Champ: 6 Movements to Get Stronger for Surfing
The surfing community’s resistance to effective preparation lingers at all levels of the sport. Michael Ferguson—a surfer and S&C coach—counters this with six strength and…
Do Nondominant-Side Swings Do Anything in Golf?
Chris Finn takes a look at the theories supporting the use of nondominant-side swings in golf training and dissects each one to determine whether the…
5 Specialty Bars That Are Worth the Investment
Specialty bars aren’t intended to replace the weight room stalwarts, but rather to enhance the adaptations you may be looking for with your athletes. While…
Why the Force-Vector Theory Is Inadequate as a Basis for Exercise Selection
The right exercise for an athlete is the one that improves their performance, regardless of the direction in which they execute the movement. Therefore, Coach…
Building a Better “Bounce”
The tendons, which control an athlete’s elasticity, tend to come second to the muscles when it comes to athletic conditioning. Yet, for the best possible…
The Warm-Up Smorgasbord: What and How Much to Choose
Many techniques can activate muscles before training and competition. Whichever activities coaches choose to implement in their warmup, they want…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Are Running Drills Useless for Athletes?
When Coach Daniel Kadlec realized that his athletes’ abilities to perform running drills seemed to have no direct correlation to…