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10 Tips to Maximize Your Strength & Conditioning Internship
You’ve landed a strength and conditioning internship and are equal parts nervous and excited. What’s next? S&C Coach Rumin Aghabozorg has written up 10 tips…
8 Myths About Weightlifting for Athletes
Many coaches have limited hands-on experience coaching the snatch and the clean and jerk, which leads to numerous myths about true weightlifting. Coach Goss debunks…
Solo Speed Training in 700 Words
Are you looking for a speed workout of 25-40 minutes? Coach Tony Holler’s got your back with this straightforward plan for athletes and coaches.
Applying Ockham’s Razor to Coaching
Coach Mickelson applies a burden of proof spectrum to help navigate data collection, program development, and on-the-fly changes to achieve the desired outcomes. To cut…
What I Did During the Pandemic (and Why)—COVID Stories from an S&C Coach
What did you do during the pandemic, while schools and gyms were closed? Coach Pete Arroyo took on a temporary job in a grocery store.…
Superpower Program: How to Train Narrow & Elastic-Driven Athletes vs. Wide & Muscle-Driven
Using the infrasternal angle as a structural guide, Coach Hunter Eisenhower studied how all athletes fall somewhere on the “Narrow”…
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6 Electrical Muscle Stimulation Modalities for Return to Play
This article covers six emerging trends in EMS for sports rehabilitation, including techniques that boost the value of conventional training.…
Getting Started in Speed Testing with the Dashr System
What is the Dashr laser timing system, and what can and can’t it do? This article gives details on Dashr…
A Ladder System for Training Speed and Power In-Season
Many of Coach Pata’s athletes hit new maxes in the middle or end of their season when they apply his…
Why You Must Include the Seated Calf Raise Exercise
There was a time when Coach Bryan Mann thought that training the calf was just a waste of time. But…
A Coach’s Guide to Creating Your Own Speed and Agility Program
What are the components of a good speed and agility program? Coach Jason Feairheller takes an in-depth look at warm-ups,…
Ankle Mobility Drills Are Mainly a Waste of Time
In this article, Coach Valle makes the case that athletes with a need to restore their natural range of motion…