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How to Survive as a Young Strength Coach
As a young strength and conditioning coach, it can be difficult to earn trust from the athletes you train and coaches you work under. Emmanuel…
Are You Doing a Good Job as a Sprint Coach?
According to Coach Ryan Banta, being a good sprint coach means continually questioning your knowledge and the way you apply it into your training plan.…
7 Ways to Get Your Athletes to Buy into Drills
How can a coach implement drills in their training and get their athletes to take them seriously? Coach Graham Eaton presents seven actions that will…
How to Get “Game Fit” for Team Sports
Have you gone down the rabbit hole trying to figure out the best way to get your athletes “game fit” for their team sport? Coach…
Acceleration Development and Resisted Sprint Training for the Long Jump
Recognizing speed as an essential component of the long jump, Coach Bob Thurnhoffer of Loyola University Chicago looks at methods to develop speed and power…
High-Volume Endurance Training: Risk vs. Benefit
While many coaches and trainers equate a higher volume of endurance training to elite caliber athletic performance, research doesn’t support…
Should Ball Skills Be Combined with Performance Training?
Coach Erica Suter believes that it is critical for youth athletes to focus on skills first, before adding the “noise”…
Plyometric Training Systems: Developmental vs. Progressive
Coach Matthew Watson has developed a program of “locomotive plyometrics” that builds upon the system originally created by his old…
11 Reasons for All Athletes to Join the Track and Field Team
Like most track and field coaches, Rob Assise believes the sport has great benefits for high school athletes involved in…
Finding the Gold in Backpedal Training for Performance
In addition to serving as a strategy to help athletes compete better in their sport, backpedaling also helps develop levels…
Sprinting in Team Sport: The Butt-Kicking Epidemic
Cameron Josse believes there’s one major issue resulting in hamstring and hip problems in team sport players, and that’s what…
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…