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Performance in Sports & Academics: Training an 800m Sprinter in Med School
How does a performance coach working with competitive athletes who are also in med school handle the realities of training around their full schedule? Coach…
Gimmicks, Gadgets, and Gurus: How to Improve Sports Performance
It’s time to evaluate intelligently sports performance education, thought leaders, and training tools to prune the myths and misinformation that continue to linger. The only…
4 Reasons Every H.S. Principal and AD Should Invest in a School S&C Program
Coach Nick Cook doesn’t just make a case for every high school to have a centralized, school-side S&C program; he also provides evidence for the…
Bounding – How to Teach and Train This Perfect Exercise
Coach Rob Assise looks at every facet of bounding and presents ways to utilize bounding within a training program, no matter what your sport.
Resurrecting My TrueForm During the Pandemic
The ability to sprint at maximal velocity with curved nonmotorized treadmills has been a game-changer for athletes during this pandemic. Coach Derek Hanson has experienced…
Relax and Win: Harnessing the Power of Relaxation to Sprint Faster
Muscle tension is seldom good for the body in everyday life, but what about in sport? Coach Kim Goss explores…
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How to Gain Speed: Key Movement Exercises for High School Sprinters
Athletes can rise from the most inauspicious of beginnings with proper coaching and consistency. Coach Graham Eaton explains how to…
Better Coaching Through Science—How to Collect Data That Matters
Everyone in the sports field likely knows the importance of tracking data to measure athletes’ progress over time. But useful…
Game-Day Lifting for High School
Under the right circumstances, game-day lifting can be a productive option. Under the wrong circumstances, it could undermine performance. Coach…
How to Protect the Strength & Conditioning Coach
It’s no secret that athlete management systems are exceptional tools to integrate data from various technology sources. Coach Brendon Ziegler…
Key Considerations for Implementing an Effective Sprint Training Session
Coaches spend a lot of time reviewing research, theory, and movement biomechanics but often don’t have good information on how…
Are Antibiotics Causing Tendon Ruptures in Sports?
When athletes get ill, especially with bacterial infections, medical professionals often prescribe medications in the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics (e.g.,…