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What Can COVID-19 Teach Us About Off-Season Programming?
The coronavirus lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders forced coaches to develop creative strategies to remotely train their athletes. Coach Pete Burridge explains how the methods that…
The Role of Compression Garments in Performance and Recovery
Are compressions garments a good tool for recovery? And do they help enhance performance when worn during exercise? Coach Pickering follows the evidence to answer…
An Alternative Way to Think About Plyometric Training for Women’s Volleyball
Programming a variety of jump heights in your plyometric training plan helps accommodate the specificity of volleyball while exposing the tissues to a high density…
How to Swim Faster with SmartPaddle
SmartPaddle is a wearable sensor that reveals a swimmer’s strengths and weaknesses by measuring the force, speed, and orientation of their swimming strokes. The more…
8 Training Elements That Coaches Must Be Able to Change on the Fly
No training program should be one-size-fits-all, as no two athletes are the same and even the same athlete may need to work on different things…
Athlete-Friendly Drills That Fix the Power Clean
Performance coaches determine whether to implement the power clean as seen in competition or to implement different variations of the…
Popular Articles
The Best Way to Use a Low Box During Training
While big boxes are impressive for athletes to show explosive force, low boxes are versatile for teaching different expressions of…
The Dosage Debate: Maximum Velocity Sprint Training
Most sprint coaches believe we can train true sprinting only two or three times per week. Coach Assise wonders whether…
The Four-Coactive Model of Player Preparation
Dr. Fergus Connolly and Cameron Josse present the Four-Coactive Model of player preparation, which includes tactical, technical, psychological, and physical…
Don’t Call It a Comeback: Closed Change of Direction Drills Are Here to Stay
Closed change of direction drills are a highly specific tool that builds physical antifragility and prepares athletes for unforeseeable worst-case…
The Forgotten Adaptation: Training Power with Upper Body Vertical Pulling
Many of us understand the value of monitoring performance with velocity-based training devices. Yet the technology is underused in measuring…
Designing a Program Using Vermeil’s Hierarchy of Athletic Development
Coach, researcher, and therapist Rob Panariello believes the design of both an athlete’s training and rehabilitation programs should include a…