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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.…
Team Culture in Sport
What does it take to be a successful sports organization? Rob Panariello believes culture is paramount, and he breaks down what exactly that means for…
The Surprising Ergogenic Effects of… Taste?!
Explore the influences of sweet and bitter tastants on performance, how thermal tastants can influence our capacity to exercise, and whether these performance-enhancing effects are…
3 Keys for Using a Neural Warm-Up to Stimulate Athletic Development
There are easy ways to access your brain to free tissue, increase mobility, potentiate movement, reduce potential injury stressors, work on coordination, and just become…
Prancing and Galloping – Two Under-Utilized Sprint Drills
Prancing and galloping exercises are a way to shift focus back to long-term athletic development in the speed world. While admittedly funny looking, the variety…
The Relevance of Periodization
Coach Daniel Martinez asked a roundtable of coaches and trainers about the importance of periodization to their training schedule and…
Should American Football Use the Beep Test?
The beep test may be the best tool for measuring fitness in football players, says Coach Richardson. It offers objective…
4 Insights on Training Year-Round Athletes
Strength and conditioning coaches often have no control over the fact that the athletes they work with train year-round, and…
The Difference Between Qualified and Certified Strength Coaches
Coach Mark Hoover explores the viability of a sport coach as a replacement strength coach, whether by choice or out…
Build Your House: How to Be a Coach Who Leads by Principles
The first step to becoming a coach who leads by principles is to build your House of Principles. Coach Rob…
How to Use Data to Create Realistic Training Sessions
By failing to shift the focus of training from individual skills to a practice that better represents competition, are we…
Conditioning for Golf: Does Anyone Know What It Is?
To define conditioning for golf, start with sport performance. What are golf’s physiological demands on the body? Coach Chris Finn…