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A Case for Olympic Lifting in High School Athletics
Building on his football background at West Point, Coach Juwan Griffith makes a case for teaching and training the Olympic lifts with high school athletes.…
Why We Need Barbell Training More than Ever
Coach William Wayland lays out steps to prepare athletes to resume barbell training once we return to sport. Athletes will be running back to the…
Beyond ‘Go’: Adding Sensory Cues to Train Agility in Team Sports
Open and closed drills both have their place in training agility in team sports. Coach Will Ratelle makes a case for drills that train the…
High-Performance Library: Messengers
Don’t let the information you pass on to your athletes, staff members, and peers fall on deaf ears. Coach Pickering helps us learn how to…
Al Vermeil, Unrehearsed – Training Strength In “The Last Dance” Dynasty
As “The Last Dance” sparks a revival of interest in Michael Jordan’s pair of NBA Championship three-peats with the Chicago Bulls, legendary strength coach Al…
Understanding P-Values: A Practical Guide for Coaches
While statistical significance is the basis of most scientific research, there are problems with the way that statistical significance is…
A Coach’s Five-Point Game Plan for Summer
People love summer for a variety of reasons. For coaches, it’s a great time to make progress with both athlete…
Occlusion-Induced Potentiation: A Forward-Thinking Change
Coach Stewart Marshall makes the case that the use of blood flow restriction training can achieve even better speed development…
7 Soccer Training Myths That Hurt Athlete Development
From resistance training to top speed to full squats—there are a lot of misconceptions affecting the physical training of soccer…
How to Train Acceleration and Closing Speed in Cross Country
Before the 2018 season, our coaching staff for the Downers Grove South girls’ high school cross country team decided we…
The Rewards of Training Female Athletes
Coach Mark Hoover got his start coaching male football players and running the strength program. So why would he want…
School’s Out! 4 Coaching Tips for Athletes to Have a Successful Summer
While the summer months may be a time to slow down and take it easy, it’s important that athletes not…