Blog
With over 1,700 articles written by 300+ coaches, scientists, and performance experts, the SimpliFaster blog is your go-to resource for smarter training. Performance professionals share real-world insights, data-driven methods, and practical tools to allow you to stay current and sharpen your approach.
Our articles help you think deeper and coach smarter.
Featured
Creating a Sustainable Culture of Speed Within an Organization
To create a winning culture of speed, teams must cultivate an attitude around speed development throughout the organization. This helps attain a critical mass of…
Developing Rhythm in Sprinters and Speed Athletes
As Coach Graham Eaton points out, speed and rhythm are not mutually exclusive terms. Read on to discover how he trains his high school track…
A Five-Point Guide to Sprint Dosage
If you know exactly how an athlete will recover from sprint training, what is the best way to train the athlete to become a faster…
Yes, Informed Continuity: A 3-Phase Plan for Coaching Through Cancellations
SimpliFaster managing editor and youth sports coach Nathan Huffstutter has assessed the situation and come up with a plan for athletes during this wave of…
Strength Training Manual: The Agile Periodization Approach Book Review
If you’re looking for an unconventional and creative perspective on planning and organizing strength training, look no further than Mladen Jovanovic’s latest book, “Strength Training…
World Speed Summit Preview: A Look at Kelly Starrett’s ‘Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World’
In his new book, ‘Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World,’ Kelly Starrett, a CrossFit thought leader and self-therapy advocate,…
The Evolution of Flex (or Multisport ≠ Multiple Sports Simultaneously)
LTAD advocates widely promote multisport participation, but is it even possible for competitive youth athletes? Coach Nate Huffstutter tracks the…
7 Ways to Build Optimal Athletic Movement Patterns in the Weight Room
Coach Joel Smith has found that the weight room is a place where athletes can improve not just their strength…
Applying Omegawave in a Holistic Human Performance Model
If our role as practitioners is to optimize the human organism—an athlete—we need to truly understand the relationship among all…
Adaptation: The Correct Level of Analysis for S&C Programming
When we analyze our training programs, we should focus on the individual athletes and the specific adaptations we wish to…
Top Six ‘Drills’ with a Purpose
Coach Graham Eaton believes that drills at the high school level should be as specific and basic as possible. Here…
Future of Fast: Wearable Resistance Orientation and Velocity of Movement
In this second article on wearable resistance, John Cronin presents the third guiding principle of overloading with WR: orientation. There…