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Getting the Most out of Your Movement Assessment
If your movement assessments aren’t moving the needle, there’s a chance that you’re using them for the wrong objectives. Sports performance coach Eric Schmitt looks…
5 Ways to Manage Travel Costs and Prepare for Success in Track & Field
Traveling as an emerging elite or semi-pro athlete is extremely challenging, especially considering the limited amount of sponsorship support available in track and field. The…
How to Program Recovery with a Plan and Purpose
Restoration and recovery for athletes can take many forms, but it should always be about doing something and not simply doing nothing. Coach Mike Whiteman…
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 data about the strength of…
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 a lot of what they…
How to Get a Higher Vertical with the Skyhook Contact Mat
Jumping higher is an important factor in many sports, and the Skyhook Contact Mat is an excellent tool for improving…
Creatine: Not Just for Muscle
Beyond creatine’s role as a strength-enhancing supplement, research shows that it may have other potential uses as a sports performance…
How to Train More Without Getting Hurt
Coaches and sport science professionals are all too familiar with the “training-injury prevention paradox,” where athletes need to train more…
Linear Speed Development for Court and Field Sport Athletes
All sport athletes produce force rapidly, reach high velocities, and decelerate from these velocities. Each of these embodies a separate…
6 Traits to Look for in a Sports Nutritionist
There are big differences between nutritionists and sports nutritionists, and those differences can impact athletic performance. If you are a…
Warm-Up: Comprehensive Preparation for High Performance
While warm-ups are not the flashiest or most exciting element of a training program, they are invaluable opportunities to physically…
Taking an Acceleration-Based Approach to Performance and Return to Play
While there are many techniques and technologies directed at strengthening the hamstrings, Coach Derek Hansen explains why short sprints are…