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9 Core Principles for High School S&C Coaches (I Learned From Teachers)
As a high school strength and conditioning coach, John Garrish has learned a lot from the people around him, but perhaps none so much as…
30 Years Later: A Review of Speed Trap by Charlie Francis
Charlie Francis made a sizeable dent in our global understanding of sprint training. But we still have a long way to go until his methods…
A Coach’s Guide to Creating Your Own Speed and Agility Program
What are the components of a good speed and agility program? Coach Jason Feairheller takes an in-depth look at warm-ups, drills, and movement quality, as…
The New PUSH Portal: Key Applications and Overview
Effective training management requires time-efficient processes that encourage meaningful communication between coaches and athletes. The PUSH Portal does all of this while allowing flexibility for…
How to Gain Speed with Wearable Resistance in Warm-Ups
Wearable resistance may offer a way to improve, or at least maintain, in-season speed, power, stamina, and change of direction skills by simply engaging in…
Better Pressing: Best Exercises and Smarter Program Design
The push press improves limb speed and stability in the upper and lower body. It’s crucial for collision and combat…
Making the Sheiko System Fit in American Powerlifting
After working under Boris Sheiko and running his program for three years, Coach Cann tweaked the Sheiko system, adapting it…
On Purpose: Asking the Right Questions to Deliver the Right Training
Understand the purpose of your training program and communicate the purpose to your athletes. A program works when the athlete…
3 Things S&C Coaches Should Require from Their Supervisors
All strength and conditioning coaches should receive three things from their supervisors: a timely observation, a clear definition of their…
How to Build Strength and Power for Endurance Athletes
While strength and power are recognized as key qualities to develop when training sprinters and jumpers, endurance athletes can also…
Bring Speed into the Weight Room with the HiTrainer
Speed work is often difficult to individualize in a team setting. The HiTrainer self-powered treadmill frees up turf space for…
Using Pre-Season Testing to Support Decisions That Matter
With any performance test, there’s a lot of very helpful information to unpack once the athlete completes the test. Coach…