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4 Training Mistakes I Made as an Athlete
Hindsight is a gift, especially when coaches can look at past mistakes they made as athletes and ensure that their athletes don’t make the same…
Lessons Learned Over a Professional Career
Over Rob Panariello’s 40-year career, he has worked with an impressive roster of strength and conditioning coaches, business professionals, and medical practitioners. While he developed…
3 Simple Ways to Add Variety in Training Without Abandoning Your Principles
While hard work can be its own reward, athletes often get bored performing the same exercises day after day. Coach Mike Snowden suggests three simple…
9 (Fun!) Games to Develop Movement Skills and Athleticism
It’s no secret that kids love to play games, and youth coaches should take advantage of that to develop athletic skills. By manipulating a game’s…
Better Coaching Through Science—How to Collect Data That Matters
Everyone in the sports field likely knows the importance of tracking data to measure athletes’ progress over time. But useful metrics vary from sport to…
Biomechanical Efficiency in Distance Running
Both genetic and adaptive factors affect an athlete’s efficiency. This article breaks each phase of a distant runner’s performance into…
Competing to Coaching: 4 Common Coaching Mistakes by Former Athletes
It can be extremely rewarding to coach a sport you used to play, and help other athletes experience the sense…
Horizontal Jumps: The Technical Model
In this excerpt from an online ALTIS educational program, Coach “Boo” Schexnayder explores 11 key principles that should guide every…
The Paradox of a Hammer—Cracking Motor Pathways to Hard & Soft Skills
The well-known picture of a blacksmith swinging his hammer focuses on the variations of the paths the hammer takes, but…
10 Reasons Your Gym Should Buy a kBox
If you are a coach dedicated to making your athletes better, you should know there is strong evidence that flywheel…
Can Nutrigenomics Help Athletes Reach Their Full Potential?
Nutrigenomics in sport is the foundational building block by which we can help athletes reach their genetic potential through implementation…
How to Simultaneously Train Speed and Strength for High Performance
Optimal performance relies on the ability to simultaneously mix all the elements of performance training, including strength, speed, and efficient…