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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…

Coaching Rob Panariello

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…

Tire Flip|Training Variation|Resistance Tempos Chart|Snowden 3-2-1-0|Tempo Goblet Squat Wave|Push Pull Table

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…

Frisch Games

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…

Finn Sports Sci|Athlete Monitoring|Lifting Par4Success

How to Gain Speed: Key Movement Exercises for High School Sprinters

Athletes can rise from the most inauspicious of beginnings with proper coaching and consistency. Coach Graham Eaton explains how to increase an athlete’s speed with…

Technique Coordination|Standing Triple Jump
Baseball coach with young boy

How Coaches Contribute to Athletes’ Motivation

One of the best coaching skills is the ability to bring positive enthusiasm to athletes. Without guidance, encouragement, and positive…

Long Jump

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…

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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…

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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…

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Nutrigenomics

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…

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Male Athlete|A man demonstrates different exercises using a squat rack and barbell. The sequence shows various movements such as squats

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…

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MMA Fighters|Flowchart illustrating training phases. Left: 6 Weeks SPP with High Force

Applying the Compressed Triphasic Model with MMA Fighters

Keep MMA athletes primed between fights without wearing them down by cycling between intensive and non-intensive, sport-focused cycles. A compressed…

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