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Game-Day Lifting for High School
Under the right circumstances, game-day lifting can be a productive option. Under the wrong circumstances, it could undermine performance. Coach Mark Hoover discusses his approach…
A Reality Check for High School Strength and Conditioning
Coach Craig Cheek looks at the many ways that strength and conditioning of high school athletes differs from that of college- and pro-level athletes, including…
Are Antibiotics Causing Tendon Ruptures in Sports?
When athletes get ill, especially with bacterial infections, medical professionals often prescribe medications in the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics (e.g., Ciprofloxacin, Levaquin). However, Rob Panariello…
Coaching Is Problem-Solving—8 Solutions Worth Stealing Today
Whether you work in a team gym or a private facility, there are plenty of steps you can take and solutions you can implement to…
The Importance of Tracking Body Composition in Athletes
Do you track your athlete’s body composition? If you do, do you know what to do with the data? In this second conversation between Bob…
Too Many Notes
It’s better to do a few things well rather than doing a lot not so well. Focus on the essentials…
Popular Articles
Stress, Recover, Adapt: Strategies to Mitigate Performance Decrements
As performance coaches, skill coaches, and therapists, we must ensure our athletes are ready to recover, not to speed up…
A Case for Training Olympic Lifts in College Athletics
Athletes who can clean heavy and snatch heavy have great potential to hit harder, run faster, and jump higher. And…
5 Reasons to Adopt an Athlete-Centered Model of Training
During game play, a coach wants their athletes to be active problem-solvers, to correctly assess what occurs during the game,…
Power Lift Roundtable: Athlete Nutrition and Creatine Supplementation
Two important issues in the field of athletic performance concern nutritional timing, frequency, and makeup, and creatine supplementation as a…
How Coaches Can Maximize Their Just Jump System
Even with the popularity of force plates and contact grids, the Just Jump contact mat still has plenty of value.…
Muscle Growth and Strength Training for Sports: How Much and for How Long?
There’s a very real possibility that increases in muscle size do not correlate well with increases in muscle strength. If…