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Building a Robust Neck Testing and Training Protocol
The main challenge with neck strength is monitoring change and improvement. Coaches Wayland and Coughlan have devised a reliable neck testing procedure to measure peak…
How Strength and Conditioning Coaches Can Conduct Season Analysis
The end of season review is crucial to Coach McConnell’s development process. By analyzing what occurred over the past year without the hustle and bustle…
Finding Money for Your Strength and Conditioning Program
When Coach Doug Gle started working at his current school, it had an embarrassingly small weight room and very little funding. Eighteen years later, they’ve…
How to Introduce Youth Athletes to Strength Training
As coaches, sometimes we’re in a hurry to have our athletes lifting heavy and doing advanced movements. I urge you to avoid this path and…
Confessions of an Instability Buff (and How I Now Train Balance for Sport)
A decade ago, unstable surface training was all the rage, and Coach Chris Finn was one of its biggest fans. Fast forward to the present,…
The Problem with Lazy Programming: The Croc Show Featuring Scott Salwasser
For a small-bite version of the podcast, Coach Croc speaks with Scott Salwasser, formerly a collegiate S&C Coach and currently…
Exercise Progression: How Much, How Fast, and Why It’s Important
Exercise progressions may be the most important contribution a coach can make to their athlete’s training and performance. This article…
Flywheel Training vs. Weights: What Does Science Say?
Current research seems to be conclusive in showing that flywheel training is superior to traditional weights for increasing muscle power,…
Monitoring the Training Process
The monitoring of athlete wellness, load, and performance is a worthwhile addition to the training process, potentially protecting against overtraining…
Key Concepts in Preparing for Agility and Change of Direction
Distinguishing between agility and change of direction (COD) is key to laying their foundation. This article looks at these two…
The Jumps Roundtable #2: Designing a Training Plan
While training plans vary from coach to coach, general setups often share commonalities such as the “American” or “European” setup.…
The Jumps Roundtable #2: Building a Technical Model
While jumps can be very technical events, technical models are often difficult to create because of variations from athlete to…