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Complete Upper Body Training Guide for Baseball Athletes
When training the upper body with throwing athletes, the movement is what matters. To that end, Coach Zach Dechant presents the four most common patterns…
Taking the First Essential Steps Toward a Career in Strength & Conditioning
Those pursuing a career in strength and conditioning often don’t know exactly what to do after they receive their undergraduate degree. Eric Udelson outlines some…
Identifying (and Developing) the Drivers of Adaptation
Positive adaptations don’t happen overnight, but they are imperative for your athletes to reach the highest level of performance. Coach Dylan Hicks helps coaches meet…
Training the 3 Traits That Separate Great Athletes
What is it that makes truly elite athletes not just stay ahead of the pack and reach the highest performance levels, but stay there? Coach…
NFL ACL Tears: A Critical Review of the Trends
A look at the data for the 2019 NFL pre-season shows a significant reduction in the number of ACL injuries as compared to the previous…
Sports Medicine: Requirements for Working in High-Performance Sport
To prepare yourself to work in high-performance sports medicine, develop a philosophy based on genuine knowledge and awareness, choose a…
Creatine: Not Just for Muscle
Beyond creatine’s role as a strength-enhancing supplement, research shows that it may have other potential uses as a sports performance…
How to Train More Without Getting Hurt
Coaches and sport science professionals are all too familiar with the “training-injury prevention paradox,” where athletes need to train more…
Linear Speed Development for Court and Field Sport Athletes
All sport athletes produce force rapidly, reach high velocities, and decelerate from these velocities. Each of these embodies a separate…
6 Traits to Look for in a Sports Nutritionist
There are big differences between nutritionists and sports nutritionists, and those differences can impact athletic performance. If you are a…
Warm-Up: Comprehensive Preparation for High Performance
While warm-ups are not the flashiest or most exciting element of a training program, they are invaluable opportunities to physically…
Taking an Acceleration-Based Approach to Performance and Return to Play
While there are many techniques and technologies directed at strengthening the hamstrings, Coach Derek Hansen explains why short sprints are…