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The Difference Between Qualified and Certified Strength Coaches
Coach Mark Hoover explores the viability of a sport coach as a replacement strength coach, whether by choice or out of necessity. Just as sports…
Build Your House: How to Be a Coach Who Leads by Principles
The first step to becoming a coach who leads by principles is to build your House of Principles. Coach Rob Assise takes us through the…
How to Use Data to Create Realistic Training Sessions
By failing to shift the focus of training from individual skills to a practice that better represents competition, are we preventing our athletes from reaching…
Conditioning for Golf: Does Anyone Know What It Is?
To define conditioning for golf, start with sport performance. What are golf’s physiological demands on the body? Coach Chris Finn provides the answers and offers…
Romanian Deadlifts – Fixing Technique and Programming Smarter
At its heart, the Romanian deadlift may be a simple hip hinge movement, but it can also be an enduring staple in your training toolkit.…
From High School to High Performance: Sprinting Tips for the Development Coach
High school athletes may not become physical specimens overnight, but they can start to build a technical model for the…
Popular Articles
Developing Psychological Traits that Enhance Physical Qualities
Once you are aware of it and understand it, the psychology of sport is more than a simple cliché. You…
How Reflective Practice Improved My Coaching
A coach should continually reflect, adapt, and innovate to develop both as a professional and as an individual. Critical reflection…
7 Steps to Land a College Roster Spot
A coach’s job doesn’t stop at the finish line; you should also help your athletes transition their hard work and…
The Path to Ball Mastery with Techne Futbol
Just spending time with the ball is the best way to master the basics of soccer and hone your technique.…
Is Grip Strength as Important as We Think It Is?
Many programs dedicate time to specifically train grip. But just how important is grip strength to athletic performance, and would…
How to Enhance Performance on Competition Day
The goal of the warm-up is to enhance subsequent performance. Yet after completing the warm-up at many high-level competitions, the…