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Why a Pre-Meet Session Is the Key to Better Performance Outcomes
The pre-meet session provides the final chance to polish an athlete’s technical and mental elements before a competition. Coaches Behm and Hettler discuss how and…
Eccentric Rotational Training: Elevating Club Speed with kBox and kPulley
Eccentric flywheels offer rotational athletes more effective and efficient ways to increase club speed safely than the more popular methods many are using. Coach Chris…
Bypassing the Blame Game—Private vs. Team-Based Injury Care in Sport
In an age when armchair quarterbacking has reached a fevered pitch, thanks especially to social media, professional sports medical-performance teams are under ever-increasing scrutiny. Couple…
How to Use VBT to Build Relationships During Training
For coaches continually searching for ways to strengthen their relationship with athletes, Coach Cody Roberts explains how velocity-based training can jumpstart the motivation and effort…
A Guide to Assessing Mobility for Strength and Conditioning Coaches
When an athlete lacks range of motion in an anatomical region, it compromises their movement quality, potentially leading to compensations that increase injury risk. In…
A Few Coaching Necessities: Continuing Education and Training Aids
A coach shouldn’t need to rely on talented athletes in order to be successful; instead, they should be the one…
The Posterior Chain: A Modern Approach and Perspective
While training trends come and go, it’s important to include the development of the posterior chain as part of any…
An Introduction to Strength and Strength Training
We all know that strength alone does not mean that a player is more competent on the field or court…
Finding the Measures That Matter with Sport Tech
Last year, we may have seen a critical mass of various levels of team sport making purchases. However, many of…
How to Master Horizontal Pressing Exercises for Sport
The bench press isn’t going anywhere, and you should still include it as part of a well-balanced and nuanced training…
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,…