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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…
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…
Building a Team Culture to Prepare Athletes for Sport and Life
The constant mentorship that comes with 3D coaching will overprepare every athlete for the 22 hours spent outside athletic facilities…
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,…
Monitoring the Training Process
The monitoring of athlete wellness, load, and performance is a worthwhile addition to the training process, potentially protecting against overtraining…
Myths and Misconceptions of Training the Overhead Athlete
Coach Alejo draws on research studies, and his own years of experience, to discuss the myths and misconceptions associated with…