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A Strength Coach’s Guide to Working with Team Coaches
If strength and conditioning coaches want to be able to guide a successful program, we need to get our sport coaches on board. Coach Mark…
A Coach’s Five-Point Game Plan for Summer
People love summer for a variety of reasons. For coaches, it’s a great time to make progress with both athlete and professional development. Coach Carmen…
Occlusion-Induced Potentiation: A Forward-Thinking Change
Coach Stewart Marshall makes the case that the use of blood flow restriction training can achieve even better speed development results than traditional post-activation potentiation…
7 Soccer Training Myths That Hurt Athlete Development
From resistance training to top speed to full squats—there are a lot of misconceptions affecting the physical training of soccer athletes. Coach Mike Whiteman challenges…
How to Train Acceleration and Closing Speed in Cross Country
Before the 2018 season, our coaching staff for the Downers Grove South girls’ high school cross country team decided we need to improve speed development.…
Top 5 Glute Exercises for Sprinters
If the glute does not extend the hip when it is supposed to, the hamstring or the spinal erectors will…
The Jumps Roundtable #2: Working with New Athletes
Working with new athletes who have high-level talent is a different experience than new athletes with little or no performance…
Hamstring Injury – Do You Know the Odds and Can You Beat Them?
Hamstring injuries are very common in sports that require running. In professional soccer, hamstring injuries account for roughly one in…
How Coaches Can Use Social Media Effectively
Social media may be the most underrated resource at a performance coach’s disposal. To connect with athletes, other coaches, and…
Top 5 Glute Exercises for Sprinters
If the glute does not extend the hip when it is supposed to, the hamstring or the spinal erectors will…
New Year’s Resolutions for High School Track & Field Coaches
It isn’t only athletes who can get better; coaches can too. Here are 18 resolutions that high school track &…
Mastering Acceleration Principles for Team Sport Athletes
Team sport athletes looking to gain an edge over their opponents should focus on improving their sprinting abilities. This article…