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Innovations in Outdoor Gait Analysis with Wearable Technology
By taking the lessons learned through developing several running wearable tech products and integrating them with the knowledge gained from thousands of wearable gait analyses,…
The Myth of Triple Extension
Why perform a different movement pattern than the primary lift you want to improve? To help athletes achieve physical superiority, Coach Kim Goss explains why…
Just a Coach in the Strength and Conditioning Profession
While Coach Jim Ferris is happy to see the strength and conditioning profession expanding, he has concerns over the growing lack of education, experience, and…
Can the Play-Practice-Play Model Rejuvenate U.S. Soccer?
U.S. Soccer introduced the play-practice-play (PPP) model as a template for coaches to engage youth players through experiential learning and an athlete-centric approach. But if…
How to Improve Your Athletes Instantly with Biofeedback
Technology doesn’t make a coach’s job obsolete, it makes us more effective and productive. This article shows how adding simple feedback technology can help you…
The Jumps Roundtable #2: Building a Technical Model
While jumps can be very technical events, technical models are often difficult to create because of variations from athlete to…
How to Gain 5 Inches of Vertical Jump in 3 Weeks
Every basketball junkie has dreams of dunking over their opponent on the court. It seems that is part of the…
Can Brain Stimulation Enhance Power and Learning with Athletes?
Halo Neuroscience provides a new device for coaches to enhance performance and learning through brain stimulation. In this article, Coach…
Fatigue Profiling with Athletes During the Competitive Season
With very little time allowed to train in-season, baseline assessments provide great results and prevent many overtraining situations. They also…
How One Club is Changing Youth Soccer
How would it look if a player didn’t have to commit complete availability for one sport and was free to…
How 5 Generous Mentors Ignited My Coaching Career
Coaching is a process of learning, distilling, and applying methods from those who came before, and Hunter Charneski examines how…
4 Development Stages for the College Athlete
Many incoming college athletes need more work from a developmental standpoint. This developmental model consists of four stages to progress…