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High-Performance Culture—What to Look for and How to Deliver
High-performance programs are about the culture of a group of amazing humans who always act as role models for athletes and place the athletes at…
Can Computer Games and Virtual Reality Improve Physical Performance?
Coach Craig Pickering explores how computer games and virtual reality may help athletes improve their cognitive, visual-perceptive, and skill-based performance without adding to their physical…
Top Motor Skill Control Drills for Speed Athletes
There are plenty of simple drills you can do with large groups that allow speed athletes to develop general motor skills and feel full ranges…
Revolutionizing the Jump Squat
Former NFL linebacker Brady Poppinga discusses how he overcame the limits of the traditional jump squat for performance training and turned it into an optimal…
How Basketball Players Can (Safely) Add Inches to Their Vertical Jump
After an athlete has trained their specific jumping abilities and reached their ceiling, there are very limited gains to be had by purely focusing on…
Transitioning to a New Coaching Position
Young coaches typically move from position to position as they climb the career ladder, and the moves mean new locations,…
7 Off-Season Training Tips for High School Long Jumpers
High school long jumpers can do much more than sit around watching TV, playing video games, or scrolling through YouTube…
TFC-6 Keynote Speaker: The King of Speed
This year’s Track Football Consortium, taking place December 8-9 at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, will feature Olympian Carl Lewis…
The Truth About Athlete Speed in the NFL
In American football, the 40-yard dash has always been the traditional test of speed, but is it the best test…
Romanian Deadlifts – Proper Implementation and Key Variations
Posterior chain strength is essential for sport athletes and its potential for load tolerance is enormous. We’ve searched for variations…
4 Speed Training Lessons with High School Athletes
In Superman’s “Bizzaro World,” everything is the opposite of what it should be. Chris Korfist examines what he calls the…
Maximizing Athleticism and Sport Skill Performance in Training
Do you ask the right questions when you look at performance? In this second piece of an ongoing case study…