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Kaleidoscopic Coaching: Seeing the Runner’s ‘Elephant in the Room’
How a runner looks while running is often due to the traditional way we view mechanics. But if we alter our view and consider that…
10 Unanswered Questions in Sports Science for 2018 (Part 3)
In this final part of a three-part series on 10 questions sports science could help to answer, Coach Pickering looks at the importance of including…
Knowing When to Push and When to Ease Off for Optimal Performance
High-level athletes in elite sports are constantly teeter-tottering along the edge of overtraining. Coach Hoffman suggests monitoring strategies we can use with our players to…
5 kPulley Exercises to Consider for Strength and Rehabilitation
The kPulley machine is relatively new in the training world, so coaches who are not familiar with all of the exercise options will want to…
Developing Acceleration and Stride Patterns for Hurdles
This is the first in a series of three articles where Coach Mario Gomez discusses skill work and basic drills for hurdles. Using star hurdler…
Do Gluten-Free Diets Increase Athlete Performance?
A gluten-free diet has no impact on performance for athletes who do not have a gluten sensitivity or celiac disease.…
Three Health Disorders Female Athletes Need to Avoid
Females need to take extra precautions when undergoing heavy training loads to avoid iron-deficiency anemia, amenorrhea, and stress fractures for…
Welcome to the New Age of Performance Testing
It has been that anything measured and tested will improve. When you know what number you have to beat, it…
Coaching, Mentors, and Networking: Pay It Forward
Communication, sharing, networking and mentoring are vital components of growing and developing the coaching community and the world of athletic…
Direction Bias Gym Programming and Athletic Performance
Direction Bias programming is the evolution of the validated concept of Direction Preference, which has demonstrated that repeated movement in…
Changing the Game with Dr. Fergus Connolly
Sports science consultant John T. Weatherly talks to Dr. Fergus Connolly, the performance director for Michigan Football, about a broad…
Another Coach’s Relay Epiphany
This article includes Randy Huntington’s Excel spreadsheet to calculate relay exchange marks.