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Bring Speed into the Weight Room with the HiTrainer
Speed work is often difficult to individualize in a team setting. The HiTrainer self-powered treadmill frees up turf space for high value coaching while easily…
Using Pre-Season Testing to Support Decisions That Matter
With any performance test, there’s a lot of very helpful information to unpack once the athlete completes the test. Coach Pata moves past the testing…
How Should We Approach Habitual Caffeine Use by Athletes?
While researchers have examined how a pre-training or competition dose of caffeine directly impacts sporting performance, we need a wider conversation as to how caffeine…
Power Lift Roundtable: Game-Day Lifting for Baseball Players
Drs. Andy Fry and David Szymanski weigh the pros and cons of game-day lifting for baseball players at the high school, college, and pro levels,…
Competing to Coaching: 4 Common Coaching Mistakes by Former Athletes
It can be extremely rewarding to coach a sport you used to play, and help other athletes experience the sense of pride, camaraderie, and accomplishment…
The Path to Ball Mastery with Techne Futbol
Just spending time with the ball is the best way to master the basics of soccer and hone your technique.…
Foundations of Applied Sports Science: A Starting Point in Sports Performance
This second installment of Coach Matt Hauck’s sports performance article series provides useful steps on the organization of the data…
Central Fatigue, and the Role of Neurotransmitters on Reduced Work Output
Ask any coach about fatigue and it’s likely the Central Nervous System will be mentioned during conversation. With all of…
Making a Difference in Athletic Performance
Every coach and trainer has their own methods and processes for improving athlete performance. In this sixth and final post…
The Best Ways to Get Buy-In
The ability to influence and implement training strategies is dependent on your ability to get head coaches and/or athletic staff…
The Effect of Monitoring on the Training Process
Monitoring is not as straightforward is it seems. In this fourth installment of the Sports Science Roundtable series, seven coaches…
The Relevance of Periodization
Coach Daniel Martinez asked a roundtable of coaches and trainers about the importance of periodization to their training schedule and…