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Exercise Progression: How Much, How Fast, and Why It’s Important
Exercise progressions may be the most important contribution a coach can make to their athlete’s training and performance. This article talks about overload and progression—specifically…
Flywheel Training vs. Weights: What Does Science Say?
Current research seems to be conclusive in showing that flywheel training is superior to traditional weights for increasing muscle power, strength, hypertrophy, and athletic performance.…
Monitoring the Training Process
The monitoring of athlete wellness, load, and performance is a worthwhile addition to the training process, potentially protecting against overtraining syndrome, illness, and injury, and…
Key Concepts in Preparing for Agility and Change of Direction
Distinguishing between agility and change of direction (COD) is key to laying their foundation. This article looks at these two qualities, and the factors involved…
The Jumps Roundtable #2: Designing a Training Plan
While training plans vary from coach to coach, general setups often share commonalities such as the “American” or “European” setup. In this last installment in…
Using the Art of Wabi Sabi in Speed Training
Coach Justin Dottavio recommends that coaches embrace the art of Wabi Sabi when training speed: recognize when a team sport…
The Less-Traveled Road: Frans Bosch’s Path to Contextual Strength Training
Coach Ken Jakalski has been using Barry Ross’s strength training protocol for his high school athletes for more than a…
Exercise Selection for High-Intensity Training
As enthusiasts and professionals in the world of sport, we want to develop the high-intensity qualities of strength, power, RFD,…
The Fallacies About the Need to Go ‘Gluten-Free’
[mashshare] Gluten-free dieting has been all the rage in recent years, with an explosion of self-diagnosed gluten sensitivities sparking an…
Why Most People Are Wrong About Injuries and Pain
Although we grow up believing that injuries and pain are closely linked, this is not always the case. Various studies…
Building Lateral Strength to Correct Crossover Gait
The mini-hurdle run not only allows coaches to work on perfect timing but also lets us work on lateral strength.…
Analysis of Keni Harrison’s World Record 100m Hurdles Race
Keni Harrison set the new World Record for 100m hurdles by executing the best combination of flight times and run…