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Critical Indicators for Pole Vault Part I: Mid-Marks
Pole vault has a few exceptionally powerful indicators that help coach it successfully. Among these are mid-marks, which are a simple, effective way to predict…
6-Week Off-Season Training Program for Elite Youth Soccer: A High-Low Approach
Elite youth soccer players at developmental academies play nearly year-round, with short breaks June-July and during December. In this article, Coach Ryan Cotter presents RSL…
How to Save Your Job in Strength and Conditioning
These days, it can often seem like sport coaches and strength and conditioning coaches don’t work for the same team. And when these coaches come…
Achieving the Summation of Forces with Medicine Ball Training
Medicine balls, especially those with a heavier load, continuously stress the proper order of the muscles and limbs involved in a movement to create maximum…
To Lift or Not to Lift: The Rewards and Risks of Game-Day Lifting
Game-day lifting can provide extra nervous system awakening for experienced athletes whose typical profiles don’t require extra volume or additional intensity. For developing athletes, game-day…
A Case for Skipping Rope in Sports Training
Although it’s been around for decades, the jump rope is still an effective training tool. This article presents ways to…
Communication Is the Holy Grail: Training Insights From the Shop Floor
Coaching is much more than putting the best training programs together for your athletes. Coaching is also about making connections…
How to Incorporate Eccentric Training
Eccentric training can significantly increase an athlete’s strength and responsiveness in many sports, especially those involving running, jumping, and throwing.…
Detraining: The Loss of Training-Induced Adaptations in the Short Term
Athletes will face interruptions in their training at some point or another. In some cases, injuries occur. Some are very…
What I Learned From the 2016 Men’s Squash World Championship
Squash requires exceptional levels of athleticism. In a skill based sport, physical fitness won’t take players to the top, but…
The Art of Recovery
For an athlete to regularly perform quality training sessions or to peak for competition, the progression of training stimuli must…
Fast Food vs. Sport Supplements for Post-Exercise Glycogen Recovery
A 2015 study compared the intake of fast food products and sports supplements post-workout to determine whether they provided adequate…