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What Time of Day Is Best for Training Athletes?
Do early chronotypes select morning sports or does early morning training cause a chronotype shift? Understanding an athlete’s chronotype and its impact on their performance…
How to Assess an Athlete’s Direction Bias and Use It to Improve Performance
Knowing your athlete’s direction bias can help improve motor control, direction of force application, and proprioception all through a few exercises you can incorporate into…
Rethinking Speed Exposure for American Football Players
There is no question that speed plays a role in the American football player’s ability to compete at a high level, but preparing players for…
How to Enhance Performance with PAP and Complex Training Methods
Applying complex training methods, many coaches neglect to individualize an athlete’s optimal recovery interval and instead utilize a blanket time frame. This article highlights the…
How to Make Smarter Choices When Polishing Your Athletes’ Lunge Progressions
Everything is context-specific, including exercise selection for athletes. Planned variation and program changes from general to specific elicit the highest possible adaptations. Bryan Mann demonstrates…
Stride Length vs. Stride Frequency in Reaching Max Speed
We know that speed is a function of stride length and stride frequency. But which of the two qualities plays…
The Best Articles, Lectures, and Podcasts of 2016 for Health Professionals
Lars Avemarie lists the best articles, lectures, and podcasts of 2016 for Health Professionals. Topics include science and evidence-based practice,…
Barriers to Championship Performances
ALTIS Head Coach Dan Pfaff shares his collection of thoughts and observations acquired through 40 plus years of coaching and…
Implementing High-Intensity Aerobic Energy System Conditioning for Field Sports
Much research is now focused on Maximal Aerobic Speed (MAS). Research shows that the amount of time spent at or…
Why the 1080 Quantum Robotic Resistance System Offers Better Training Results in Less Time
The 1080 Quantum robotic resistance system has proven its worth with elite athletes at Sweden’s Malmö Sports Academy. Coach Kenneth…
Programming for Resisted Sled Sprint Training
This article is the second part of a mini-series on resisted sled sprint (RSS) training. The article provides the basis…
A Message of Giving
In the spirit of the holiday season, I want to share experiences and anecdotes about the coaches who have given…