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How to Design Better Flywheel Sports Training Sessions
While there has been some research comparing flywheel training to conventional training, we still have much to learn about using flywheels in training sessions. This…
Return to Play For Concussions: How to Use Data to Determine Player Readiness
By capturing and evaluating athlete exertion levels in their concussion return to play protocol, Brian Wiese and colleagues have reduced premature returns to full activity…
How to Bring Sprint Training to the Masses
The size of many gyms and training facilities often limits the drills that athletes and fitness clients can do inside. Strength and conditioning coach, Derek…
High-Speed Eccentric Resistance Training in Sports
While training with supramaximal eccentrics helps to specifically improve strength, high-speed eccentric training helps athletes improve their power, change of direction, cutting, and jumping abilities,…
Training Teams in the Private Sector
In the quest to set yourself apart as an innovative and tech-savvy sports practitioner, don’t lose sight of the importance of classic coaching methods or…
The Body-Weight-to-Performance Ratio
Coach Rodrigo Alvira Isla explains the BW-to-performance ratio, a metric designed to provide a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship…
Eccentric Training and the Younger Athlete
Eccentric training has been shown to effectively reduce injury risk and help enhance athletic performance. It’s appropriate, and recommended, for…
World Speed Summit Preview: A Look at Kelly Starrett’s ‘Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World’
In his new book, ‘Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World,’ Kelly Starrett, a CrossFit thought leader and self-therapy advocate,…
How Collaboration Leads to Success: A Comparison of Walt Disney and Performance Therapy Best Practices
Although not readily apparent at first, ALTIS trainer Rick Wade points out that the collaboration best practices that helped Walt…
Five Speed Enhancers: Alternatives to Performance Enhancing Drugs
Feeling good is a performance enhancer. How can you feel good without pharmaceuticals? Coach your athletes to perform as high-octane,…
The Art of the Mini Hurdle: Building Sprint Form
The mini-hurdle run can change a runner’s form without any cues. With repetition, the mini-hurdle form becomes the runner’s gait.…
23 Creative Ideas to Benefit Your Sponsors
When thinking about sponsored athletes, do images of logos on clothing come to mind? While logo placement is definitely a…