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A Protocol for Two-Dimensional Running Gait Analysis
While 3D motion capture is the gold standard for movement analysis, if your clinic, club, or team doesn’t have the necessary equipment or personnel, you…
US vs. UK Youth Development: How to Train Successful Endurance Athletes
There are stark differences between the US and UK youth cross-country training systems, neither of which are ideal. This article describes the strengths and weaknesses…
Make LTAD Central to Your Coaching
Long-term athletic development (LTAD) is a vital framework to ensure that all kids can grow, learn, and play to the best of their ability. This…
Are Your Testing Methods Impacting Your Body Composition Tests?
Body composition measurements are impacted by testing protocols, especially changes in body fluid and hydration. In an interview with Bob Alejo, Dr. Jordan Moon explains…
Competencies with Program Design for Sport and Health
In this second part of a two-piece series, Dr. Pat Davidson delves further into the objective biomechanics model, and provides readers with training movement biomechanics…
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…
An Athlete’s Guide To Surviving Christmas
Christmas is great. You get presents, you see your family, you do fun stuff together, you eat nice food, and…
Jumps Roundtable: Training Setup and Programming Style Influences
All coaches have their own programming style and their own training setups. In this sixth and last roundtable discussion with…
Jumps Roundtable: Approach Accuracy
Jumps coaches have differing views when it comes to the issue of approach accuracy. SimpliFaster talked to eight of them…
Testing Protocols in Jump Training
While it’s important to assess an athlete’s level of readiness for event competition, coaches differ in the ways that they…
Individual Training Programs for Jumpers
In this third installment in SimpliFaster’s jumps roundtable, eight jumps coaches talk about the key physical qualities that determine success…
Technical Training for Jumpers
Technical training for jumpers can be very simple, or overly complex. SimpliFaster talked to eight leading jumps coaches about their…