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How to Plan the Off-Season in Canadian University Football Part 2: Summer and In-Season Training
After winter training, with summer just around the corner, Canadian football programs transition to sport-specific athletic development activities. This second of two articles provides insight…
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…
Complete Autonomic Nervous System Management for Any Coach
On top of general health, the autonomic nervous system is linked closely with performance, signaling athletes’ stress and relaxation responses.…
Effectiveness and Efficiency in Sports Performance Programs
Performance may be driven by outputs, external cueing, and ultimately training load, but how we get there can require a…
Becoming Higher, Faster, Stronger Through Rest
Rest and regeneration are vitally important components of any training program, for both athletes and coaches. This article discusses the…
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…