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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 a more important role for…
Are Closed Change of Direction Drills Useful for Developing Agility?
While most coaches have similar training protocols for strength, power, speed, and endurance, agility is a different story. Cameron Josse does a deep dive into…
Improving Sport Performance Through Nacsport Video Analysis
Video analysis is an essential resource in sport performance settings, enabling athletes and coaches to look at moments that occur in training and competition and…
Developing Psychological Traits that Enhance Physical Qualities
Once you are aware of it and understand it, the psychology of sport is more than a simple cliché. You can use it to empower…
How Reflective Practice Improved My Coaching
A coach should continually reflect, adapt, and innovate to develop both as a professional and as an individual. Critical reflection on events will improve a…
The Use of RPE in Team Sports
The use of the RPE scale is growing in popularity in team sports because data collection is easy and accurately…
Breaking Down the Start: Before and After Report
Day two is an explosion session where the athlete focuses on the first two steps out of the hole. Because…
1080 Sprint Review at Xceleration Sports Performance Labs
Xceleration Sports Performance Labs in Austin, Texas was among the first sites in the US to acquire a 1080 Sprint…
Electronic Timing: Team Culture and Training Accountability
Data trends show what athletes typically produce on a given training day or week and help predict the end of…
Transfer of Learning: From the Weight Room to the Long Run
By increasing the absolute strength of muscles, an endurance athlete can increase the efficiency of the muscles; this allows for…
The Need for Speed: A Modern Approach to Training and Recruiting Sprinters
It’s time to modernize the way track and field coaches approach training and recruitment. When you focus on speed first,…
CrossFit Controversies: Training Elite Athletes
High-repetition power and strength exercises are interspersed with high-volume multi-joint movements which ultimately lead to the exhaustion of all metabolic…