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How 5 Generous Mentors Ignited My Coaching Career
Coaching is a process of learning, distilling, and applying methods from those who came before, and Hunter Charneski examines how five key mentors—Andy McCloy, Joe…
4 Development Stages for the College Athlete
Many incoming college athletes need more work from a developmental standpoint. This developmental model consists of four stages to progress an athlete and build their…
A Quick Lesson on Testosterone for Athletes and Coaches
Testosterone mediates long-term adaptations to exercise, affects mood and motivation, and–when training is designed to maximize an athlete’s testosterone response–leads to greater improvements in strength.…
Is the Polish Bleacher Bound the “Dream Drill” for Sprinters?
If you had to eliminate every sprint drill from your training program except one, what would be your keeper? Coach Ken Jakalski is quick to…
7 Off-Season Training Tips for High School Long Jumpers
High school long jumpers can do much more than sit around watching TV, playing video games, or scrolling through YouTube in the off-season. Here are…
Maximal Sprint Speed: Evaluating 10m Flys Under Different Conditions
Coach Rad Misko ran a pilot experiment with one athlete to measure maximal speed times using the 10m fly. Discover…
How to Calculate Relay Exchange Marks
A precise formula for determining relay marks removes the guesswork. All that’s needed is timing runners during the final part…
Performance Therapy – The Road to ALTIS
As a sports fanatic, I know how devoted athletes can be, and I wanted to find a way to help…
Excuses Are the Nails that Build the House of Failure
As track and field coaches we’ve often heard that the best learning takes place not in formal educational settings nor…
Building Excellence in Sport
In my journey to try and understand excellence in sport, I have been fortunate to work in a multitude of…
ALTIS Return to Play: A Case Study with Freelap Technology
At ALTIS we are always looking for quality technologies that can aid us in all aspects of training, but especially…
1080 Sprint Review
Using thin cord wrapped around a drum, the 1080 Sprint provides a wealth of useful information on the built-in computer…