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Breathe New Life into Your Performance!
Adding proper breathing drills can be a tough sell to athletes who already have many demands on their training time. But even a few minutes…
How Coaches Can Debate and Win on Social Media
All too often, debates on social media get heated and personal. Coaches can have educational and enlightening conversations on Twitter and other platforms by highlighting…
Long-Term Athlete Development and Team Sports
Traditional periodization training plans have many shortfalls when used for long-term athlete development in team sports. This article explains why the ideal model of periodization…
Do Gluten-Free Diets Increase Athlete Performance?
A gluten-free diet has no impact on performance for athletes who do not have a gluten sensitivity or celiac disease. Unfortunately many athletes and their…
Why Yoga Is Important For Soccer Players
Yoga offers a host of benefits to soccer players, as well as other athletes. This article looks at six critical components of training, and considers…
The Development of Rugby Players From Amateur to High Performance
Rugby is a highly physical sport, and the ability of players to tolerate repetitive forces is essential. This article examines…
Rugby: A Guide to Developing a High-Performance System
In rugby, set plays happen at high speed, and defensive players must decide how to best tackle the oncoming attackers.…
How to Set Hurdle Spacing and Height for Progression to 3-Step
While speed in sprint hurdles is essential, hurdlers first need to learn the proper techniques for moving over the hurdles,…
The Art of the Mini Hurdle: Building a Program for the Best Training Summer Ever
Every coach looks for the panacea of workouts to make athletes faster. The Holy Grail of workouts. I…
Full-Body EMS Training and the Benefits of E-Fit
The benefits of electrical muscle stimulation on the human body have been known for centuries, but EMS devices have only…
How to Program for Multiple Events
There are many options for programming and sequencing event work for track and field athletes who compete in more than…
The Less-Traveled Road: Frans Bosch’s Path to Contextual Strength Training
Coach Ken Jakalski has been using Barry Ross’s strength training protocol for his high school athletes for more than a…