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The Jumps Roundtable #2: Tapering and Peaking
Coach Nick Newman asks a roundtable of eight international jumps coaches to reveal their peaking strategies, including the way that they differ among athletes and…
The Jumps Roundtable #2: Plyometric Training and Teaching
Plyometrics are an important tool in a jump coaches toolbox. In this second part of our Jumps Roundtable Edition #2, eight jumps coaches reveal the…
The Jumps Roundtable #2: Working with New Athletes
Working with new athletes who have high-level talent is a different experience than new athletes with little or no performance record. Eight successful jumps coaches…
Hamstring Injury – Do You Know the Odds and Can You Beat Them?
Hamstring injuries are very common in sports that require running. In professional soccer, hamstring injuries account for roughly one in five of all injuries. In…
How Coaches Can Use Social Media Effectively
Social media may be the most underrated resource at a performance coach’s disposal. To connect with athletes, other coaches, and the larger sport community, here…
Hamstring Injury – Do You Know the Odds and Can You Beat Them?
Hamstring injuries are very common in sports that require running. In professional soccer, hamstring injuries account for roughly one in…
Beyond the Force Velocity Curve with Assisted Jumps Training
Although research on assisted jumps training has been sparse up until now, coaches and trainers are beginning to embrace it…
Solving the Riddle of the Shin Splint
Shin splints have plagued athletes for generations, with many recommended therapies and treatments failing to correct the problem. Coach Ken…
Challenges to Effective Athlete Monitoring are Easily Overcome
Achieving success in sport, particularly at the elite level, is a complex process. Monitoring an athlete’s training program ensures athletes…
How to Jump Higher Using French Contrast and Potentiation Clusters
Athletes can achieve great results by harnessing the power of potentiation and efficiency and applying it to selective ballistic endeavors…
Speed Development for Non-Track Athletes
In track and field, and running events in particular, the competitive skill is singular. If you’re a sprinter, you can…
How Perspective Creates Success
Success in track and field depends on relationships and our ability to see things from the vantage point of others.…