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Why Are Improvements from Training Different Among Athletes?
Why does such a large variation in adaptation exist among athletes that undergo the exact same training program? Why do some improve more than others?…
How to Train Intensive Squatting for All Sports
Reconciling the benefits of intensive squatting with athletes who have busy schedules and high training volumes can be tricky for coaches. However, with derivatives, clever…
Managing In-Season Loading and Training with Contact Sports
Managing athletes’ training loads in-season is a delicate art, with a coach needing to balance long-term player development goals with short-term team successes. Coach Devan…
How to Design Better Flywheel Sports Training Sessions
While there has been some research comparing flywheel training to conventional training, we still have much to learn about using flywheels in training sessions. This…
Return to Play For Concussions: How to Use Data to Determine Player Readiness
By capturing and evaluating athlete exertion levels in their concussion return to play protocol, Brian Wiese and colleagues have reduced premature returns to full activity…
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,…
23 Creative Ideas to Benefit Your Sponsors
When thinking about sponsored athletes, do images of logos on clothing come to mind? While logo placement is definitely a…
Changes I Made to My Team’s Sprint Training Program with the Help of a Mentor
This article is about how mentoring a coach can change one’s outlook on an entire profession. How we need to…
Performance Therapy: What Is It and How Is It Applied?
Performance Therapy is more than just a treatment provided trackside. It relies on the collaboration of coach, athlete, and therapist…
迷你跨栏跑的技术：塑造短跑姿势
迷你跨栏跑可以在没有任何提示下改变一个跑步者的动作姿势。随着反复练习，迷你跨栏跑的动作姿势最终成为跑步者的步态。如果不经过这种关联的练习，运动员很少能跑得快。如果由腿的蹬伸推动运动员的骨盆旋转向前，他们的膝盖就绝不会达到正确的位置。如果运动员的骨盆正忙于转动，腿部的腘绳肌腱就绝不会有时间去工作。而迷你跨栏跑训练可以改进这些常见的跑步弊端，因此它可以塑造良好的跑步姿势。
The Speed Reserve Algorithm: A Simple Way to Attach Meaning and Significance to Sprint Workouts
The ASR algorithm provides individualized, specific goal times for high speed/short repetition workouts.
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…