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Focused Nutrition: How Inflammatory Foods Can Negatively Impact Movement Mechanics
Suboptimal foods can impact overall health, of course, but how do they specifically affect sports performance? Coach Matt Cooper delves into the role of inflammatory…
Leveraging Automated Testing in Football Teams: A Strategy for Performance Enhancement
Technology that continues to help coaches better prepare athletes and save time is always worth writing about. Coaches Joey Guarascio, Zackary Ceci, and Robert Marco…
Using Speed and Power Data to Bucket and Train Faster Athletes
Tanner Care provides practitioners with a framework for better understanding/interpreting speed data based on his use of speed as a guiding principle for periodization and…
Relax and Win: Harnessing the Power of Relaxation to Sprint Faster
Muscle tension is seldom good for the body in everyday life, but what about in sport? Coach Kim Goss explores the idea of relaxation to…
High Performance Library: “The Resilience Factor”
Resilience is an essential attribute, especially for athletes and coaches. Coach Craig Pickering looks at the seven key skills that Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatte,…
7 Methods of Isoinertial Training Strength Coaches Need
Coach Shane Davenport and his team have created seven methods for isoinertial training that range from basic concepts to very…
Popular Articles
Shoulder Care: Organizing and Programming Drills for the Overhead Athlete
From swimmers to pitchers to quarterbacks—if you coach overhead athletes, you should read Coach Matt Tometz’s framework for organizing and…
A Pro Runner’s Guide to Seven of the Best Post-Run Stretches
Viktoriia Tkachuk presents seven of her favorite post-run stretches. Not only will these stretches help your flexibility, but they will…
Vary Your Warm-Ups: Three Protocols for Better Athletic Development
Are your warm-ups getting stale and boring? Coach Steve Georgio looks at the three steps of crafting quality warm-ups and…
How to Develop a Successful 4x200m Relay Team
While the 4x200m relay may not get the respect of other relays, Coach John Brumund-Smith believes all track coaches should…
Creating a Plan for In-Season Softball Training
Coaches need to keep the differences between pitchers and fielders in mind when developing a training program for softball players.…
Helping High School Athletes Recover Faster with Firefly Recovery
In light of the unique challenges young athletes face, Lauren Campbell and Conlan Sodrosky present the Firefly Recovery device as…