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Speaking the Same Language as Your Athletes
As an S&C coach, chances are you haven’t played every sport you work with. However, you can still learn to speak the sport’s language to…
Breathing on Purpose
While the focus on breathing techniques is nothing new, it is too often overcomplicated. Rob Wilson provides three simple cues for breath control that athletes…
The ACL Injury Puzzle: Rethinking Athlete-Centered Care
If you don’t consider the multifactorial consequences of ACL injury, you can’t fully prepare your athletes to return to unpredictable environments. Elaine Reiche discusses why…
Game On: The Cheapest Tool a Coach Can Use—Balloons
In our ongoing look at gamifying training for athletes of all ages, Coach Drew Hill presents balloons as a fun, versatile, and budget-friendly tool to…
How to Prove Athletes Are Getting Faster Using “Rules of Best Evidence”
A guarantee of accuracy is quite a valuable promise, especially in today’s social media-driven world, but does such a thing exist? Using the Best Evidence…
Force Plates in Practice: What I Learned in My First Year
Coach Jared Lovelace walks through common mistakes coaches make when first using force plates and how they can set themselves…
Popular Articles
Summer School Session 6 with Coach Jessica Gust
Designing an open, well-lit space and incorporating principles of environmental psychology are key focuses for Coach Jessica Gust. In episode…
AI & Elite Sport – What Does the Future Hold?
AI is seemingly everywhere these days, but does it have possible uses in elite sport? Coach Craig Pickering looks at…
Deconstructing 3 Common Basketball Moves (to Train the Underlying Qualities)
Coach Justin Ochoa breaks down three of the most basic basketball moves—the jab step, side step/step back, and hesi—analyzing the…
Summer School Session 5 with Coach Muhammad Abdellatif
Relationships dictate everything for performance coaches. In the fifth episode of Dan Mullins’ Summer School series, Coach Muhammad Abdellatif discusses…
Game On: How to Play “Danney Ball”
With “Danney Ball,” Ian Danney created a unique training method that “surfs” the load-velocity curve. When Coach Alan Bishop first…
Small-Sided Games: The Vaccine to Non-Contact Injuries
Coach Joey Guarascio drills down on the ways that small-sided games and agility training, when paired with general skills and…