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Resurrecting the Forgotten 70%: How High School Coaches Can Increase Their Talent Pool
What if you could get more of your school’s students to try out for sports? Coach Kim Goss explores the reasons so many potential athletes…
Performance Training for Pitchers: Athleticism Determines Skill Level
The better a pitcher can move athletically, the faster and more efficiently they’ll be able to pitch, with fewer injuries. Coach Anna Woods determines what…
Is the Best-Ever Strength Training Device…A Piece of Speed Development Equipment?
Did you know that you could program the settings on the 1080 Sprint to do some of the exercises only possible before with the Syncro?…
Teaching the Ability to Strain as a Skill in the Weight Room
In his S&C program, Coach Brandon Herring slowly teaches softball players how to strain—beginning in the seventh grade. He explains how to do it and…
Creating Winning Habits: The Value of Weekly Timed Sprints
When it comes to coaching, there can never be enough data. In this article, coach Matt Tometz explains why adding regularly scheduled timed sprints into…
The Benefits of Coaching an Effective Warmup (and How to Do It)
A well-structured warm-up not only prepares athletes physically but also offers insight into their mental and physical readiness, enhances focus,…
Summer School Session 4 with Coach Tanner Swinford
Taking over the program at a new high school school, strength coaches need to plan efficiently and find ways to…
Insights from Zac Cupples on Compression and Expansion Strategies for Athletes
As part of his mentorship program with Zac Cupples, Barrett Snyder sought his insight on many training topics. Here, Snyder…
Eccentric Training and GymAware: Keys to Quantifying Metrics that Matter
Many coaches and athletes use the concentric 1RM in training. But what if you’re trying to prescribe eccentric training and…
10 Books Every Young S&C Coach Should Read (From a Fellow Young Strength Coach)
Every successful strength and conditioning coach prioritizes their continuing education, blocking off time to focus on broadening their knowledge and…
What’s Up with “Knees Over Toes”?
Even with the decades of research and success of athletes who perform movements that lead to the knees extending over…
Autonomy 2.0—Program Less to Get More
Coaches are usually the people with the plans, but what happens when the athletes take on some of that responsibility?…