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Using Velocity-Based Training to Mitigate Injury Risk for Basketball Players
While we can’t completely prevent sports injuries, we CAN utilize technology and advances in coaching to help athletes reduce specific risk factors that lead to…
Using the French Contrast Method to Build Repeat Sprint Ability
When it comes to team sports and the demands on athletes, repeat sprint ability is a crucial skill. Coach Nolan Dreher recommends the Sprint Contrast…
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 programming shoulder care exercises.
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 also make your running form…
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 offers three different protocols you…
Athlete Auditing: A Holistic ‘Assessment to Intervention’ Approach
Much more than just testing and developing athlete profiles, Kyle Davey explains how auditing generates insights into how and why…
Popular Articles
A Review of The Anatomy of Speed by Bill Parisi
With so many books about speed and speed training, what sets Bill Parisi’s The Anatomy of Speed apart? Dillon Martinez…
Using GPS to Create Thresholds for Small-Sided Games
While unable to individualize conditioning for each football player, Coach Joey Guarascio explains how GPS has enabled him to mailbox…
Creating the Playground – Why We “Game On”
When you make training fun and give athletes a variety of ways to do it, you check the boxes without…
Evaluating the VALD SmartSpeed Plus Electronic Timing System
While electronic timing systems have improved over the decades, not every system available may fit your budget or your needs.…
Differences in Training Youth Athletes Before & After Smartphones
Is it because of smartphones, social media, or the internet? Coach Zach Even-Esh looks at the differences he sees in…
Demystifying APIs (to Spend More Time Coaching and Less Time Managing Data)
Sure data is king, but coaching is what you do best. If you’re spending too much of your time managing…