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Pregame Nutrition: What Should Your Pre-Workout Routine Really Look Like?
To help progress the way we think about pre-workout nutrition, Coach Matt Cooper points out the main ways athletes tend to go wrong when deciding…
3 Valuable (and Unexpected) VBT Methods That Make a Difference with Basketball Players
Coach Justin Ochoa uses velocity-based training with his basketball players, but not necessarily in the expected way, for the expected measurements. Learn how to use…
Growing Up in Strength and Conditioning: Coaches Roundtable
While there is no cookie-cutter plan for young coaches to reach success, there are lessons they learn along the way that put them in a…
Assessing and Preparing Law Enforcement Officers for Physical Standards
Even more than game-day replication challenges when training athletes, it is impossible to reproduce a law enforcement officer’s specific physical duties. However, there are ways…
Adaptations: How to Develop Power in Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Athletes
According to coaches Steve Haggerty and Alex Roberts, developing power is arguably more important than developing strength. In this article, they go through some of…
A Review of Output Sports Technology
Sam Feldman takes a deep dive into why strength and conditioning coaches should take notice of the new performance data…
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…
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…