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The Problem with Percentages: How to Simplify Your Workouts for Greater Gains
Percentage workout systems work great for some athletes, especially weightlifters. However, sometimes, as Coach Kim Goss explains, it’s better to get strong by letting the…
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…
Preventing ACL and Achilles Injuries with Elastic Strength Training
The incidence of ACL and Achilles injuries, even “non-contact” injuries, is rising, as anyone who watches football, basketball, or soccer…
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?…
Summer School Session 3 with Coach Antwann McCray
Whether starting in the private sector or taking over a school program, young performance coaches need to identify their training…
Calling All Hoopers! Off-Season Training to Increase Your Vertical Leap
Harvey Meale explains how basketball players can strategically use their off-season as an opportunity to level up their speed, strength,…
The Key Benefits of Keiser for Shoulder Restoration
Coach Danny Foley explains why he recommends Keiser equipment, which uses pneumatic resistance, as a preferred option for athletes who…
Summer School Session 2 with Coach Jen Meza: “It’s Everything Else…”
Just as athletes face adversity in training and competition, coaches deal with challenges posed in the course of their careers.…