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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…
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…
Climate Change – Practical Ways to Add Energy to Your Training Sessions
Coach Pete Burridge refers to the energy during a training session as the “session climate,” and that climate affects athlete…
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.…
How to Plan and Execute a Continuing Professional Development Tour
Coach Pete Burridge makes a case for being just as deliberate and purposeful with your own continued development as you…
21 Myths That People Get Wrong About Physical Fitness
Fitness myths can cause you to waste your energy and the energy of your athletes. Gain energy, and power, with…
Summer School Session 1: Dan Mullins on Implementing His Program at a New High School
How does a strength and conditioning coach begin executing his program when starting a position at a new school? Coach…