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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…
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…
The Fall and Rise of the Bulgarian Lunge
Are single-leg exercises like the Bulgarian lunge and high step-ups superior to squats as some strength coaches claim? Coach Kim…
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…
Going Back to Guiding Principles: Answers to Track & Field FAQs
As a follow-up to his article on the 7 Principles of HS track & field, Coach Noah Kaminsky revisits some…
How to Choose the Right GPS System for Your High School
GPS is a powerful tool, but without a streamlined organizational system to manage the data, the sheer amount of it…
Moving the Ball on Nutrition for Your High School Athlete
While high school athletes often train nowadays in ways professionals and collegiate athletes trained 15 years ago, they don’t always…