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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 Dan Mullins launches his 6-week…
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 questions he received from coaches…
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 can overwhelm coaches. To help…
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 have the same access to…
10 Insights I Learned from Training Elite Boxers
Coach Moritz Klatten has coached some of the best boxers in the world and knows that they don’t train like Rocky. To counter some of…
How We Got Our First Sprint Relays to State in Program History
Sprint Coach Robert Dunn tells the story of how he helped guide a group of female sprinters from being on…
Four Weeks to Return to Play: A Hamstring Case Study
How do you get an athlete with a hamstring injury back into the game? Coach Kyle Davey provides a four-week…
Out of My Lane: Injury Management as an S&C Coach
Although injury restoration isn’t part of strength and conditioning credentialing, the return-to-play process can and does benefit from the involvement…
A Word of Thanks to Committed Coaches Everywhere
Coach Mike McCarthy extends his thanks to coaches who pay a high opportunity cost to coach. In other words, thank…
Is the Carnivore Diet for Athletes?
Coach and nutritionist Matt Cooper asks what good is using the latest sports technology if athletes are being fed slow-acting…
Vibration Therapy for Athlete Performance: What’s All the Buzz About?
Coach Jim Wittstrom walks us through a general background on vibration therapy and what the scientific literature has found for…
Facility Finders: Ozark High School (Ozark, MO)
This first Facility Finders installment of the new year takes a look at Ozark High School, where the renovation included…