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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…
Creating Winning Habits: The Value of Weekly Timed Sprints
When it comes to coaching, there can never be enough data. In this article, coach Matt Tometz explains why adding regularly scheduled timed sprints into…
Creating the Playing Field: Developing Small-Sided Games
In his four-part series on small-sided games and how to properly prepare players for the physiological and mechanical demands, Coach Joey Guarascio discusses the creation…
The Modern Performance Coach’s Tech Stack
Sports performance tech is booming, but options can overwhelm. Justin Ochoa presents a clear, outcome-driven framework that helps coaches define…
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…
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…
The Truth About Flexibility and How to Improve It
Coach Steve Haggerty explains the most important thing to understand about tightness and flexibility—the brain’s influence on a joint’s range…
CVASPS Seminar Q&A Series: Matt Gildersleeve
CVASPS’ The Seminar on July 21 and 22 is coming up fast. Matt Gildersleeve, Director of Football Sport Performance at…