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The 3 Biggest Mistakes I Made During My First 3 Years of Coaching
Being a new coach isn’t easy, and you often don’t know what you don’t know. Coach Matt Tometz hopes to help remedy that by sharing…
A Strength Coach’s Guide to Training Mobility for Olympic Weightlifting
Olympic weightlifting mobility refers to the athlete’s capacity to move through a full range of motion without restriction. It’s crucial for lifting performance, injury prevention,…
Game On: Cone Chaos
Jeremy Frisch follows Alan Bishop in our new “Game On” series, breaking down the rules, set-up, and scoring system for a team variation of tag.…
Efficient Readiness Testing with Jump Mats for Any Setting
Since jump mats are becoming more accessible, affordable, and popular in all settings of sports performance, Coach Justin Ochoa views readiness testing as a great…
Practical Ways for High School Jump Coaches to Break Down Film on a Budget
Borrowing the idea from American football, Coach Kevin Consoles began using “film sessions”—aka breaking down game film—with his high school jump athletes. Now the athletes…
Mistakes: Why Do They Happen; How Can We Avoid Them?
Once a mistake has happened, it’s important to react to it positively. Craig Pickering shares his personal story of being…
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The Lasting Effects of a Fleeting Career
The chance of becoming a professional football player is slim, and the chance of playing in the NFL for more…
Using Wickets to Train Sprint Mechanics for Team Sport Athletes
Every team sport athlete can improve their performance in their position by working on speed mechanics. An excellent way to…
Facility Finders: Orange Lutheran High School (Orange, CA)
When Orange Lutheran High School administrators decided to renovate the school’s weight room, it wasn’t just to benefit the athletes…
Creating a Hallway Speed Workout
How do you train athletes for indoor track when your school doesn’t have an indoor track and the weather prevents…
Mechanical Properties of Tendons and Their Implication in Training Athletes
While a stiff tendon can help improve athletic performance, at some point that stiffness becomes detrimental to the attached muscle…
Get Faster for Only $60 with Double Resistance Bands
Speed training doesn’t have to break the bank. In this article, Matt Tometz, performance coach and educator, explains why strong…