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Turning the Bend on a Coaching Career

Track and field have played a defining role in Coach Tyler Germain’s life for the past 25 years—first as an athlete and then as a…

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Pneumatic Resistance and its Role in Power Development

By eliminating the effects of inertia and momentum, training with pneumatic resistance offers unique benefits for athletes. Coach Jonathan Ward details when and how he…

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Embracing AI: A Coach’s Guide to Transforming Your Practice

For busy coaches, AI tools can speed workflows, enhance productivity, and provide an added resource for rapid analysis. The technologies can, however, have limitations in…

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Developing a Plyometric Training Routine for Sprinters

Well-designed plyometric training can help athletes improve their sprint speed, but the methods are stressful on the central nervous system and lower limbs. Jack Shaw…

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Programming Resisted Sprints on the 1080 Sprint: Setting Speed Limits and the Impact on Sprint Kinetics

What are the most effective ways to apply the speed limit setting with the 1080 Sprint? Coach Jonathan Ward breaks down data from pro rugby…

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How to Create an In-Season Training Program for College Baseball Players

The density of the college baseball schedule creates a challenge for coaches and athletes to train in a way that…

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Alphabet Soup—Learning the ABCs of S&C Certification

For coaches entering the strength and conditioning field, choosing the right certification courses can be a confusing process. Coach Raymond…

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Bridging the Gap Between Awareness and Action in Youth Injury Prevention with Demotu 3D Analysis

Confidence and courage are crucial mental skills for athletes, but can also lead them to minimize their own potential injury…

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Strength & Conditioning for Non-Strength Coaches

Leveraging 15 years of experience across all academic levels, Coach David Neill kicks off an article series dedicated to sharing…

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Rediscover Wave Loading: Program Design for Speed and Power

For athletes to translate strength gains into speed gains, those increases in strength need to not correspond to excessive increases…

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180° Cut Testing: A Superior Standard for Change of Direction

After years of training athletes to succeed on standard Combine tests, Coach Steve Breitenstein realized that choreographing the execution of…

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Complications & Rising Action: Steps 1-6 in a Sprint

Telling the story of speed, Coach Chris Korfist progresses from the opening step of a race to steps one through…

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