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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…
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 of motion.
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 the University of Kansas, will…
Every Athlete Is a Coach: Training Large Groups in a School Setting
Coach Zach Even-Esh was surprised at first by how different it was to train large groups of high school athletes versus private clients. But he…
7 Upper Back Pulling Exercises for Athletes
A strong upper back isn’t just protection for athletes, it can also be a performance driver. Getting beyond the upper…
Implementing Carries with Tactical Athletes
Loaded carries are useful and straightforward exercises that can have a huge impact on strength in the long run. Brandon…
Positions, Progressions & Patience: A Better Approach to Push-Ups for Female Athletes
Coach Rachel Hayes discusses why for females, push-ups are more of a reflection of strength than a foundational strength builder.…
Blood Flow Restriction Training in the Lower Extremity Rehab of Athletes
Backed up by extensive research, Jim Wittstrom explores the use of blood flow restriction (BFR) therapy to rehab lower-extremity injuries…
A Brief History of VBT: Iron Game Pioneers Who Revolutionized Athletic Training
While many others have contributed to modern strength training methods, Coach Kim Goss believes these 12 specific individuals should be…
Out of My Lane: Speed Training for Volleyball
When watching a game of volleyball, you may not immediately see the need to train speed and sprintability. However, as…
Everybody Hurts Sometimes: Breathing Strategies for Return to Play
Coach Rob Wilson discusses some of the simplest ways to positively impact the return to play experience with breathing strategies…