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Five GPS Metrics That Matter (and How to Fill Buckets and Filter Outliers)
How does collecting GPS metrics for athletes benefit their performance and improve your training program? Chris Tanck looks at the data.
How the Youth Development Model Can Inform High-Performance Speed Training
When Coach Mike Sullivan began working with younger athletes, he realized that force couldn’t be a differentiating factor in their speed development. Instead, his exploration…
Chase Speed. Gain Endurance.
What is the right balance of speed and endurance training for sprinters to prevent overtraining but get athletes ready for races? Based on his own…
The 90’s Workout That Moved the Fitness Industry in a New Direction
Tracing the history of the slide board, Jimmy Martin points out why coaches and trainers should put this multidirectional and multipurpose training tool in their…
Kinvent K-Push Review: An Impressive New Handheld Dynamometer
Vien Vu is no stranger to using Kinvent’s handheld dynamometers, and he recently spent time testing the new K-Push. What does he think? Read the…
How to Land a Strength and Conditioning Job
Applying for a position in strength and conditioning is a competitive undertaking. With more candidates than there are job postings,…
The Art of the False Step
For years, Coach Justin Ochoa believed that the false step was wasted movement that would slow athletes down. Now he…
You Are Your Business: 6 Keys for Building a Personal Brand in the Private Sector
As he transitions from S&C in the private sector, Coach Brandon Holder offers six crucial things he learned that will…
Timed “Max Effort”
Many athletes have to translate their strength into speed. In this article, Coach Pete Arroyo, owner of the Chicago-based gym…
Improve Deceleration Capabilities by Training the “Left Side of the Curve”
Coach Joey Guarascio details how to implement decelerative training, breaking down how to classify, progress, and pair eccentric training elements…
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Athlete Breathing Dysfunction
Rob Wilson helps coaches develop a basic understanding of the holistic nature of breath pattern dysfunction in athletes, some of…
How Training Athletes in the Private Sector Made Me a Better Track Coach
Coach Rob Assise has been a high school track coach for years, but he began to privately train track and…