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Strength Velocity Training for Baseball
Coach Drew Hill wanted to quantify pitching speed—perhaps the most valuable KPI for any ball player. So he tested invested in the resources to test…
Tracking Athletes Through the NFL Combine Training Experience
Coach Steve Haggerty tracks an athlete through his preparation for the NFL Combine, looking specifically at his performance in the 40-yard dash and broad and…
Rethinking Athletic Fitness Testing
Athlete fitness testing is valuable, but the tests need to be relevant to your sport. With football as his use case, Coach Kim Goss explains…
Quantifying Peak Velocity Quotient in Multiplanar Jumping with 1080 Sprint
When looking at an athlete’s ability to create high velocity in a short time, it’s very useful to be able to do this without planar…
Outside My Lane: What if I Were a College Track and Field Coach?
As a high school coach, Rob Assise has experience working with college coaches and recruiters. In this article, coach Rob swerves outside his lane to…
Adaptations to Training for Runners and Triathletes
To develop the most efficient mechanics possible when running, we must create optimal muscle recruitment patterns. Eventually, even the most…
Athlete Auditing: A Holistic ‘Assessment to Intervention’ Approach
Much more than just testing and developing athlete profiles, Kyle Davey explains how auditing generates insights into how and why…
Movement Literacy & Training Relationships
Teaching is an important part of being a coach. Coach Danny Foley, co-founder of Rude Rock Strength and Conditioning, shares…
Using Plantiga to Modify the Starting Block Position with an Elite Sprinter
Coach Sam Leslie explains how he and Sam Rowsell used data from the Plantiga IMU to determine whether changing and…
Using Tensiomyography (TMG) to Help Identify Hyperspeed Exercise Demands
Tensiomyography is a robust tool for real-time insights into muscle contractile properties (MCP). Coach DeRick O’Connell delves into the application…
Eleven Tips to Succeed as a Beginning Strength and Conditioning Coach
Starting a new career can be daunting and overwhelming. In this article, Dan Rosen lists 11 tips that can help…
Better Ways to Build Work Capacity for Football with GPS
Coach Mark Hoover explains how you can use GPS to remove the educated guesswork and ensure individual athletes are truly…