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Hold on a Minute: 3 Dilemmas in Our Understanding of Core Stability
What does core stability mean to you? What does developing your athletes’ core strength look like? Coach Nick Gies looks at the disparity in our…
Facility Finders: Gainesville High School
In this installment of Facility Finders, Coach John Delf-Montgomery takes us inside Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Georgia, where a new S&C facility features a…
Mistakes Lacrosse Coaches Make During Conditioning
The two most important elements in a lacrosse team are speed and technical skill. In this article, coach and collegiate lacrosse player Brennan Sweeney details…
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…
Coaching, Mentors, and Networking: Pay It Forward
Communication, sharing, networking and mentoring are vital components of growing and developing the coaching community and the world of athletic…
Building Better-Conditioned Athletes Through a Physiological Profile
Performance coach Sean Seale explains in detail how he uses a physiological profile test to individualize, optimize, and orient the…
The Effects of Ballistic vs. Accommodating Resistance Barbell Training on Bar Speed Metrics
Coach Brandon Pigg undertook an informal study comparing two methods of barbell training for power. Read more about the process…
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…