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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…
Redefining Strength: High Force Does Not Equal High Load
Coach Hunter Eisenhower proposes that the best way to prepare athletes for sport and keep them healthy isn’t loading them with as much weight as…
What I’ve Learned by Using GPS in Football
Coach Torin Shanahan knows every team doesn’t have GPS, so he provides some of the lessons he’s learned with GPS for football to help you…
Another Coach’s Relay Epiphany
This article includes Randy Huntington’s Excel spreadsheet to calculate relay exchange marks.
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…
Tired of Deadlifting? Ways to Utilize the Skater Squat Instead
If you’re tired of deadlifts or just looking for a fantastic deadlift alternative, Coach Mike Over recommends the skater squat…
Stationary Rower MAS Workouts to Pass the 5k Rower Aerobic Test in the ACFT
Coach Ben Charles provides four rower workout options, ranging from aerobic to anaerobic, using max aerobic speed training (MAS). These…
The Death of Volume
Because many of us have been taught for so long that a harder workout results in a better outcome, rest…
Handheld Dynamometers: Determine Your Process Before Your Purchase
Handheld dynamometers are useful in rehab and becoming increasingly popular with performance coaches. If you’re in the market for an…