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Bringing the Heat: Training Softball Players for Multi-Game Days
Playing in the heat is a game of checks and balances. Coach Anna Woods explains how to reduce other stressors on your athletes so their…
7 Takeaways from Summer Training (And How That Impacts the Entire Year)
The field of strength and conditioning is fast-paced and always changing. In this article, coach Drew Hill, founder of Endunamoo Strength & Conditioning, shares 7…
What I’ve Added and Dropped in Coaching High School Track and Field
When you only get a limited amount of time each day with your athletes, you learn to maximize that time for efficiency and the conditions…
Spice Up Ya’ Bench: 7 ways to “Functionalize” Your Bench Press
As more advanced training is called for throughout an athlete’s career, more chaotic and unstable variations of the bench press can be programmed to target…
Level Up Your Testing Protocols: Jump-to-Height Ratio
S&C coaches use relative metrics to gain deep insights into an athlete’s athletic potential, but horizontal-based jumps aren’t given this same level of consideration. Coach…
The Fallacies About the Need to Go ‘Gluten-Free’
Gluten-free dieting has been all the rage in recent years, with an explosion of self-diagnosed gluten sensitivities sparking an interest…
Popular Articles
10 Reflections for Aspiring High School Strength Coaches
Being a high school strength and conditioning coach often requires you to wear different hats and tap into different skills…
How to Integrate and Leverage Technology in a D2 S&C Program
What should you do if your weight room has the latest equipment but no technology? Which technology tools should you…
Start with the Game: Reverse Engineering a Performance Training Program
If the biggest failure of any performance program is the gap between what athletes do in the weight room and…
An Introduction to Body Tempering with High School and College Athletes
Coach Keith Caton discusses the basics of body tempering, including how it differs from roam rolling as a strength prep…
Periodizing for Mastery: A New Approach to Preseason Training for Team Sports
Pierre Austruy presents a contrasting approach to the classical periodization model for preseason training—a maturation method that proposes an inverted…
Breaking Down Walls: A Road Map for Successful Sports Science Collaboration
Why does a sports performance team need a sport scientist, and how can you establish and integrate a sport science…