Blog
With over 1,700 articles written by 300+ coaches, scientists, and performance experts, the SimpliFaster blog is your go-to resource for smarter training. Performance professionals share real-world insights, data-driven methods, and practical tools to allow you to stay current and sharpen your approach.
Our articles help you think deeper and coach smarter.
Featured
Getting Creative with Long Jump Training Indoors
There are many reasons why coaches and jump athletes may not have access to a sand pit, runway, or board. Coach Kevin Consoles explains how…
Building an Internship Program with an Eye for the Future of S&C
How can you build an internship program that helps prepare the next generation of S&C coaches? Coach Ross Garner discusses the essential skills to develop…
How to Plan an Off-Season Speed Session for High School Football Players
Coach Steve Haggerty emphasizes that you can’t improve every athletic quality and movement in one training session. He discusses how he incorporates more technical drills…
Crawling: An Introduction and Progression-Based Model of Training
Crawling is beneficial for athletes, no matter the age, as crawling patterns promote total body strength and body and spatial awareness. Coach Brandon Holder lays…
What I’ve Added and What I’ve Dropped When Taking a New University Position
Moving from place to place as a coach has its advantages and disadvantages. In a continuation of our What I’ve Added/What I’ve Dropped series, Coach…
How to Improve Team Culture, Recruit, and Promote Your Track Program
Big sister little sister, team theme days, secret track buddy, team breakfasts, and social media are among the creative ideas…
Misconceptions of Training the Tactical Athlete
In our continuing series on misconceptions in athletic development, Danny Foley explores three of the most prominent misconception-based mistakes that…
Juggling: One Skill All Athletes Can Benefit From
Would you believe, juggling? Coach Justin Ochoa explains why he endorses this training modality—which takes just 10 minutes a day…
A Review of Force: The Biomechanics of Training by Dan Cleather
If impulse is such a big deal, how can we go about improving the amount an athlete applies during a…
3 Mistakes Softball Players Make in the Weight Room That Affect Power
Coach Anna Woods guides us through breaking down old movement patterns to build new (more successful) ones for softball players…
Training the Feet
Strength and conditioning training is about so much more than just building muscle; it also involves training the foundational components…
Misconceptions on Training Speed in Court-Based Athletes
A huge misconception about speed training for team sports is that it’s only for field-based sports like football and soccer.…