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What I’ve Added & What I’ve Dropped from Our Strength Programming
Chasing adaptation is often the goal of a training program, yet how often do coaches adapt their own principles, strategies, and exercise selection? In this…
The Key Missing Factor in Injury Prevention
More than increasing an athlete’s strength and mobility, preventing injuries requires that you decrease the amount and intensity of threats perceived by an athlete’s body…
Affordable Workload Monitoring for Independent Practitioners
Vien Vu helps independent sport practitioners monitor athlete workload affordably with this guide. Discover how to set up a system that uses a single GPS…
Partner Combatives: Bridging the Gap
There are physical battles in almost every play in sport, and they often have a large role in deciding the outcome of those contests. But…
Hydration Monitoring: Misconceptions and Best Practices for Team Sports
These days, everybody understands the importance of hydration for athlete health, safety, and performance, but what’s not as widely understood is how to measure and…
Speed Development for Non-Track Athletes
In track and field, and running events in particular, the competitive skill is singular. If you’re a sprinter, you can…
Popular Articles
Relax to Run Fast? Implementing Submaximal Sprints to Improve Max Velocity
Peaceful sprints—it may sound contradictory, but Kyle Davey explains how embracing a peaceful and calm running style can improve your…
My Athletes Don’t Know How to Eat – How Can I Help Them?
Although they may want to eat better, many high school student-athletes are simply too busy to address proper nutrition and…
Developing Individualized Programming with BTS Motion Analysis
Occupational therapist Nicole Ramsey explains the use of BTS Bioengineering motion analysis equipment to determine current levels of stress on…
My First Semester with a 1080 Sprint – Results and Best Practices
Coach Chris Kerr reports on his first use training with the 1080 Sprint—having the athletes on his men’s and women’s…
High Performance Library—Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Craig Pickering discusses the OODA loop, a tactical military strategy developed by John Boyd. Pickering explains that the principles of…
Hooking Your High School Athletes on Intent and Technique with VBT
Velocity-based training can be used with all levels of high school athletes as long as they, and more importantly, their…