If you want to convince me to have my child train with you, come to me with more than shiny new equipment and a tee shirt. Those are what we call features, and these features are not going to sell me. If you are trying to convince parents, athletes, coaches, you are the place to […]
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The Coaches “Cueing” Cheat Sheet! Man does it helps when you have a cheat sheet. It allows you to peek to know what cue goes with what mechanics. Take a closer look… Let’s say our athletes are running a staggered stance acceleration for 5-yards. What are some valuable cues? Cue: “Chase Your Shoulders”! This cue
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In typical programming, we want to start using light weights or bodyweight as the maximal intensity. This makes sense in certain aspects of training, especially for strength training. We can gain great performance in lateral speed development by loading early and reducing load later in the training phase. When placing a band around an athlete
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How many times have you heard people say, “If being strong is the key to being fast, then powerlifters would be the fastest athletes in the world”? We all know this is an oversimplification of a more complicated topic. Speed does require strength. But Why? If you are a sprinter that can apply more force
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Any mechanics will tell you, having more options in your toolbox allow for more solutions to fixing problems on the job. The same goes for strength and conditioning coaches. If you have a very limited toolbox, you will limit yourself on how many problems you can solve. This doesn’t mean you can’t be successful with
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Your Job is To Improve This Quality The great news about the overabundance of social media and YouTube videos is a never-ending supply of videos to use in your training. The bad news about the overabundance of social media and YouTube videos is a never-ending supply of videos to use in your training … Your
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Far too many athletes, coaches, and programs don’t take advantage of the learning opportunity gained during the warm-up process. First of all, I call it a Prep-Period, not a warm-up. Not that it matters… but it kind of does. It matters because athletes and coaches don’t give a “warm-up” the respect it deserves. They go
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Improve Tennis Speed Make no mistake about it, if you’re going to be a good tennis player you better have a solid game. You need good strokes, to learn the strategy behind hitting certain strokes at correct time, a serve that is a weapon not a detriment, the ability to finish points at the net,
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How to Determine If Your Drills Pass the Litmus Test I attended the regional track and field championship for girls in Indiana last year. One of my favorite things to do is watch the athletes warm up and prepare for their event, especially the sprinters, hurdlers, and jumpers. By watching, I can tell a lot
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Exercise #1 Medicine Ball Side Throw Progression One of the exercises that I use with my athletes to improve athletic speed is the medicine ball side throw. Medicine ball side throws can be performed using the following progression: Standing Side Throw The athlete will face sideways to the wall in an athletic stance with the
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