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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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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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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For many years, I have spoken about how important the hand speed is to an explosive start in base stealing. There are other sports where this concept applies as well, but none, in my opinion, are more important than the action of the hands when jumping. I mention the hands, but obviously they are attached
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We often speak of athletes who need to accomplish a skill based on the task in front of them and the environment it exists in. Wait… What does this really mean when it comes to training athletes? The definition of task is defined as being assigned to do a specific job or work. In sports
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The Purpose Q: What does an initial athletic assessment do for you as a trainer/coach? A: It gives you initial information. Q: What does assessing an athlete do for you while they are training or competing? A: THE TRUTH! If you think you have all the answers from your assessment on day one, you are
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