Resisted sprints: partner sprinting Resisted sprinting is a way to make sprinting more difficult. The idea is that athletes will learn to recruit more motor units during resisted sprinting and then this...
How to incorporate everything into a power program There are a number of core tools used in strength and conditioning to improve athlete power. These include increasing strength, the Olympic lifts, plyometrics,...
Speed for sports: Resisted sprints Resisted sprints are tools to make the sprinting motion more difficult. Think of these as sprint-specific strength training. The idea is that by using these the athlete...
Pitcher Duties When we think of youth pitchers the act of pitching and (hopefully) striking out a batter come to mind. While that’s great, a pitcher has other duties and these have...
In a previous post we covered hip hinge exercises and why they are important to help prevent hamstring injuries in sprinting athletes. While this is an important tool, it should not make...