Coaching Youth Sports
I’ve gotten thrown into coaching in the youth and Special Olympics sports worlds. This has been an interesting and rewarding experience, and it may be the way that things are going to...
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Program Design Thoughts: Intermediate Level Athletes
In a previous post ( http://wp.me/p1XfMm-c4), we discussed an athlete’s strength and conditioning career as something that moves through several phases. First the athlete builds their physical and motor skill foundation. Then,...
Considerations For Metabolic Conditioning
Metabolic conditioning is probably one of the strength and conditioning buzzwords of the decade. The idea of getting in shape for sports has been around as long as we’ve played sports, but...
Agility Is Specific To The Sport
Agility training is very hard for many coaches to effectively program. It’s challenging because it is the expression of strength, power, and speed in a sport-specific manner. This requires a coach to...
Sprinting And The Non-Sprinter
Below is a sample twelve week speed training plan: Week Day One Day Two Day Three 1 5x400mx70% 5x200mx80% 5x800mx50% 2 5x400mx75% 5x200mx80% 5x800mx50% 3 5x300mx75% 5x150mx85% 4x600mx60% 4 5x300mx75% 5x150mx85%...