Teaching the Clean, Part 2
In my last post I covered teaching the power clean to large groups of athletes. There are times where we want to teach the competition version of the lift. We often say...
Olympic lifts
Teaching the Clean, Part 1
The power clean is a major lift in an athletic strength and conditioning program. It is also a lift that can be challenging to teach and coach with a large group of...
Developing Speed
Speed. Regardless of the sport, speed is essential to success. It is so important that coaches recruit speed, prize and reward it, and spend a lot of time training for it. This...
Be Strong And Learn To Use It
Strength is an important quality for athletes. Strength has the potential to improve performance and to prevent injuries. It improves performance because it underpins many sports skills. This blog will talk about...
Do we need to catch the bar anymore?
The Olympic lifts have been a mainstay of strength and conditioning programs for decades. The rationale is that they are a whole body exercise, done from a standing / athletic position, and...