Sprinting and injury prevention: Hip hinges
Athletes that sprint are at risk of hamstring injuries. In the sprinting motion, the athlete’s heel slides up to their hip, this “shortens the lever” of their leg to allow them to...
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Athletic Speed: Resisted Starts
As we covered in previous points, field and court sport athletes rarely get to run in a straight line for 60-100 meters. This means that athletes need the ability to start explosively...
Programming the Olympic Lifts
The Olympic lifts and their variations have long been a staple of athletic strength and conditioning programs. They are performed standing up, involve most of the muscles of the body, involve a...
Landmine Bent Over Rows
In a previous post we introduced the landmine. This post will describe a few exercises that you can do using the landmine. This post is going to focus on variations of the...
Use Short Sprints to Develop Sport-Specific Speed
Short sprints are an incredibly sport-specific way to address athlete speed needs. These have several advantages. First, they are more in tune to what the athlete experiences in the sport. Field and...