The Olympic lifts are extensively used in the conditioning of athletes. They help to teach athletes how to apply force quickly. For these lifts, this is done while standing up and involves...
The “linear vs. nonlinear” periodization debate have been going on for a while in the strength and conditioning literature. Simplistically, a linear periodized program has a constant intensity/volume within a week. For...
With young baseball pitchers, there has been concern for a while about overdoing pitching and leading to elbow and shoulder issues. One of the thoughts is that maybe younger baseball players should...
There has been a debate for a while about whether speed training should be done on high speed treadmills. The argument against this is that, in theory, sprinting mechanics would be different...
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...