Variations of the Clean, Part 1
In two previous posts I spent a lot of time covering different ways to teach the clean. Olympic lifters use a wide range of assistance exercises to improve their cleans. Many of...
Strength and Conditioning
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...
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...
Applying The Weight Room To The Sport
A few days ago I put out a Tweet about relating strength and conditioning coaching cues to the cues that sport coaches used. The idea behind this Tweet was that this helps...
Pre Season Baseball Preparation
As I write this on November 11, my youngest sons are finishing up fall baseball this week. The first day of real winter weather hit today, plunging the temperatures in North Texas...