Baseball Speed and Agility, Part 1
Speed and agility are very important qualities for baseball players. In terms of offense, speed and agility get an athlete to first base or beyond. These qualities allow the athlete to advance...
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In-Season Training
In-season training offers unique challenges with program design for athletes. Frequently people do either extreme, too much or too little for the athlete’s strength and conditioning. Below are some thoughts to assist...
Speed/Agility: More Than Mindless Drills
I recently had a conversation about speed and agility training from the standpoint of how to prepare young strength and conditioning coaches for it. I made the recommendation that we need a...
Strength and Agility
As strength and conditioning coaches, we often make the claim that strength is important for athletes. Sometimes this is to overcome external objects (like another player or a shot put), sometimes this...
Foundation and Application of Strength
I often say that strength is the foundation but plyometrics/Olympic lifts/speed/agility represent application. Strength is a critical ability for sports performance. To a point, stronger athletes have greater potential to exert force...