Football Running Speed: It Might Surprise You
There is a lot of research out there looking at soccer and basketball and the distances covered by athletes in games. Not only that, but this information is often broken down by...
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Hard Work Is Not Going To Break You: A Rant
Hard work helps us to learn skills, to function in challenging circumstances, learn to resist fatigue, and teaches us how to play a sport with passion and intensity. Now, when I bring...
Coaching: There Are Truisms…
Over the years, I have moved into coaching special needs athletes. For me it began by having a child with special needs and wanting to help out in things that he is...
Foam Rolling: Still No Smoking Gun
Foam rolling has been around for a number of years now. It’s credited with getting rid of training-related adhesions in the muscles, increasing blood flow, and improving both recovery and performance. It’s...
Agility Training and Football
Agility is a physical quality that is highly sport- and situation-specific. It requires strength, power, speed, mobility, reaction time, and mastery of certain fundamental movement skills (start, stop, shuffle, etc.). But, improving...