Eccentric strength training has been something that strength and conditioning professionals have been using for a long time in the training of their athletes. I’ve borrowed heavily from the powerlifting community in...
When it comes to the strength and conditioning of athletes, we perform a lot of tests and use a lot of training approaches because of tradition. In other words, we do this...
When I entered the coaching field, strength and conditioning was very different than it is today. The focus of the strength and conditioning coach was on the Olympic lifts, the three...
We’d all like for our strength training programs to be effective and safe. This allows us to make gains from training and avoid wasting our time. To do that, strength training follows...
Testing is incredibly important for the coach. Testing provides information about the athlete’s physical preparation for the sport. For example, does our athlete have the level of strength, power, agility, speed, etc....