Speed Training And Soccer
Background Soccer has always been a challenging sport for the strength and conditioning professional, especially when it comes to speed training. Over the years I’ve seen everything from having the athletes jog...
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Agility Can Be Trained Generally And Specifically
Agility is often a difficult physical ability to train. I often view it as the summation of the athlete’s physical abilities (strength, speed, mobility, etc.) that is applied to the sport’s movement...
The Overhead Squat And Athletes
The back squat is a fundamental exercise for an athletic strength and conditioning program. It develops lower body strength, does so in a manner that involves exerting force against the ground, and...
Training Should Improve Performance
Strength and conditioning is widely used in the preparation of athletes for their sport. As you can image, a lot of it is subject to the background of the coach. For example,...
Program Design 101
This is a post that is focused on the short-term. Many junior coaches want to jump into designing elaborate, long-term strength and conditioning programs for their athletes. Many junior coaches get extremely...