Basketball and Assessments
Basketball is an interesting sport to develop strength and conditioning programs for. I’ve coached it from both sides as a basketball coach and as a strength and conditioning coach. Morrison et al...
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Resisted sprints: running uphill
Resisted sprints: running uphill We’ve had a few posts discussing different ways to do resisted sprinting. This approach to sprinting could be thought of as applying strength training to sprinting. The idea...
Resisted sprints: partner sprinting
Resisted sprints: partner sprinting Resisted sprinting is a way to make sprinting more difficult. The idea is that athletes will learn to recruit more motor units during resisted sprinting and then this...
Speed for sports: Resisted sprints
Speed for sports: Resisted sprints Resisted sprints are tools to make the sprinting motion more difficult. Think of these as sprint-specific strength training. The idea is that by using these the athlete...
Hamstring injury prevention: Bodyweight hamstring exercises
In a previous post we covered hip hinge exercises and why they are important to help prevent hamstring injuries in sprinting athletes. While this is an important tool, it should not make...