Baseball Players Are Not Track And Field Athletes
In a previous article, I addressed the fact that most athletes are not track and field sprinters and that, as coaches, we may be missing the boat with their speed training when...
strength and conditioning
Muscles May Not Develop Uniformly
In recent years there has been research establishing that large muscle groups experience hypertrophy in a nonuniform manner. In other words, the entire muscle does not grow equally as a result...
The Guide To Program Design
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...
Speed Training: Just Because Sprinters Do Something Doesn’t Mean You Should
Acceleration, the ability to increase velocity, is an important physical quality for sports performance. Most of us, when addressing the training of our athletes, make an understandable mistake when looking at this...
Incorporate Testing Into An Athlete’s Training
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....