Lifting To Throw
Throwing is an essential part of baseball no matter what position you play. Baseball coaches and players have a lot of concerns about throwing and strength and conditioning. Sometimes there is merit...
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Sleds And The Horizontal Application Of Force
Maddigan et al have a really interesting study in the current issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that compares the weighted sled push to the back squat in terms...
Specificity: It’s Actually A Complicated Topic
The principle of specificity is an important one for the strength and conditioning coach, but it is also one that has limitations. Traditionally specificity is defined as the body adapting to training...
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...
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...