Sports Performance Articles

Plyometric of the Week #9: High Magnitude Approach Jumps

The longer I’ve been coaching, the more I’ve realized that the “answer” for better jump or sprint performance often doesn’t […]

This week’s guest is Angus Ross Ph.D, physiologist and strength expert working with High Performance Sport New Zealand. Angus is

In physical preparation, you hear talk all the time of 1-rep maxes, vertical jumps, agility tests, readiness indicators, and more.

This week’s guest is DeFranco’s gym director of sports performance Cameron Josse. Cameron is one of the brightest young performance

I was recently thumbing through my twitter feed and I came upon a picture that showed an athlete at the

This week is a little different on the podcast, as the tables have been turned on me, the host of

One of the best jump coaches in the world is Nelio Moura, Brazilian national jumps coach, with multiple Olympic gold

What if you suddenly had the power to get out of slumps, hit more shots, and train with a better

This week’s guest is Andy Eggerth, head track coach at Kennesaw State University where he works primarily with multi-event athletes.

How do we optimally progress plyometric training throughout the year? Do some athletes need to get more “specific” in the

This week’s guest is Jay DeMayo, strength coach at the University of Richmond, working with basketball and swimming, lacrosse, and

Picking out a specific supplement can be a very difficult task. If you walk into a brick-and-mortar supplement shop like