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Can Stretching Really Make you a Better Athlete? The Truth Behind Static Stretching and Power Development

“Alright, guys! Take a lap and stretch for 10 minutes before we start practice!” How many of us have heard […]

Want to jump higher, run faster, and get more powerful? You’ve come to the right place today. Every now and

By Roger Nelsen Jr. If the past 200 years of human history have played out to an overarching theme, then

I’ve stopped reading books on periodization in the last year or so. It’s not because the system, or term is

Featuring guest post by Sean O’Connor. Track season has just finished for nearly all of us, but that just means we

Answer this question honestly: “Have you improved your speed, vertical jump, or quickness lately, or have you just gotten better

One high rep, high intensity training set to improve athletic performance?! This is the type of statement that pits coaches

Generally speaking, I get two staple questions regarding vertical jumping and associated training: My training has looked like this ________,

It’s a cool 80 degrees outside, the players are all gathered around at the base of a grassy hill, there

It’s hard to a sports training resource with an approach that doesn’t hail directly to the sprint drill or barbell

Continuing part I of this great series on hamstring injury prevention, we have Henk Kraaijenhof, an elite former sprint coach

Imagine a world with no hamstring strains… It would be pretty nice, wouldn’t it? We may not be quite there