Essential Movement Skills for the Baseball Athlete
Essential Movement Skills for the Baseball Athlete By: Phil Loomis As a kid I was always fascinated with two things: running fast and baseball. …
Speed Training
3 Tips on Training Today’s Female Athlete
3 Tips on Training Today’s Female Athlete By: Adam Feit & Dan Hitman Reach Your Potential Training www.igotrypt.com Generally speaking, there aren’t …
Testing for Soccer in Depth
Testing for Soccer By: Patrick Beith Creating a periodization program for the upcoming soccer season takes a lot of time and effort. Hours are …
6 Amazing Exercises that Improve Athletic Speed
6 Amazing Exercises that Will Improve Athletic Speed By: Coach Lee Taft Exercise #1 Medicine Ball Side Throw Progression: A. Standing side throw– …
MASTERING THE LATERAL SHUFFLE
Mastering the Lateral Shuffle By: Travis Hansen The lateral shuffle pattern has been a staple for basketball players and lineman for decades now. Although …
5 Reasons Hill Acceleration Training Is Important
Hill Acceleration Training By: Lee Taft Throughout the course of coaching athletes to be faster all coaches use the fancy drills, fancy equipment, and …
IMPORTANCE OF TOP SPEED TRAINING FOR ATHLETES
Speed Training for Athletes By: Travis Hansen I think if you were to ask how many coaches and trainers throughout the country find it …
Frontal Plane Exercises for Improving Speed and Agility
Frontal Plane Exercises By: Dr. Evan Osar Introduction If you coach speed or agility you will undoubtedly encounter athletes that demonstrate frontal plane instability …
Speed Secret
Speed Secrets By: Travis Hansen Now I’m well aware that many will be skeptical when first seeing the title of this article, but please …
Speed Training Checklist for Success
Speed Training Checklist for Success By: Lee Taft As coaches we develop habits and daily rituals that often direct our day to day …
The Rhythm of Speed
The Rhythm of Speed While there are many elements to developing sound speed in young athletes, one of the most crucial is rhythm. Rhythm …
The Shaping of Speed Through Technique – Part II
Shaping of Speed Through Technique Of the many misconceptions and myths regarding speed and speed training, perhaps none is more concerning than the notion …
The Shaping of Speed Through Technique
Shaping of Speed Through Technique Many articles, books and information products discuss the development of speed from its physiological perspective of biomotor enhancement. How …
Youth Speed Training
Youth Speed Training Acceleration Athletes in any sport, need to be able to accelerate as quickly as possible to get to the ball or …
Should Sprinting and Jumping Athletes Use Plyometrics?
Should Sprinting and Jumping Athletes Use Plyometrics? By Keats Snideman, CSCS, LMT What Are Plyometrics? Probably one of the most commonly used (and abused) …
Vertical Jump Training: how to explode to the next level
Vertical Jump Training: how to explode to the next level By: Michael Harper Why is the vertical jump test seen as such an …
Chains and Bands for Explosive Power
Chains and Bands for Explosive Power By: Darryn Fiske The next big thing in weight training today seems to be the use of chains …
Overcoming the Strength Plateau
Overcoming the Strength Plateau By: Mickey Marotti, MS.MA.,C.S.C.S. One of the most frequent questions that a strength coach, trainer, or specialist will get is, …
Adapting Training Based on CNS Intensive Training
Adapting Training Based on CNS Intensive Training By: Michael Boyle In March of 2007 I wrote an article for discussing the concept of Central Nervous …
Keys to Developing Maximal Strength and Power
Keys to Developing Maximal Strength and Power We often discuss the five biomotor skills (speed, strength, flexibility, endurance, coordination) when discussing the fundamentals of …
