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Vitamin D: Does It Really Improve Athletic Performance and Prevent Injuries?

61SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By Craig Pickering If you were involved in sport in 2010, you almost certainly encountered discussions about vitamin D. It was very much...

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The Speed Reserve Algorithm: A Simple Way to Attach Meaning and Significance...

233SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By Ken Jakalski I very much agree with Carl Valle’s insights on assessment, as wells as my Illinois colleague Tony Holler’s insistence on...

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Concurrent Training: Implications for Freestyle Wrestling Performance –...

278SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By Carmen Bott MSc. CSCS Introduction “In order to become a wrestler one should have the strength of a weight- lifter, the agility of an...

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The Horizontal Jumps: Technical Training for the Long Jump

366SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By Nick Newman MS Technical Training Technical training is an important element in any training program. For a long jumper, it can take...

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Olympic Lifts: The Importance of Peak Velocity and Recommended Guidelines

74SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By Bryan Mann For athletes doing Olympic lifts to improve sports performance, measuring peak velocity provides the best information for...

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Sports Medicine: Acupuncture’s Role in Trackside Therapy

ALTIS and Freelap — two of the biggest names in T&F — have come together to celebrate progress in our sport. We hope you enjoy this week’s blog-post. Share if you enjoy it!...

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Usain Bolt vs. NFL Running Back Chris Johnson in a 40yd Dash

FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By James Smith, Global Sport Concepts and Athletic Consulting In 2012, NFL star running back Chris Johnson challenged multi-World and Olympic...

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Another Coach’s Relay Epiphany

FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By Ken Jakalski First, thanks to Coach Roger White for his enlightening article on 4 X 100 relay exchange. His analysis and perspective have...

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Track & Football Consortium III

4SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By Tony Holler Montini High School, Lombard, IL June 17-18, 2016 Explosive power and speed are fundamental to football and track. Chris...

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Coaching: Maximizing Impact with Communication

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The 110 High Hurdles: Four Crucial Drills

144SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By Hector Cotto The 110 high hurdles is unlike any other sprint in track and field. While running full speed, you must clear ten 42″...

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Own Your Mindset

41SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleStumbleuponPinterestWeibo By Kyle Kennedy, Strength Coach, Razor’s Edge Performance As a coach, I run into athletes who suffer mindset issues. What do I mean by...

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Performance Therapy: What Is It and How Is It Applied?

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How to Calculate Relay Exchange Marks

226SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditStumbleuponWeibo By Roger White Imagine your first day of practice. More than a foot of snow on your track and temperatures below 30. You have 3 weeks to...

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Planning Year-Round Training: Don’t be Married to the Paper

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The Speed Reserve Algorithm: A Simple Way to Attach Meaning and Significance...

328SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditStumbleuponWeibo By Ken Jakalski I very much agree with Carl Valle’s insights on assessment, as wells as my Illinois colleague Tony Holler’s insistence on...

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How Velocity-Based Training Improves Swimming Performance

189SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditStumbleuponWeibo By Carl Valle When I saw the 1080 Sprint on video, I wanted to be among the first to test it. For many years, swimming performance was...

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Beyond Bar Speed Part 2: VBT Considerations and a Case for Propulsion Metrics

28SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditStumbleuponWeibo By Carl Valle Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of articles showing how deeper metrics of bar tracking technology can improve the...

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Record, Rank & Publish: 8 Weeks of Alactic Training

86SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditStumbleuponWeibo By Tony Holler The alactic anaerobic system is the dominant source of muscle energy for high-intensity explosive exercise that lasts for 10...

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Learning From Everywhere

52SHARESFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditStumbleuponWeibo By Ryan McNamara, 5or6 Over the last few years, I have been in the fortunate position to work with some of the best coaches, therapists, and...

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