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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleConcurrent 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleOlympic 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...
View ArticleSports 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!...
View ArticleUsain 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...
View ArticleAnother 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...
View ArticleTrack & 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...
View ArticleCoaching: Maximizing Impact with Communication
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!...
View ArticleThe 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″...
View ArticleOwn 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...
View ArticlePerformance Therapy: What Is It and How Is It Applied?
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!...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticlePlanning Year-Round Training: Don’t be Married to the Paper
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!...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleBeyond 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...
View ArticleRecord, 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...
View ArticleLearning 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...
View Article