by emily huebner | Jul 22, 2013 | Blog, Intern
As a strength coach it is very important to have an understanding of each of the movements being utilized in your programming. More importantly, though, is being able to perform these movements while coaching as athletes will follow by example. Also, being able to...
by jhatz | Jul 18, 2013 | Blog, Intern
I have found that proprioception for some athletes is easy, yet next to impossible for others. Interestingly enough, for the poor proprioceptive athletes in the weight room doesn’t transfer to a poor athlete on the field. In the weight room, the lifts may be so...
by jesse.hutchins | Jul 17, 2013 | Blog, Intern
This week’s education session consisted of revisiting the subject that was broached in my Walking the Walk (click the link) post from a couple of weeks back. This time around, the format of the education session was switched-up a bit. Instead of evaluating each...
by emily huebner | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog, Intern
A simple air squat had been coined as one of the best exercises prescribed for athletes due to the full-body benefits achieved. Squatting to increase lower body strength alone can increase functional mobility, increase bone density, strengthen the core muscles...
by jesse.hutchins | Jul 1, 2013 | Blog, Intern
This week our Cahill-coached education session focused on knowing how to coach specific movements correctly, and knowing how to perform them correctly ourselves. Aside from these skills, we also discussed the reasons why it is important to possess them. It is one...
by dbuck | Jul 1, 2013 | Blog, Intern
Successful coaching requires not only an understanding of what it is that one is coaching, but being able to perform a proper demonstration of the desired exercise as well. While most strength and conditioning coaches are typically proficient in many exercises, I’m...