Coaching Beginners

It happens every year; the freshmen athletes arrives on campus, anxious and ready to get started. This year I had the opportunity to be the first to meet those freshmen at the door, shake their hands and welcome them into the weight room. Their first day I was asked...

Lateral Speed Patterning for Quick Transition Sports

Last week I took it upon myself to film clips for an instructional video on change of direction and lateral speed work. With a background in soccer, I understand the importance of the development and patterning of these two components of movement. Not only do they...

Train the muscles you can’t see in the mirror

Most of us at one point in our athletic careers or countless hours spent in the weight room have probably thought that the most important muscles we use in our bodies are the ones you can see when you flex in front of the mirror. The truth is the muscles we...

Conditioning

Conditioning is undoubtedly one of the most debated facets of training. If you were to ask 5 or 6 sports medicine or exercise science professionals their opinions on conditioning, you would almost surely receive 5 or 6 entirely different descriptions of what is...