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My Training Secret to Create Softball Swagger
Rarely today do performance coaches have a training secret. Everyone learns from everyone so no one has to "reinvent the wheel." I do have a training secret, and I believe [...]
Body Language and Its Role in Your Collegiate Success
Talented high school athletes are overlooked during the collegiate interview process, but why? Body language plays a major role in the success of your meetings with potential coaches. You've worked [...]
Improve Bat Speed With These Baseball-Specific Forearm Exercises
If you want to be able to whip the bat through the hitting zone, you need a set of powerful forearms. Make forearm exercises a staple part of your baseball [...]
How to Deal With College Coaches
You must be prepared for encounters with college coaches and be ready to handle any kind of interaction, at any time and in any location. Communicate properly by mastering the [...]
Exercise of the Week: Hip Flexor Band Pulls
Every Wednesday, STACK features an Exercise of the Week to help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, size and flexibility. This week we highlight Hip Flexor Band Pulls, [...]
Use Physioball Training to Increase Strength, Improve Balance
Physioballs, a staple in nearly every training facility, are popular with athletes looking to sculpt six-pack abs, but their benefits go well beyond developing beach muscles. Their primary advantage is [...]
Dwight Freeney’s NFL Off-Season Training
A defensive end's pass rushing responsibility is to get to the quarterback as quickly as possible. Sounds easy, right? Now insert an athletic 320-pound tackle and a nimble 220-pound running [...]
Swimming Straight With USA
The gold standard in swimming can be summed up in two words. But if you’re thinking they begin with “M” and “P” and rhyme with “cycle helps,” you’re off center. [...]
Agility Drills
Navigating a labyrinth of zigzags that would dizzy a mouse is a great way to develop muscular memory for impromptu change-of-direction speed in your sport. With help from Randall Dorvin, [...]
Duke Lacrosse 40-Yard Conditioning
Before the United States was colonized and Americans began their love affairs with baseball, football and basketball, the natives of this country participated in “The Creator’s Game”—the modern-day sport of [...]