Strength Coach
Robert Taylor Named STACK Expert of the Month
Robert Taylor, founder and owner of SMARTER Team Training, has been named STACK’s Expert of the Month for May 2012. He will receive a $500 cash award. Taylor has built [...]
STACK Approved: "Strength and Conditioning, A Concise Introduction"
You can't always have a strength coach at your side. When you train on your own, you'll benefit greatly from understanding the fundamentals of strength and conditioning. If you want [...]
How to Start an Off-Season Soccer Training Program, Part 1
Soccer players, take note: strength training is as important as skill work. You must be more powerful than your opponents at any given moment, and a great time to address [...]
10-Minute Dynamic Warm-Up for All Athletes
Warming up before training or competing prepares your body so it will be ready to perform at its peak and safeguard against injury. However, a proper warm-up involves more than [...]
How to Start a Training Program
Many misconceptions exist about youth athlete training—notably, the idea that young athletes should not participate in any sort of sports performance program. Studies have shown that athletes as young as [...]
The Surfer's Full-Body Strength Workout
Today’s surfers aren’t beach bums who hang out in the water all day. They’re pure athletes who train hard to stand out in one of the toughest sports on the [...]
Joe Meglio Named STACK Expert of the Month
Joe Meglio, strength coach at Underground Strength Gym (Edison, N.J.), has been named STACK’s Expert of the Month for February 2012. He will receive a $500 cash award. Meglio [...]
Use These Four Factors to Increase Your Speed
Speed can be defined as the ability to cover a certain distance in the shortest time possible. Every coach wants athletes who run fast—after all, the fastest team usually wins. [...]
Teachable Moments: A Teambuilding Workout to Promote Healthy Relationships
My experience in the federal government and as a strength and conditioning coach have allowed me to learn, apply, implement and adapt psychology techniques from my government training into sports [...]
Help Prevent ACL Injuries With Mini-Band Exercises
With more than 100,000 ACL tears occurring annually in the United States, every program should incorporate some form of ACL injury prevention. I recommend performing a proper warm-up with mini-bands. [...]