What Too Many Athletes Get Wrong About In-Season Training (And How to Fix It)
For quite some time now, I’ve noticed a couple of disturbing trends developing in regards to in-season strength and conditioning. Most athletes are all about the offseason “grind” and eagerly [...]
4 Speed Sled Drills for Young Athletes
The speed sled is a great tool that can help athletes improve their speed, power and overall athletic ability.
Simplicity Is Always the Key When Strength Training Youth Athletes
What is the overall purpose and/or goal of training for athletic performance at the middle school and high school levels? Any response given to this question will likely file under [...]
An Essential Guide to Hockey Dryland Training
What if there were a magic pill guaranteed to make you a better hockey player and the only side effects were bigger, leaner muscles and more speed on...
4 Training Insights to Create Better Youth Hockey Players
I have coached hockey players from pros all the way down to 8-year-olds. While I currently work mostly with high school, college and men's players, what happens at the youth [...]
6 Upper Body Strength Moves You Can Do With The Sled
The speed sled is always associated with lower body and conditioning work, but this is underestimating the ability of this unique resistance tool. You can use a speed sled for [...]
Coaching Youth Speed Training
Much debate in the strength and conditioning world concerns how young athletes should begin a development program. However, experts agree that speed and agility drills can be part of any athlete's training, [...]
Contrast Training for Strength, Power, and Athletic Performance
To develop well-rounded strength and athleticism, taking a multi-faceted approach to training that includes both strength and plyometric work is pivotal. That being said, doing so isn’t as simple as [...]
5 Critical Elements of a Performance Training Program
Sport is chaotic and dynamic, yet most athletic performance training situations are anything but that. I just heard a story from a neighbor of mine about a dad who got [...]
5 Unique Sled Exercises for Speed, Strength, and Power
The sled is a jack-of-all-trades for just about every physical quality under the sun. It can be used to train strength, speed, conditioning, power, and everything else, for that matter. [...]