Category: Strength & Conditioning »

February 12, 2025

Building Muscle, Building Relationships

How athletic directors can further support strength and conditioning coaches with West Virginia assistant director of strength & conditioning for Olympic sports Pat Shelby. He was joined by Coach & A.D. managing editor Wesley Sykes. ...


strength coaches
November 18, 2024

Practical programming for young strength coaches

Since my early days working with fellow strength coaches, technology has transformed the profession, both in our access to information and the analysis of athletic performance. Credible research that was once paper-bound, requiring leg work to chase ...


hamstring
October 29, 2024

Study reveals effects of resistance training break on muscle and strength

A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä's Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences investigated how a 10-week break from resistance training affected maximum strength and muscle size. The study found that a 10-week break halfway through 20 tot...


tufts
September 23, 2024

Multiple Tufts lacrosse players hospitalized after practice with Navy SEAL

Multiple players of the Tufts University men's lacrosse team, the reigning NCAA Division III national champions, were hospitalized following a practice last week with a former Navy SEAL. Patrick Collins, a spokesperson for Tufts University, said 1...


football
July 30, 2024

How SDSU Football develops championship-caliber players

We have a saying at the South Dakota State University Football Program: “Committed. Invested. Developed.” It’s a declaration that we will work with full intention to make you the best version of yourself. As a developmental program, you must fu...


cross-training
June 10, 2024

Cross-training for sport-specific athletes

Among youth sports, a hot topic is whether or not athletes should play multiple sports throughout the year. Playing multiple sports will improve strength, coordination, and conditioning. This is a way for athletes to avoid overtraining and create mus...


free throw
January 3, 2024

Study: Biomechanical traits of the best free throw shooters

Basketball season is in full swing, and in a close game, the team that makes the highest percentage of free throws can often eke out the win. A better understanding of the precise biomechanics of the best free-throw shooters could translate into crit...


off-season training
January 3, 2024

5 components of a strong off-season training program

The main purpose of the off-season training schedule is to help improve your on-field performance. For field sport athletes such as American football that means balancing a whole array of different training qualities. You might think that it is en...