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January 10, 2022

Gators Add Tiger Jones, Paul Silvestri to Football Staff

Tiger Jones was announced as the Gators director of speed improvement and skill development by head coach Billy Napier on Saturday while announcing Paul Silvestri's hiring as the team's director of sports health. Jones arrives at The Swamp after s...

October 25, 2021

BlazePod App Helps Athletes Train Body & Mind

by Wesley Sykes

BlazePod, the leading pro and elite-level training system for athletes, coaches, and trainers, announces its new app experience and content, designed to level up physical and cognitive performance. For the first time, BlazePod users can enjoy an easi...

September 16, 2021

Social-Emotional Learning Through Strength & Conditioning

by Jim Davis, Staff & Student Wellness Coordinator, New Trier (IL) High School

Sports teach life lessons. At least that’s what we have been told. In my time as an athlete and coach, I have yet to see a football, a basketball, or a barbell teach a young person about character. However, I have seen countless coaches use th...

June 7, 2021

Iron Sharpens Iron: Difficult Beyond Comprehension

by Ken Mannie

Times are certainly difficult. How about that for the understatement of the year? With a pandemic, racial tensions, and social injustice in the headlines for months on end, it seems as though the whole world is sitting on a proverbial powder keg. ...

May 17, 2021

UConn Basketball Names Gavin Roberts Director of Sports Performance

by Wesley Sykes

UConn coach Dan Hurley has announced the hiring of Gavin Roberts as the director of sports performance for men's basketball, pending the completion of the university's employee onboarding process. Roberts, 31, has been the head strength and condit...

May 13, 2021

Sparta Science Keeps Players Playing, Coaches Coaching

by Wesley Sykes

Nearly half a million student-athletes compete in one of the 24 sanctioned sports by the NCAA — more than ever before. With that ever-growing number comes the bigger need of keeping them in the game. Studies show that per every 10,000 individuals, ...

May 5, 2021

Iron Sharpens Iron: Put Your Name On It

by Ken Mannie

Put Your Name On It — Making good decisions in critical moments of choice is a quality that all coaches want their athletes to master. Unfortunately, it isn’t always that easy. Youngsters in the age groups we work with tend to make hasty decisi...

January 20, 2021

Iron Sharpens Iron: Forged in the Crucible of Coaching

by Ken Mannie

For the past 45 years, I’ve had the honor of being called “coach.” It represents more than a title or job description, it was a way of life that was rewarding in so many ways — and endearing on a daily basis. The most influential people in...

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