strength and conditioning
August 6, 2014
Improving athlete speed and reaction times
Speed improvement is a high priority with coaches and athletes at all levels, and their search for the best program to achieve it is relentless. A quick search for fail-safe speed programs reveals that there certainly are no shortages of them ...
July 8, 2014
Powerline: Enhancing summer conditioning components
In previous Powerline installments on conditioning, we have discussed the bioenergetics of the anaerobic energy system and how it governs explosive, high intensity activities. As a quick review, this system — which provides energy for approxima...
May 22, 2012
The five game-changers in strength and conditioning
All educators in this profession need to know how these principles affect coaching Goals and accomplishments vary when strength and conditioning coaches moves from working with football players in one season to a less-impact sport in the...
February 3, 2010
Strength training’s bottom lines
Kim Wood, one of the original strength and conditioning coaches in professional sports, has always provided both the young and old in the field with the little gems of professional wisdom worth tucking away in the memory banks. Wood, the now retir...
Girls who play sports report 5 times higher levels of meaning and purpose compared to those who never played.
Study: Sports play critical role in promoting girls’ mental health
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A new study on mental health by the Women's Sports Foundation found gi...