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teambuildr
February 18, 2026

TeamBuildr CEO announces lowered pricing specific plans

TeamBuildr CEO Hewitt Tomlin sent out an email Wednesday morning announcing the company will not be raising prices in 2026, and, in some cases, will be lowering prices on specific products. Tomlin, citing an article he read in the Wall Street Jour...


program
January 13, 2026

The year-round blueprint for strength, speed, and durability for your football program

As strength coaches, it is our job to minimize our athletes’ risk of injury while maximizing their overall athletic potential. When designing our training, we should see a program that varies in intensity and volume, while building on itself. Th...


return-to-play
November 6, 2025

Lower extremity return to play testing protocols

The athlete has had a lower extremity injury that required either surgery, extensive rehab and reconditioning and is cleared to participate. But are they ready to return to play without hesitation? Are they trained to competent levels of starting, el...


female athletes
August 7, 2025

Considerations for training durable female athletes

When training female athletes or athletes in general, I like to consider programming for injury reduction in terms of neck-down training. I also like to consider training the athlete from a neck-up approach. For neck-down training, I like to view ...


hanna
June 23, 2025

Advice on starting a strength & conditioning program

My name is Daniel Rochester, and for the last nine years, I have been the head strength and conditioning coach at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, SC. Prior to this, I was the Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at Furman University in...


unified
April 1, 2025

Massachusetts high school adds unified strength and conditioning team

A Massachusetts high school has expanded its unified sports offering with the addition of a strength and conditioning team. Wareham High School unveiled the unified strength and conditioning team coached by the school's occupational therapist, Mar...


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 ...