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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 ...


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...