In our fifth presentation for The Community (now Strength Coach Network) UMASS Lowell’s Devan McConnell breaks down the applied sports science work that he’s utilizing with his hockey team. In this presentation Coach McConnell breaks down their model for development and gives an overview of the sport science program they’ve designed. Being a small market…
People typically breath somewhere between 12-20 breaths per minute, which clocks in at anywhere between 17,000 and 30,000 breaths per day. In spite of that large quantity of actions, this isn’t something that coaches have worked on until relatively recently. Cristian Plascencia of ONNIT gives us a fantastic break down of some simple but extremely…
Dr. Teddy Willsey from Healthy Baller (@strengthcoachtherapy on the IG) joins us for this month’s coaches corner to discuss some strategies he uses in his clinic for hamstring rehabilitation. Dr. Willsey breaks down this conundrum into three main points: core/postural control, eccentrics, and gait cycle. First, he breaks down how he progresses core/postural control with…
In part two of his 2 part lecture for The Strength Coach Network, Henk Kraaijenhof discusses some personality factors that lead to people peaking in in sport. He begins discussing the role of adrenaline in this process, both the good and the bad of it, and what can contribute to both the good and the…
John Wagle joins Strength Coach Network to bring us a fantastic overview and discussion on Accentuated Eccentric Loading (AEL). He begins by giving a brief overview of the role of resistance training and performance improvements in sport, and the basic principles that will lead to those improvements. He then reviews the actualdefinition of AEL, and…
This month’s Coaches Corner is a community member request, and that is a breakdown of the knee drive exercise I learned from Dr. Yessis and Yosef Johnson. In this overview, I discuss why this exercise is important and unique, the proper technique (or at least how I teach it), the top 2 mistakes I see…
Even with the immense amount of resources we have in today’s day and age, peaking athlete’s is still somewhat of a mystery. Who better to get to the bottom of this mystery in a presentation for The Strength Coach Network then Henk Kraaijenhof. Henk first discusses what the three primary components of peaking are, and…
“When we test our athletes for fitness we should pick things that are important to our sport.” This month’s exclusive lecture in The Strength Coach Network brings us Jake Jensen breaking down the why’s what’s and how’s of evaluating your athletes, how to best communicate that information to your sport coaches. After a brief background…
