Introduction Training camp for an MMA fight is one of the most delicate balancing acts in all of sports. Coaches must carefully monitor multiple conflicting demands to get the athlete into the cage on fight night in the best condition possible. During a typical fight camp, athletes often train multiple times per day while maintaining …
I would argue that one of the biggest reasons strength coaches leave the profession is a lack of money. We often hear people say things like, “It’s not about the money,” but the reality is that money matters. Strength coaches deserve to have a nice life, take vacations, drive reliable cars, own homes, and provide …
Introduction Over the course of my coaching career, I've had the opportunity to work in NCAA Division I athletics, the NBA, international performance environments, and the youth development space. Across every level, one thing has remained consistent: the athletes who develop best over time are usually the ones following simple systems, with steady consistency and …
Hello, my name is Cole Hergott, and I like to warm up. A lot. In fact, in my role as Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Trinity Western University Spartans, I lead and participate in every warm-up with every group. So, not only do I like to warm up a lot, but I do …
Introduction Over the last two decades, sport science has fundamentally changed how elite athletes train, recover, and perform. Olympic programs and professional sports teams once reserved these tools, including workload monitoring, recovery tracking, force plate testing, and physiological readiness assessments, but wearables and consumer technology now make them increasingly accessible to the general population. Tactical …
When they asked me to write a piece on using sprint timers to track progress and motivate athletes, they probably didn’t see this coming; and neither did you. We test our athletes over a three-meter sprint. No, that was not a typo. THREE-METER SPRINT. “What the...?” Yeah, let me explain by taking you back a …
A Six-Step Feedback Workflow for Coaches Coaches do not need more clips. They need a reliable way to decide what matters, what the footage actually supports, and what to change next. Case note: The tennis example in this article transparently combines recurring review patterns. It demonstrates a coaching decision process; the article does not present …
By: Kosta Telegadas M.S.Ed, CSCS, XPS, XFS Introduction: Why Hamstring Injuries Refuse to Disappear Despite advances in sports science and monitoring technology, hamstring injuries remain one of the most common soft-tissue injuries in sport. Hamstring strains are among the most disruptive injuries across intermittent sports. Soccer, rugby, American football, track and field, basketball, and tennis …
La escala RPE (escala de esfuerzo percibido) es una herramienta habitual que se utiliza para evaluar la intensidad del entrenamiento tanto en individuos como en equipos. Los valores de RPE proporcionan un punto de referencia para la carga interna de un individuo, que puede compararse con la de otros durante una sesión similar. Los científicos …
The Heatmap Problem After wrapping up an MD-3 training session at an MLS NEXT Academy club, I pulled up the GPS data and felt good about what I saw. Total distance (TD), sprint distance (SD), and high-speed running (HSR) had all hit our group benchmarks. On paper, the session was a success. Then I looked …
