Joey Sheppard, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Stratford High School (SC), explains how mentorship, consistency, and simply being present have helped him maintain lifelong connections with former athletes.
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Coach Jeremy Evans, Director of Student-Athlete Wellness & Performance, takes on the challenge of implementing a top-tier strength & conditioning system from scratch.
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Coach Marvin Welch, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator at Dickinson ISD (TX), breaks down his periodization strategy for high school athletes.
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Brandon Spickler, Director of Strength & Conditioning at Upper Arlington High School (OH), emphasizes the critical role of athlete habits outside the weight room—sleep, nutrition, hydration, and recovery.
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Niko Palazeti, Director of Football Sports Performance at the University of Cincinnati, breaks down what it takes to build deep trust, commitment, and unity in today’s fast-paced world of college football.
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Coach Zachary Nauert, Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Mound Westonka High School (MN), shares how he transforms weight room discomfort into leadership opportunities by empowering juniors and seniors to mentor younger athletes.
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Coach Marvin Welch, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator at Dickinson ISD, shares why he discourages the use of pre-workout supplements among high school athletes.
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Trenton Smart, Director of Sports Performance at Mason (OH) High School, has made weekly meditation sessions a core part of his recovery program.
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Niko Palazeti, Director of Football Strength and Conditioning at the University of Cincinnati, shares how he and his staff built the team’s identity by asking themselves what sets them apart from every other program in the country.
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Valhalla (Ca.) High School Director of Athletics and Strength Coach Steve Bulette details the effects his new weight room from Samson Equipment has had on the students attending his school.
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Because acceleration is critical to most sports, understanding and developing acceleration technique is important.
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Before getting too far into planning the specifics of a plyometric program, coaches must look carefully at issues affecting safety.
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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become major ways of communicating with athletes. But there are right and wrong ways to use them.
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These basic warm-up sequences – performed after a 5- to 10-minute general warm-up – reinforce the fundamental movement skills.
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Joe Kenn, Vice President of Performance Education at Dynamic Fitness and Strength, explains how a strength coach should constructively critique themselves and how they should deal with other people’s opinions.
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Jon-Michael Davis, Associate Athletic Director for Sports and Human Performance at Eastern Kentucky University, talks about how opening up to your athletes can improve your program.
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Pat Ivey, Ph.D., Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Health & Performance at the University of Louisville, explainst the importance of knowing who you are and setting an example for your athletes.
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Jeff “Maddog” Madden, former Assistant Athletics Director for the University of Texas, explains training athletes on weight-lifting basics.
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Jeff “Maddog” Madden, former Assistant Athletics Director for Human Athletic Sports Performance at the University of Texas, discusses how he chooses new equipment for his weight room.
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