The Strength & Conditioning Internship: A Simple Guide for Strength & Conditioning Coaches, Part 1

The Strength & Conditioning Internship: A Simple Guide for Strength & Conditioning Coaches, Part 1

Mark Watts
Organizing and implementing a quality internship program can enhance the overall goals of your strength and conditioning program, which has limited budgets and resources.
elitefts™ Classic: Athletic Preparation or Destruction

elitefts™ Classic: Athletic Preparation or Destruction

James
The Process of Attaining Sports Mastery (PASM) is a multi-year and tremendously complex endeavor. The PASM encompasses the training and development of every conceivable physical, psychological, technical, and tactical component of sport performance.
Guide to Implementing and Troubleshooting the Hang Clean

Guide to Implementing and Troubleshooting the Hang Clean

Connor Flahive
Olympic lifts are one of the most polarizing topics in the sports performance world.
Plyometric Considerations for Young Athletes, Part I

Plyometric Considerations for Young Athletes, Part I

Jeff King
Plyometrics (jump training) is a great tool for improving an athlete’s speed, power, explosiveness, elasticity, eccentric strength, and other aspects of the neuromuscular system such as rhythm, balance, proprioception, movement coordination, and agility.
Plyometric and Strength Program for Provincial Men’s Basketball Team

Plyometric and Strength Program for Provincial Men’s Basketball Team

Nathan Williams
The following plyometric and strength training program is designed for use during the pre-competition phase
Life Lessons from My Football Years

Life Lessons from My Football Years

Marc Megna
I thank God for football and I would not be where I am today without it.
Education and Relentless Self-Experimentation for Trainers

Education and Relentless Self-Experimentation for Trainers

EliteFTS
My personal training philosophy is to use any and all available tools that allow me to maintain a strong, flexible, and conditioned body to maximize my health.
Italian Economists and Training

Italian Economists and Training

EliteFTS
What can Italian economists have to do with training?
The Importance of Neck Training for Sports

The Importance of Neck Training for Sports

Rick Danison
The title to this article isn't meant to be misleading.
Psychology for the Strength Athlete

Psychology for the Strength Athlete

Ian Driscoll
Using the power of the mind is a very underrated tool in today’s world of strength athletics.
Squat Progression for Young Athletes

Squat Progression for Young Athletes

Adam Spizman
The squat—the king of all exercises.
Looking Back on What Worked This Summer

Looking Back on What Worked This Summer

EliteFTS
Looking back, I think it was a highly successful summer of training.
The Road to a National Championship from a Physical Preparation Perspective

The Road to a National Championship from a Physical Preparation Perspective

Jamie Smith
The individual training sessions were designed with an overall emphasis on restoration between training, practice and games.
By the Strength Coach for the Strength Coach

By the Strength Coach for the Strength Coach

Todd Hamer
These articles will focus on collegiate strength and conditioning and issues associated with the profession.
What Speed Training Really Means

What Speed Training Really Means

Jon Gilmer
There isn't any shortage of information when it comes to speed development for both the track and non-track athlete.
Kinetic Energy Accumulation Training

Kinetic Energy Accumulation Training

Christian Thibaudeau
Preview from the author's book. Christian's work can be found at www.Testosterone.net
College Recruiting for the Non-Blue Chip Player

College Recruiting for the Non-Blue Chip Player

EliteFTS
The number one reason you aren't getting recruited is because coaches don't know that you exist.
Is It Block Training, Concentrated Loads, or...?

Is It Block Training, Concentrated Loads, or...?

Dr. Michael Yessis
I’ve been reading with interest—and amazement—the many articles that have been appearing lately on the use of the “block” method.
Real World Testing for Football Players: It Isn't Just a Numbers Game

Real World Testing for Football Players: It Isn't Just a Numbers Game

Steven Morris
Players spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours each year preparing for combines at all levels.
Is Sports Practice Rationally Constructed?

Is Sports Practice Rationally Constructed?

James
Attention coaches: consider the athletes you coach and how they move during contests.
Partial Lifts, Sleds, and Concentric-Only Lifts for Super Football Strength Building In-Season

Partial Lifts, Sleds, and Concentric-Only Lifts for Super Football Strength Building In-Season

Steven Morris
If there’s one area where most football players really drop the ball, it’s in-season strength training.
Youth Sport Training Considerations

Youth Sport Training Considerations

James
Setting the stage for sport success when it counts- begins when it doesn’t.
RDLs Are For Everyone

RDLs Are For Everyone

Leo Totten
Whether you are a strength athlete, powerlifter, Olympic lifter, or just into general fitness, the RDL is one of the best exercises around.
Top Five Kettlebell Exercises for Football Strength

Top Five Kettlebell Exercises for Football Strength

Steven Morris
Kettlebells are a perfect tool when it comes to building strength, explosiveness, and flexibility for football.