Of the many things in your life that you care about, there are some you can control and some you cannot. Being aware of the difference will not only make you more successful but also happier.

As Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning for The Ohio State University football team, Matusz knows what it's like to be in a high-pressure environment. And that's when your leadership really counts.

To close his presentation, Wendler discusses exercise selection, indicators of athlete readiness, and the importance of knowing the trapdoors of your training program.

This method has worked well in the past and could help you with your starting point in the programming for your athletes.

According to Bandura, there are four major sources contributing to a person's individual self-efficacy. This is what coaches need to be building in their athletes.

Many programs account for energy system considerations and athlete deficiencies, but there are a number of other factors I believe are incredibly important for transitioning from off-season to in-season training.

In the previous videos, Wendler discussed his general mindset and approach to strength and conditioning for a high school football team. In this segment, he goes into detail about how he has designed the training sessions.

Everyone loses sometimes, but that isn't the mentality you should mold your life around.

When I interview someone and consider letting them join my team, these are the things I consider.

In one of his most detailed podcast discussions yet, Dr. Bryan Mann shares a number of discoveries he's made about athlete training and the use of velocity based training.

When Jim took over the training, the team had no identity and had no idea what they were going to be as they entered the 2017 season. What they became was the strongest team on the field every night they played.

The longer the season goes on, the more important it is to maintain performance. Don't spend the season losing the physical abilities built during the off-season.

The starting point with youth athletes today is drastically different than it was 30 years ago. This means the training plan needs to be different too.

After writing about the importance of getting to know your athletes, I decided to take a real look at whether or not I've had an impact. I contacted two of my former athletes and asked them to tell me what they learned in the weight room.

During this stage we will teach our athletes, who should be proficient at performing basic skills, to perform those skills under competitive atmospheres in practice.

These are important rules that you will never find in any classroom or lecture, passed down from strength coach to strength coach.

Goodman has coached at the collegiate and professional levels and earned multiple graduate degrees. Here are the things he has learned along the way.

This was the first time running my program and my first time being a head guy, so I could have been completely off-base. Not many go into the season expecting to get stronger.

It is our job to be more efficient in our programming, and here is why unilateral work plays such a huge roll in that.

In the time since I wrote the initial "Know Your Audience" article several years ago, I've refined my coaching methods and changed many things, but the enduring message remains the same: get to know your athletes better.

This is a great opportunity for you as the strength coach to step in and provide the leadership and culture to propel your team forward in the fall.

If you're going to invest the time and financial resources to hire a coach, you should be doing everything you can to get the most out of the relationship. Avoiding these common mistakes is a must if you hope to reach your goals.

We need to think about the quality of life and how to increase longevity in this profession. What we are doing does not lead to it.

Your clients are all looking for a combination of guidance, accountability, and a relationship with a coach. It's your job to figure out which of the three they need and how to best deliver it.