Drummer sensation Brandon Khoo gives insight into what makes a great drummer. Strength and conditioning coaches, listen up. His answer is genius.

Over the last five semesters, we've made a lot of adjustments to how we warm-up our athletes. Here are the most important changes.

This article was conducted in collaboration with David Kitchen (Bloomsburg University), Matt Clapp (University of Indiana), Ryan Nosak (UNC Charlotte), and Parker Showers (University of Cincinnati).

Using a quadrant management system popularized in the business world, this article examines an alternative method of progressing athletes through four years of collegiate sports.

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This is not a list of excuses, but the reality of what really goes on, no matter what level or program you are at.

This method has shown effectiveness in hypertrophy training, so I've decided to try something new: what will happen if we take this method and alter it to cover two extremes of the training continuum?

Young strength coaches, go back to the basics to improve your athletes' performance.

After 15 years at the collegiate level, I didn't think I had anything to learn from high school. I was wrong.

I'm sharing with you the actual manual that I gave my professional athletes prior to departing for their one-month break. This covers all the athletes' needs for staying in shape for the rigors of pre-season training.

You can have the holy grail of training programs, but if it doesn't fit your job, it isn't any good.

Here are a few steps I have used over the years that have helped me, my staff, and our athletes be on the same page in understanding our purpose.

A loose forward must be one of the fittest players on the field. This requires a specialized approach to the strength and conditioning program.

Telling a kid not to lift but then turning around and having him sprint, cut, and jump in those terms really does sound stupid, doesn’t it?

With dynamic effort work, we use the guidelines that Bryan Mann has written about extensively. I've tweaked his approach to fit our small budget and large team setting.

Interest was peaking and you know what happened?

Most coaches rely on verbal internal cues, which may be the least effective. Here are several alternative options to help your athletes.

You might call this The Grand Unified Training Theory: attempting to combine the training elements of Olympic lifting, powerlifting, strongman, and bodybuilding into one single training program.

Jay DeMayo invites Dr. Mann to discuss power and how strength coaches everywhere can better use information collected through athlete testing.

As I see it, there are three directions that this profession can go. I know I favor one and I'll explain why.

If you do not follow these principles in your programming, you are building a house out of sand.

A player's lean body mass has effect on the optimal mode of programming and dictates the methods you should use to improve athletic performance.

On my 40th birthday I reflect on the things I learned for each year of my life.

The passing of my father led me to look at myself and think about the kind of legacy I'm going to leave.