Stepping away from collegiate strength and conditioning, I’ve had time to reflect. In this article, I’ll delve into programming — the good and the ugly. Program-wise, exactly what are your goals?

Dr. Hatfield categorized these Laws himself, and together they serve as a framework to measure an effective training program. If you want to know how your training program stacks up, I encourage you to assess it against the Laws.

We as strength coaches have a way of screwing training up even with this ancient, written-in-stone principle.

I have had more tweaks and muscle strains occur during the first week of getting back into training than any other time. If I’d known how to use an intro week, this never would’ve happened.

Let me introduce you to the Core 4: push, pull, press, and carry.

In part one of this series, I discussed a brief overview of maximum strength training for team sport athletes. In this section, I will provide a case in support of training for power development.

We have come to a fork in the road with sports performance training. Is strength training making your athletes stronger or just slower?

Having mobility issues? While direct work in the traditional sense will certainly help, so will continuing to train, if you plan correctly.

Before getting hung up on specific weaknesses and special exercises, try this simple approach first.

Realize that basketball isn't just basketball, soccer isn't just soccer, and football isn't just football.