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Pro Linebacker Develops Next Generation
Pro Linebacker Develops Next Generation
Simoneau Sports Performance distinguishes itself as one of the premier sports training facilities in the country.
The Angry Coach: How to Write An Article
The Angry Coach: How to Write An Article
Writing should be simple and elegant. Show me, don’t tell me.
The Angry Coach: A Big Part of My Coaching Philosophy
The Angry Coach: A Big Part of My Coaching Philosophy
Do you know the difference between a coach and a cartoon character?
The Angry Coach: Writing Tip
The Angry Coach: Writing Tip
My log assignment today is to write something on the topic of voice
The Angry Coach: A Word About Reading
The Angry Coach: A Word About Reading
If you want to be good at something and learn new things, you HAVE to read.
The Angry Coach: What We're Focusing on This Week
The Angry Coach: What We're Focusing on This Week
If you consistently do everything right, it all adds up.
The Angry Coach: Open Letter
The Angry Coach: Open Letter
Put down the shitty bodybuilding magazines, get off the fancy internet articles and videos, and take my advice.
Fighting Off Coaching Complacency
Fighting Off Coaching Complacency
Fight off complacency and remain productive yearlong.
Coaching = Life, Part I
Coaching = Life, Part I
What’s consistently surprised me is how coaching is such a microcosm of the real world.
The Angry Coach: Camp Crap
The Angry Coach: Camp Crap
And, oh yeah, until you’ve actually been through this shit, try not to talk about football, okay?
More About Informational Integrity
More About Informational Integrity
I simply don’t like frauds who attempt to practice their fraudulence at my expense.
Spacial Awareness
Spacial Awareness
Yeah, I’m pissing and moaning a lot about bullshit, but this just isn’t necessary.
The Angry Coach: Discovery Epidemic
The Angry Coach: Discovery Epidemic
It’s like that old question about Christopher Columbus: Did he really “discover” America if there were already millions of people living there?
The Angry Coach: How to Get Published
The Angry Coach: How to Get Published
Hope this helps. If I think of more, I’ll post them.
The Angry Coach: It's Not You. It's Them.
The Angry Coach: It's Not You. It's Them.
You’re not always wrong, and it’s possible for the majority to be the f-ed up ones, and not the individual with a goal and a plan to achieve it.
The Angry Coach: 5 Travel Tips
The Angry Coach: 5 Travel Tips
I actually managed to make the most of everything by sticking to this plan. I hope this helps.
The Angry Coach: State of Fitness
The Angry Coach: State of Fitness
I honestly have no idea where fitness is going, but I’m thankful every day that we have this site to help fight it off.
The Angry Coach: But He Played Ball
The Angry Coach: But He Played Ball
To sum this up, I was told that the bench press has no application for football players, and that it’s more harmful than helpful.
The Angry Coach: Commercial Gym Nightmares
The Angry Coach: Commercial Gym Nightmares
Commercial Gyms: Where 98 percent of the people walking in the door shouldn’t even be there.
Personal Trainer Writing Mistake #1
Personal Trainer Writing Mistake #1
Responding to popular demand, I’d like to cover something I see lots of guys doing on websites and in articles.
The Angry Coach: Top Three General Mistakes
The Angry Coach: Top Three General Mistakes
Just something to think about when you’re in the middle of the learning process – like we all still are.
The Angry Coach: High School Strength Coaches - Don't Make This Mistake
The Angry Coach: High School Strength Coaches - Don't Make This Mis...
I learned that it’s pointless to bring a gun to a knife fight, if you will.
3 Mistakes Made by High School Football Head Coaches
3 Mistakes Made by High School Football Head Coaches
If you’re a head coach, don’t do this. If you’re going to do this, don’t hire a strength coach.
Angry Coach: Back in the Fight
Angry Coach: Back in the Fight
Last week, because of injuries, Mark Herzlich got his first start at linebacker for the Giants.
Angry Coach: How Teams Work
Angry Coach: How Teams Work
Or would you rather win a championship? That’s something we all get to choose.
Angry Coach: Delivering Bad News
Angry Coach: Delivering Bad News
Long story short, I had to tell a very close friend of mine that his wife was cheating on him.
The Angry Coach:  Who are you?
The Angry Coach: Who are you?
Everything is a competition to this guy. Even in a basic email exchange, he has to get the better of you. To some people this is probably grating. To me, it’s funny, and it’s also a valuable lesson in realizing that it pays to be “on” and paying full attention at all times.
How I Train
How I Train
Anyway, this is what’s been working like a charm for me. If anyone has any questions, I’d be happy to clarify whatever you need.
Eight Problems
Eight Problems
I’m known on here as the “Angry Coach,” but as we all know, the longer you coach, the angrier you get.
Football: Summer Program Begins
Football: Summer Program Begins
I’m still convinced that you can talk them into this, and that you can talk kids into doing anything, or believing they can do anything. The military does it every day.
Did EliteFTS Influence the March Tournament?
Did EliteFTS Influence the March Tournament?
I don’t know about you, but that’s motivating as hell for me.
I Have a Question...
I Have a Question...
When is it acceptable to claim you had an impact?
How to Avoid Scams
How to Avoid Scams
There is only one “world record” in each category of lifting.
How to Get Along With People in the Gym
How to Get Along With People in the Gym
If there are ten different spots to do a particular exercise, and only one guy using one area, don’t use the area right next to him.
Frauds and Fakes
Frauds and Fakes
On his team’s website, they have bios for all the coaches, and on his, I read that he’s claiming to have done MY job. Literally.
DVD Review: American Football: Physical Preparation During Skills Camps and the Competition Calendar, by James “The Thinker” Smith
DVD Review: American Football: Physical Preparation During Skills Camps ...
I’ll begin this review by stating, straight off the top, that James “The Thinker” Smith is a friend of mine.
EliteFTS Spotlight: University of Richmond Strength Coach Jay DeMayo
EliteFTS Spotlight: University of Richmond Strength Coach Jay DeMayo
I actually got hurt my junior year playing soccer there, and our athletic trainer was talking about this whole “training athletes” thing.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Justin Cecil
EliteFTS Spotlight: Justin Cecil
Justin Cecil is a full time staff member at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indiana, and serves as the head strength and conditioning coach at Lawrence Central High School.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Josh Bryant
EliteFTS Spotlight: Josh Bryant
Josh Bryant is a speed, strength, and conditioning coach. He is also a personal trainer who has works with many clients in person at Metroflex Gym in Arlington, Texas and via the internet.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Juliet Deane
EliteFTS Spotlight: Juliet Deane
I’ve been reading the site for a while, but we have our own training studio business, and in the past couple of years, it’s been about a hundred-twenty-five miles an hour, every single day.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Al Caslow
EliteFTS Spotlight: Al Caslow
This week’s EliteFTS Spotlight focuses on powerlifter Al Caslow, the newest EliteFTS sponsored athlete and member of the Q&A staff. Al is currently ranked #1 in the world in the 165 pound class.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Vincent Dizenzo
EliteFTS Spotlight: Vincent Dizenzo
This week’s EliteFTS Spotlight interview introduces the readership to powerlifting legend Vincent Dizenzo. If you’ve been reading this site for any length of time, Vincent’s name – as well as his exploits under the bar – should be very familiar to you
Spotlight on Nutritionist Dr. Chris Fox
Spotlight on Nutritionist Dr. Chris Fox
My name is Dr. Chris Fox. I’m a chiropractor who specializes in spinal rehabilitation. I’m 35 years old, I’ve been lifting since I was 13, and I’ve been seriously bodybuilding since I was 20.
5/3/1 In A Commercial Gym: Observations
5/3/1 In A Commercial Gym: Observations
Because of a major career change, I’ve recently relocated to a new city. With this move, and all the bullshit that goes along with moving, I’ve been forced to endure the misfortune of trying to find a new gym
My Fight: Living With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
My Fight: Living With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
If you’re in the military, or you’re a police officer or fireman, or you work some other job where you’re under considerable amounts of stress on a regular basis, you’re going to want to read this article.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Jim Steel
EliteFTS Spotlight: Jim Steel
This week’s EliteFTS Spotlight features University of Pennsylvania strength and conditioning coach Jim Steel. Coach Steel is a former college football player with an extensive powerlifting background.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Matt Wenning
EliteFTS Spotlight: Matt Wenning
The subject of this week’s EliteFTS Spotlight is Q&A staff member Matt Wenning. Matt is one of only a handful of people to total over 2600 pounds in professional competition.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Shannon Turley
EliteFTS Spotlight: Shannon Turley
EliteFTS Spotlight is a new weekly feature here on EliteFTS.com where Q&A member The Angry Coach interviews athletes and strength and sport coaches from various disciplines in order to find out more about what they do, how they train and how they do business.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Julia Ladewski
EliteFTS Spotlight: Julia Ladewski
EliteFTS Spotlight is a weekly feature here on EliteFTS.com where Q&A member The Angry Coach interviews athletes and strength and sport coaches from various disciplines in order to find out more about what they do, how they train and how they do business.
The Power of Information
The Power of Information
As coaches, we all know about the myriad problems we’ll encounter in the course of trying to make our athletes better. These problems are generated by everyone our players come into contact with on a daily basis. From their parents, to their friends, to the ubiquitous “guys on message boards,” our kids are bombarded with stuff that’s not coming from
The Angry Coach Sounds Off
The Angry Coach Sounds Off
If you had control of everything in your football program, how would you set up your work week with regard to the organization of in-season practices? What would be the ideal way to marry the biological needs of the athletes with their game day needs (individual and group drills to implement and execute your game plan for the week)?
Elitefts Spotlight: Yosef Johnson
Elitefts Spotlight: Yosef Johnson
Yosef Johnson is the owner and president of Ultimate Athlete Concepts, a company he founded in Muskegon, Michigan in 2001 with the goal of bringing together the best scientists from a variety of fields and incorporating their knowledge into a comprehensive line of products which were previously unavailable to North American athletics coaches.

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