WATCH: How to Teach Athletes to Box Squat
WATCH: How to Teach Athletes to Box Squat
Use this teaching protocol to help your athletes learn the ideal squatting technique and build better athletic performance.
Distraction Control As A Performance Enhancer
Distraction Control As A Performance Enhancer
Master this skill to ensure you don't let a lack of mental presence hinder your competitive performance.
Crazy Mistakes Strength Coaches Make
Crazy Mistakes Strength Coaches Make
These 10 coaching mistakes can hurt you, your team, and your entire program. Are you making any of them?
Stay the Course
Stay the Course
I have made the mistake of letting other programs distract me from my own. It is a waste of time and effort and I vow to never do it again.
What Has Shaped Your Training Philosophy?
What Has Shaped Your Training Philosophy?
Elitefts strength athletes and coaches discuss the most influential knowledge they have gained in their careers.
Technical Performance Factors to Consider During the 2015 Rugby World Cup
Technical Performance Factors to Consider During the 2015 Rugby World Cup
Many of the vital skills each team and player must optimize are rooted in applied physics and mechanical principles that serve as the basal constituents of all movement.
The Most Important Thing You Can Do As A Strength Coach
The Most Important Thing You Can Do As A Strength Coach
It isn't the squats. It isn't the cleans, nor the reverse hypers or pull-ups.
WATCH: Come Train and Learn with Legend Steve Goggins on September 26th
WATCH: Come Train and Learn with Legend Steve Goggins on September 26th
This training camp with Steve is set up with a limited attendance and a non-formal format. We designed it with this format so you can learn all you can from Steve and so that Steve can help tap into what YOU need to do to become better.
WATCH: Hypertrophy Circuits for Athletes in a Team Setting
WATCH: Hypertrophy Circuits for Athletes in a Team Setting
Offering a standardized program of muscle-building protocols can keep your athletes engaged and motivated to complete the training demands.
A Brand New Start: Advice for Taking Over A Program
A Brand New Start: Advice for Taking Over A Program
Your actions from Day One will determine the success of your program and athletes. Know your philosophy and have a plan for executing it.
The Best Positions for Training and Coaching Your Athletes
The Best Positions for Training and Coaching Your Athletes
Use the art of coaching to determine where you stand as a facilitator of strength and conditioning. Are you where you ought to be?
WATCH: Pre-Workout Circuits to Optimize Training Time and Maximize Performance
WATCH: Pre-Workout Circuits to Optimize Training Time and Maximize Perfo...
Training a high number of athletes in a limited number of time poses unique problems for timing and extensive warm-ups. Use these quick and efficient protocols to streamline team workouts.
Peak Velocity and Olympic Lifts
Peak Velocity and Olympic Lifts
Determine what factors matter and measure accordingly. For the clean and jerk, and snatch, this may mean a need to reevaluate the implications of average velocity.
How We Learn: Being Better Students and Teacher in the Weight Room
How We Learn: Being Better Students and Teacher in the Weight Room
Maximize teaching strategies and improve learning reception by familiarizing yourself with the processes of creating and enforcing new behavioral strategies.
Newtonian Laws in Motion: Physics in the Weight Room
Newtonian Laws in Motion: Physics in the Weight Room
The three laws of motion are the roots of athlete programming. Find out how to apply these rules and improve your athletes.
WATCH: How to Implement Auto-Regulatory Training in a Team Setting
WATCH: How to Implement Auto-Regulatory Training in a Team Setting
Auto-Regulatory Training can give coaches an athlete-governed system to promote an optimal training environment with limited resources and shorter training cycles
Motivation and Inspiration: What Keeps You Going?
Motivation and Inspiration: What Keeps You Going?
Sometimes working through adversity feels like a task you cannot possibly do on your own. Here are some ways to keep you going when things get tough.
How the Best Strength Coaches Deal with Scheduling Conflicts and the Coaching Staff
How the Best Strength Coaches Deal with Scheduling Conflicts and the Coa...
Ever wonder how collegiate athletes manage time between scholastics, sports practices, and lifting? Here's how S&C coaches can help and develop a better relationship with sport coaches.
Aerobic Threshold Training for Field Sports: The Starting Point for Repeatability
Aerobic Threshold Training for Field Sports: The Starting Point for Repe...
To help athletes overcome the limiting factor of human performance, an adequate training program must address an individual's aerobic metabolism.
WATCH: Basic Linear Speed Acceleration Drills in a Team Setting
WATCH: Basic Linear Speed Acceleration Drills in a Team Setting
Training athletes in a team setting poses problems that are easily overlooked. Here are several coaching strategies and cues to get your athletes moving smarter and faster.
LISTEN: Joe Hashey Discusses Training Process, Football Players, and What Athletes Really Need
LISTEN: Joe Hashey Discusses Training Process, Football Players, and Wha...
The owner of Synergy Athletics and two-time NSCA featured speaker breaks down his career path and gives the advice that all trainers and gym owners need to hear.
LISTEN: Delegating High School Athlete Accountability Through Character Development
LISTEN: Delegating High School Athlete Accountability Through Character ...
NSCA High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Fred Eaves discusses the culture he has created at Battle Ground Academy.
Did You Win or Lose the Day?
Did You Win or Lose the Day?
Build your winning culture the same way you build in the weight room: every session, every set, and every rep leading to game day.
Solving the Summer Challenges of Coaching Collegiate Athletes
Solving the Summer Challenges of Coaching Collegiate Athletes
With summer programming for athletes, control what you can control and don't sweat the rest.
WATCH: Buddy Morris's Physical Preparation for Football
WATCH: Buddy Morris's Physical Preparation for Football
This specially-released footage from the elitefts Sport's Performance Training Summit goes inside the mind of a strength and conditioning pioneer.
LISTEN: Mark McLaughlin's Best Practices for Physical Preperation
LISTEN: Mark McLaughlin's Best Practices for Physical Preperation
The owner of Performance Training Center has combined a comprehensive program management system with extensive communication skills to optimize athlete development.
Managing the Dynamics of the High School Athlete
Managing the Dynamics of the High School Athlete
As strength and conditioning coaches, we need to adapt to every athlete who walks into our weight room.
LISTEN: Chris Doyle Off-Season and In-Season
LISTEN: Chris Doyle Off-Season and In-Season
Iowa's Strength and Conditioning Coach Chris Doyle sets a high standard for coaches and athletes to aspire for.
LISTEN: Showing Loyalty and Earning Trust with Evan Marcus
LISTEN: Showing Loyalty and Earning Trust with Evan Marcus
The Head Strength Coach of the Minnesota Vikings explains the importance of buy-in with professional athletes.
Now Available: Sprinting Problems, Prowler Solutions
Now Available: Sprinting Problems, Prowler Solutions
Joe DeFranco takes an in-depth look at how to use a variety of tools - including the elitefts Prowler - to help push your athletes' speed to the next level!
LISTEN: Tobias Jacobi Discusses Humility vs Ego, Sports Specialization, and Leadership
LISTEN: Tobias Jacobi Discusses Humility vs Ego, Sports Specialization, ...
The strength and conditioning coach from Strong Rock Christian School shares his experience from coaching multiple levels and sports.
WATCH: Two Lateral Speed Drills with Bands to Improve Change of Direction
WATCH: Two Lateral Speed Drills with Bands to Improve Change of Direction
Increase agility by using bands to reinforce proper positioning and improve motor patterns in an athletic setting.
How Are We Judged As Strength Coaches?
How Are We Judged As Strength Coaches?
Wins and losses? Injury prevention? Fourth-quarter dominance?
14 Articles Every Strength Coach, Trainer, Lifter & Athlete Must Read
14 Articles Every Strength Coach, Trainer, Lifter & Athlete Must Read
These are 14 articles I feel every coach, trainer and lifter must read.
WATCH: Why Communication is Key to a Better Coaching Career
WATCH: Why Communication is Key to a Better Coaching Career
Clear pathways of communication can optimize relationships and elongate careers.
Are You Consuming, Producing or Engaging?
Are You Consuming, Producing or Engaging?
Proper communication and behavior requires a firm understanding of your surroundings and of those with whom you interact.
LISTEN: Ted Perlak on Programming, Preparation, and Personal Communication
LISTEN: Ted Perlak on Programming, Preparation, and Personal Communication
The Head Strength and Conditioning Coach out of University of Delaware breaks down the beginning of the year struggles and how to set your program up for success.
Now Available: The Foundation of the Tier System of Training
Now Available: The Foundation of the Tier System of Training
Joe Kenn, the Head Strength Coach of the Carolina Panthers presents a nearly 2-hour educational guide to implementing the tier system.
What to Expect as a Strength and Conditioning Intern
What to Expect as a Strength and Conditioning Intern
In this industry, you start at the bottom and work your way up. Level your expectations, respect those who give you the opportunity, and be ready to sacrifice for the profession you love.
WATCH: 5 Strategies to Perform More Work in Less Time
WATCH: 5 Strategies to Perform More Work in Less Time
Five strategies to add workout density and keep athletes engaged with speed and strength training.
LISTEN: Basketball Strength with UAB's Cory Schlesinger
LISTEN: Basketball Strength with UAB's Cory Schlesinger
The most recognizable strength coach from March Madness, talks about primal movements and programming,
Register Now For The Second elitefts™ Powerlifting Experience
Register Now For The Second elitefts™ Powerlifting Experience
Discover your strengths. Conquer your weaknesses. Build the best strength of your life.
A Strength Coach's Lesson in Delegation
A Strength Coach's Lesson in Delegation
If you don't trust your staff, you'll try to do everything yourself. If you try to do everything yourself, you will fail. Break the cycle.
LISTEN: Frank Wintrich—A Model of Humility and Hard Work
LISTEN: Frank Wintrich—A Model of Humility and Hard Work
The young strength and conditioning coach from BYU explains his development and the values he's put into place in his new position.
Progression and Regression System for Exercise Selection
Progression and Regression System for Exercise Selection
Implement this exercise variation protocol to keep your athletes training at an optimal loading standard.
Summer Training for Football (with 8-Week Program)
Summer Training for Football (with 8-Week Program)
Like no other sport in America, football relies on a productive off-season to dominate in the fall.
LISTEN: Wisdom from a Renowned High School Strength Coach
LISTEN: Wisdom from a Renowned High School Strength Coach
One of the most experienced coaches in the country unveils the necessary components of a top-notch training program.
LISTEN: The Power Athlete Podcast
LISTEN: The Power Athlete Podcast
John Welbourn and his coaching crew provide insight into how they create power athletes.
WATCH: The Four-Step Coaching Process
WATCH: The Four-Step Coaching Process
Following this revolving approach is the key to creating an environment that strengthens the athletes and solidifies the program.
LISTEN: Instilling Passion and Eliminating Excuses
LISTEN: Instilling Passion and Eliminating Excuses
Ross Bowsher brings an extensive resume to Arkansas Tech in order to raise the bar.
LISTEN: What Constitutes the Mecca of Strength and Conditioning?
LISTEN: What Constitutes the Mecca of Strength and Conditioning?
From the classroom to the weight room, Dr. Brian Thompson is the driving force behind Springfield College's success.
Foundation of Speed Development: Acceleration
Foundation of Speed Development: Acceleration
Use these six programming tools to increase your athletes' ability to rapidly reach top speed.
LISTEN: Changing the Game in Youth Sports
LISTEN: Changing the Game in Youth Sports
In the state of youth athletics, John O'Sullivan is the voice of reason amongst coaches, parents, and administrators.
LISTEN: An Inside Look at a D1 Strength and Conditioning Program
LISTEN: An Inside Look at a D1 Strength and Conditioning Program
From the Big Ten to the Pac-12, Evan Simon brings toughness and accountability to the Oregon State University football program.
How My Old Programming Taught Me Something New
How My Old Programming Taught Me Something New
It may seem simple or it may seem stupid, but does it produce results?
WATCH: Becoming a Mentor to Young Coaches
WATCH: Becoming a Mentor to Young Coaches
Use this video to develop a comprehensive and meaningful curriculum to guide young coaches and build a future for this industry.
LISTEN: Inside the Mind of The Research Meathead
LISTEN: Inside the Mind of The Research Meathead
Jon Mike simplifies the complex studies of nutrition and exercise.
LISTEN: Simon Sinek's Leadership Lessons
LISTEN: Simon Sinek's Leadership Lessons
The best selling author of 'Start with Why' and 'Leaders Eat Last', Simon Sinek explains the essential qualities of leadership
WATCH: How to Find a Strength and Conditioning Job
WATCH: How to Find a Strength and Conditioning Job
You don't go from college graduate to Buddy Morris overnight. Here's a step-by-step guide to building a career in the most cut-throat profession.

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