One Size Does Not Fit All, Part 2: Utilizing a System of Qualification for American Football

Intdroducing Switzerland's newest hardcore gym: Galmarini Elite Training.

Some will argue that it isn’t our “job” to be a friend, parent, or mentor. But I disagree.

Jeremy Frey offers career advice, as well as a few first meet pointers.

The conclusion of the December team elitefts™ roundtable discussion.

Part four of the December team elitefts™ roundtable discussion.

Part three of the December team elitefts™ roundtable discussion.

Part two of the December team elitefts™ roundtable discussion.

Part one of the December team elitefts™ roundtable discussion.

One's coaching philosophy and training strategy is shaped by more than personal preference...it is molded by one's thoughts, experiences, and lessons.

What’s consistently surprised me is how coaching is such a microcosm of the real world.

I've been doing a lot of soul searching about what the goals are for this article series.

He taught me more about the deadlift in ten minutes than I had managed to learn in two years. Just imagine what might happen over the next twelve weeks leading up to my next meet.

Who am I? Am I one of the negative people? What are others' perceptions of me?

Long story short, I had to tell a very close friend of mine that his wife was cheating on him.

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.

Know your athletes, care about their success, and do things right!

The number one reason you aren't getting recruited is because coaches don't know that you exist.

At this point, I began asking myself WTF!? and wondering if this is a regular thing. Then I woke up and realized that I come from a sport where knee wraps appear under bench shirts, then disappear, then reappear only to have never been there in the first place. The point here is that unless you were there, you have no idea what happened or who's to blame. It’s always easy to call the shots from the back end or be the Monday morning quarterback, but the reality is one hurt player and a lot of people making excuses and placing blame within the context of something they really know nothing about.

An exercise or training program’s success or failure is rooted in the execution of its work.

I'm known on here as the "Angry Coach," but as we all know, the longer you coach, the angrier you get.

We expect to be pushed.

When position coaches do film breakdowns and pages upon pages of scouting reports, they're being virulently unproductive.

No idea’s original, there’s nothing new under the sun. It’s never what you do, but how it’s done.

—the wise words of Nas