One of the most overlooked (and often forgotten) sprint training modality is backwards running, cycling, skipping, and marching. There is something about the backwards mechanics that help correct a lot of inefficiencies in foot strike, leg fold mechanics, and ankle positioning. Needless to say, when I came across this study covering forward and backward sprint …
Research Review: Does backwards running help speed mechanics?Read More
Coach, welcome to another month of awesome research reviews. First up for this month we take a look at how different resisted sprints affect sprint kinematics. Simply put, I wanted to find a decent study that looks at the effects of added resistance on sprint form. If you’re new here, here’s how these research …
Research Review: How does external load affect sprint mechanics?Read More
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024 and the fresh batch of content that is now available to you! Before we kick off the New Year’s content, I wanted to outline a couple of updates to the All Access platform… I have had a few reoccurring questions about locating movement databanks. If you open up a masterclass, …
Coach, we have a keeper this month. Very rarely do I get ‘excited’ to reach industry research. In all honesty, it’s boring. The exception? When you find a study that applies directly to your coaching practice. This review focuses on a study conducted on the relationship between eccentric strength and joint stiffness in maximum velocity …
Research Review: Eccentric strength and joint stiffness during maximum velocityRead More
Each month in All-Access we host a Coaching Call. These calls are 100% designed to drive community, talk about live-time challenges we are facing as industry professionals, and also bring up questions and curiosities. In our call last month, we had a great conversation on ACL tear mitigation and an anecdotal story was shared about …
Research Review: Does hip ROM lead to ACL ruptures?Read More
Coach, welcome to December and the fresh batch of content that is now available to you! Before we get in to the content for this month, I wanted to outline a couple of updates to the All Access platform… All Masterclass course materials have been updated and republished as downloadable PDFs. After hearing your feedback, …
When I look for articles or meta-reviews to write about, I consider three things. Does the title represent some element of relatable performance training? Can I guess the answer of the hypothesis? Is the population used in the study relevant to the standard Performance Coach? With this study, though it was a review, I found …
Another month, another fresh pair of research reviews from the sports performance industry! For those new to the show, here’s how these blog posts break down…I am going to test my ability to read and crush the entire article. In this case a ‘brief’ review on maximum strength and change of direction ability. Once done, …
Research Review: Plyos or strength training? Which effects speed elements the most?Read More
Welcome to November! Here’s the rundown of all the content uploads this month… Research Reviews Sprint trainings effect on VO2 max Maximum strength’s impact on a variety of change of direction tests. I think they are a couple of awesome meta reviews and both have very applicable topics for Performance Coaches. Webinars There is a …
I’m excited about this article. I really am. This research review features a meta-review of 17 studies that researched single-limb resistance training and the effect of training one limb would have on the contralateral and ipsilateral limb. For those wanting that in a more simple sentence. If I do a single arm bench …
Research Review: A deeper look at unilateral trainingRead More
October 2023, our first full month of All-Access. On the first of each month, you can expect a host of content to drop for the month throughout the All Access dashboard as well as hyperlinked directly from this outlook post! Research reviews Isometrics and Jump Power…do isometrics help? do isometrics hurt? This was an interesting …
Research is often lacking specificity to the youth market. Quite frankly, kids are too ‘wild’ to test, have a ton of commitments, are reliant on their parents for travel, and some parents just don’t want to sign their kid(s) away to science. C’mon Parents! Alas, the show goes on. I chose this research study because …
Research Review: Isometrics and Jump Power? Do they help?Read More
