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Spin Doctors: Producing Rotational Power
Before discussing rotational athletes, one must first define the term. Rotational athlete is a phrase used to delineate golf and baseball from other major sports; however, rotation is involved in nearly every physical activity. For the purpose of this discussion, a rotational athlete will be broadly defined as someone who plays a sport that prioritizes…
Prehab Instead of Rehab: What You Need to Know About ACL Injuries
Many associate ACL tears with major athletic injuries, such as when audiences see Tom Brady being hit below the knee or University of Georgia Running Back Nick Chubb landing awkwardly after being tackled in the Tennessee game. You may be surprised to learn, most ACL injuries don’t come from football or contact sports, and in…
Building Athletes: The Next Step
Building Athletes – The First Step was the introduction to this three-part series about creating a world-class athlete. Beyond the previously spoken “God-given gifts”, all athletes can be molded and developed into higher-level athletes. The IYCA stated in a recent post that only 20% of the “Advanced Athletes” younger than 10 will maintain that status…
Building Athletes: The First Step
Building a world-class athlete is not an easy task. It takes years of hard work, practice, and to be honest, luck. But when speaking of World-class athletes, it truly is predetermined by Genetics and “God-given gifts”. This being said, there are numerous ways to maximize the abilities of young athletes to enable success even at…
Are We Failing as Strength and Conditioning Practitioners?
With all of the education and research which has been poured into the Strength and Conditioning field over the past twenty years; injury trends in sports continue to be static or rising. If we continue to copy the great trainers in the field, we will never grow or advance our field. The FMS and other…