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The ½ kneeling and split stance positions challenge the athlete to stabilize their hips and spine in many different planes of motion. Because these core exercises are performed in an upright position, the strength we gain in more isolated patterns may transfer better to …

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Coaches don't create toughness by designing crushing workouts. Even if hard work created toughness, I would still opt for fast, energetic athletes. Slow and tired athletes lose no matter how tough they are.

Tony Holler's Record, Rank and Publish was a game changer for us at MBSC and got us timing both 10 yard dashes and, Flying 10's.. One subject that keeps coming up is “what is a good time”? I can provide times for elite Professional Hockey, elite Women's Hockey ( US Olympians and NWHL) , and Elite College Hockey (NCAA Division 1 men's and women's).

The 1x20 strength training program has become popular in recent years and rightfully so – it is a simple and effective training progression that has fairly wide-ranging application. However, as simple as it seems, there are many nuances that are important for effective use of this program.

For strength, power and conditioning standards, refer to the Certified Functional Strength Coach Level 2 course and Brendon's Exercise Checklists Course. If you're interested in the other #104 Coaching Rules by Movement As Medicine co-owner and CFSC Coach Brendon Rearick you can read more at Coaching-Rules.com

Pro strength coaches have used slide boards for years to improve strength, speed and agility. Now discover world renown strength coach Mike Boyle's two favorite mini slide-board exercises for 'functional sports strength'.

As coaches, it's our job to hunt out new ways to add stress to keep the body adapting. So why not just do a different, random workout each time? Because we also need practice to get good at something, especially primary movements with high loads and complexity.

Get to know the adults first. We want them to lift properly and follow our program the way we intended but in the first couple of weeks or even month, that isn't your job, that is the lead coaches job. Your job is to get to know them. Learn their names, find out where they are from, if they have kids, what injuries they have, or special ...