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Effects of Training on Sand or Hard Surfaces on Sprint and Jump Performance of Team-Sport Players: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
June 18, 2021
This infographic breaks down training on different surfaces and how they affect performance outcomes.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation Infographics Sand Sprint Jump Team Sports
The Need for Speed—Improving Sprinting Performance in Football Players
April 22, 2019
Acceleration and maximal velocity are two factors that are key for any position in football and can determine success in many situations out on the field. This article will review several aspects of sprint mechanics and training to enhance linear (straight-ahead) speed for football players.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Sprinting Speed Sprinting Mechanics Acceleration Football
Deceleration Progressions from Squat-Lunge to Sprint
July 31, 2017
Learn about Loren Landow’s philosophy-based system of multidirectional training and explore how to best integrate multidirectional training to straight-line speed performance through a full progression of bilateral and unilateral exercises. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 National Conference, Landow addresses the factors that influence agility with special attention to the feet and hips
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Deceleration Progressions Squat Lunge Programming Sprinting
Lower-Body Power Development for Collegiate Female Soccer Players
September 4, 2020
This article discusses the influence of lower-body power on soccer performance in collegiate female soccer players. It also covers testing for muscular power qualities, different training modalities to use, and sample training programs as examples.
Coaches Program design Soccer Power Plyometrics Complex Training Strength
Squat versus Hip Thrust: Effects on Performance
May 1, 2017
Is the squat or hip thrust a better exercise for increasing jump and sprint performance? The results of this study support the force vector theory.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique hip thrust squat vertical jump infographics
Ice Hockey Strength and Conditioning Considerations – Sled Resisted Sprint Training
January 20, 2023
This article examines using the sled as a dynamic correspondence exercise for increasing on-ice acceleration.
Coaches Program design Ice Hockey Sled Sprints Dryland Training Acceleration
Practical Assessments of Power for Law Enforcement Populations
September 17, 2018
This article consists of five assessments that could be utilized by the tactical facilitator to measure upper- , lower- , and total-body power in law enforcement officers (LEOs). Although the focus of this article is LEOs, the assessments could also be used for other tactical populations.
TSAC Facilitators Testing and Evaluation Assessment law enforcement officers
How to Utilize Contrast Training for Strength, Power, and Performance
January 1, 2021
The purpose of this article is to provide an introduction to contrast training, including how it is defined, what variables are utilized, and examples of how to use it in training.
Personal trainers Program design Contrast Training Postactivation Potentiation Power Complex Training
Postactivation Potentiation: How does it work?
May 1, 2017
Learn about how a potentiating stimulus can induce a postactivation potentiation (PAP) response in vertical jump, sprint, and upper-body performance, as well as the optimal structure of a strength-power potentiating complex.
Coaches Exercise Science PAP infographics Postactivation Potentiation
TSAC Report – April 2020 Research Column
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation Protective Equipment 75-Yard Pursuit U.S. Army Ranger Firefighter Recovery Rucksack
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