Better Coaching
JANUARY 22, 2017
Youth sports coaches are the men and women who volunteer their time to teach our youth the many life lessons we can acquire through sports. However, my experience as a youth sports coach has allowed me to observe many coaches conducting practices, games, post-game speeches, and clinics. Really, coach? Wasting Time.
Better Coaching
MARCH 5, 2021
First, all coaches should read this blog post in its entirety. Being educated should be a major priority for all coaches, and really, all people. In another study, 5 medical professionals set out to look at the biomechanical comparison between fastballs and curveballs as a risk factor for shoulder and elbow injuries.
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Stanford Childrens
AUGUST 9, 2023
The lab combines cutting-edge technology and decades of experience to help young athletes recover safely, improve sports performance, and reduce future injury risk through biomechanical assessment using 3-D motion capture video and force plates. Over time, he ran drills with his coaches or his dad on the sidelines during practices.
MSU
MARCH 29, 2021
In an effort to meet the needs of our students and to address the issues of sport, we are launching two new courses in the Sport Coaching and Leadership program in Summer 2021 (May 17 – August 16). In addition to these two new courses, three other courses in the Sport Coaching and Leadership program will be offered this summer.
Informed Practitioner in Sport
OCTOBER 3, 2021
The idea is that coaches and athletes should seek to avoid excessive spikes in volume, so this acute:chronic value is kept to a minimum or at least below a threshold to protect against injury. The findings of this particular study contradicted this idea, as those runners with the lowest values (i.e.
PLT4M
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
While many athletes, coaches, and teams typically look for stronger muscles and improved athletic performance in the weight room, injury prevention is one of the most significant benefits of strength training. For example, coaches look to add dedicated time to use foam rollers or resistance bands to do “pre-hab.”
Informed Practitioner in Sport
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
For young coaches, practitioners and researchers, the first step is to build our portfolio, so we have something to spread! Also check out the Books section for a host of resources that take a deeper dive on various topics relating to human performance, coaching, athletic preparation and sports injury.
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