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Sprint Strength: Chasing White Whales and Limb Velocity - SimpliFaster In a quest to find physical attributes possessed by the fastest athletes, Coach Chris has settled on a quality he calls “Sprint Strength.” More importantly, in this article he shares practical methods...

"Speed is like a perfect story: one good step sets up another, until it doesn’t. And then we see how the body will solve the problem."

📈 Chris Korfist takes inspiration from @kenclarkspeed.bsky.social & dives into the vital role of limb velocity in *Sprint Strength*
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Asking (and Answering) the Right Questions About Hamstring Injuries with Boo Schexnayder - SimpliFaster What are the most common misconceptions about hamstring injuries and exercise programs aimed at prevention? Coach Boo Schexnayder joins Coach Rob Assise on a new Freelap Friday Five to discuss ways to...

"The hamstrings are built to accept fast eccentric loading (sprinting), so Nordics and RDL’s make things worse by fatiguing the area with no hope for progress."

📈 New on the blog, Boo Schexnayder joins Rob Assise to discuss better ways to prevent hamstring injuries

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The Connection—Episode #2 Featuring Marcel Blaumann of Enode: “Achieving Optimal Performance Every Rep” - SimpliFaster Enode CEO Marcel Blaumann joins Episode 2 of the new SimpliFaster video interview series “The Connection” for a quick and concise conversation about best practices, underused features, and worthwhile ...

New podcast live today.

Fast-paced, sub 10-min interview with Marcel Blaumann, CEO of Enode sports.

“Under the hood” insights—always a learning experience to hear from the developers of tech, as their perspective comes from a different angle than coaches using it.

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"The best part about high school is you have a way more impactful relationship with your athletes."

🎙️ Catch the full episode of our fast-paced interview series RAPID FIRE, w/ Coach David Neill talking about setting priorities & differences between HS vs college S&C

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Everything You Need to Know About the Countermovement Jump on Force Plates I’m not writing this article to introduce a novel assessment—the countermovement jump (CMJ) has been used for longer than I’ve been a coach and numerous practitioners have been applying it as an asses...

"The way you collect data is as important as the way you interpret it. You cannot have accurate interpretation without clean collection."

📈 ASU 🏀 S&C Coach Hunter Eisenhower shares a comprehensive resource for cueing the CMJ + collecting/applying force plate data

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🗓️ Here is a 1-minute snapshot of 2024. Looking forward to sharing more best practices & hands-on insights for coaches, trainers, PTs & performance professionals in the new year.

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"If athletes sprint in curved patterns in their sport, coaches need to include that aspect as part of their training programs to better prepare their athletes for the rigors of competition."

📈 Learn drills, races, methods & progressions for training curved sprints

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Chaos Theories: Three Elusive Questions from TFC Chicago 2024 - SimpliFaster Missed the 2024 Track Football Consortium in Chicago? Coach Nate Huffstutter shares key takeaways from the conference speakers and poses follow-up questions based on orienting principles, managing unc...

"When should you stay conservative and *fall to the level of your systems* and when do you burn the boats and go with your gut?"

📈 @nate-huffstutter.bsky.social shares takeaways & follow-up questions from @coachtonyholler.bsky.social & the TFC Chicago 2024 Clinic

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Common traits of fast people from
JB Morin:
☑️ High levels of posterior chain strength & activation prior to ground contact
☑️ Efficient scissor coordination b/w thighs
☑️ No “power leaks” thru foot/ankle
☑️ Continued acceleration at very high speeds

Rapid Fire—Episode #4 Featuring Tony Holler: “Making Speed a Habit” - SimpliFaster Habits and knowledge aren’t set in an all-at-once rush—both develop gradually over time. In the latest episode of Rapid Fire, Coach Tony Holler joins host Justin Ochoa to discuss how coaches and athle...

“I was as traditional as any young coach could possibly be & the way I used to coach is still the traditional thing I have to preach against. Which is basically that your entire plan is to OUTWORK everyone else."

🎙️ @coachtonyholler.bsky.social on coaching evolution

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Return to Play Case Module #2: Achilles Rupture - SimpliFaster Coach Danny Foley presents a case study on the return to play process for Olympic discus thrower Rachel Dincoff, explaining the assessments, exercises, and technologies used to support her program in ...

RETURN TO PLAY CASE STUDY MODULE #2
ACHILLES RUPTURE

What does the RTP process look like for an Olympic athlete returning from an Achilles rupture?

📈 From intake ➡️ exercises, in-depth video case study from Danny Foley on US Olympic discuss thrower Rachel Dincoff

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TFC- Track and Field Consortium Chicago, IL | Store Early Bird Tickets $199 (through Thanksgiving Day, November 28th) After November 28, $229. December 6-7 Elmhurst University (10 miles from Chicago O'Hare Airport) 27 presentations (ticket provides ...

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