Sports science marches steadily towards increasing individualization and responsive, data-driven decision-making. Meanwhile, key milestones in the return-to-play process remain rigidly formulaic. Time – not function – is still the major consideration for medical approval to return to play. Chris Stackpole joined the New Jersey Devils as Head Physical Therapist / Sports Science Coordinator last summer. […]
Arno Galmarini of Elite Training joined Martin Bingisser for a very Swiss episode of the HMMR Podcast. Arno and Martin (and Nick) chatted about breaking down the remaining walls between training and testing, the use of technology and building athlete buy-in for sport-specific but still unconventional training methods. Arno Galmarini is the founder of Elite […]
As strength and power training becomes a staple of conditioning for professional golfers, daily life precludes many recreational golfers from adding strength and power training to their game. Simply reaching the point where strength and power training becomes a valuable option requires a long-term commitment. For golf fitness coach Ben Shear, strength and power training […]
On Friday mornings throughout the winter, Coach Bob Thurnhoffer is one of the first people inside Loyola University’s Gentile Arena. He and assistant coach John DeGrave are there early setting up, ensuring everything is ready to go when the student-athletes arrive for warm-ups. By the time the arena opens its doors to 4,500 fans ahead […]
“We focus on one thing, and people know what that is as soon as they see the name on the door,” Matt Neel says in the last quiet hour before the after-school rush hits Xceleration Sports Performance Labs. For anyone not able to visit Neel in the hill country suburbs west of Austin, Texas, his […]
Incoming baseball players at Clemson University may wonder for a moment if they showed up to the gym at the wrong time for their strength & conditioning sessions. Rick Franzblau opens the off-season training with resisted sprint load-velocity profiling, which points the way towards regular sprint training throughout the fall. Sprint mechanics have an increasingly […]
