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Basketball rehab with 1080 Quantum: Data triumphs over timelines

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. […]

Five highlights from HMMR Podcast with Arno Galmarini

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 […]

1080 Quantum for golf swing training: Ben Shear on the right time for S&C

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 […]

Loyola University track and field: Excuses are not in the budget

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 […]

1080 Sprint: Helping football combine testing transfer to the game

“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 […]

1080 Sprint in baseball: Resisted and overspeed sprinting to train mechanics

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 […]

ACL rehab with the 1080 Quantum: Overcoming the pitfalls of under-loading

Timid rehabilitation protocols can lead to a “false positive” when it comes time to assess an athlete’s readiness to return-to-play, whether that is on a field or in everyday life. Rehab specialists’ risk aversion in the clinic can backfire by increasing the risk of re-injury upon return-to-play. Low expectations, outdated protocols and an exaggerated sense […]

Overspeed sprinting: Joseph Coyne on progressing and transferring training

Joseph Coyne is the Physical Preparation Coach with the Chinese Athletics Association. He joined the Just Fly Performance podcast for a wide-ranging and detailed discussion on training sprinters and jumpers, going back to his time working with Randy Huntington. Towards the end of the show, the conversation turned to overspeed sprinting. Coyne talked about how […]

1080 Motion Summit: ‘Heavy-sled sprinting people’ and the 120% solution

1080 Motion recently hosted their annual Summit in Gothenburg, Sweden. Attendees from across Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia participated in lectures and demonstrations from coaches and clinicians pushing the limits of sports science with 1080. J-B Morin and Cameron Josse presented on their research and training with resisted sprinting […]

Sports data making up lost ground on the technology that produces it

An emerging consequence of the growth of sports technology over the last 10 years is the messy proliferation of sports data. Every device and every app captures and creates data by the megabyte to describe each stride, rep and heart beat for every athlete using the system. The most successful products – the ones that […]