Year-Round College Football Training with the 1080 Sprint: An Interview with Director of Speed Development John Shaw
About John Shaw: John is currently the Director of Speed Development for the University of Washington football team. Previously, he held this same position at the University of Arizona and University of Missouri. Prior to joining the college football ranks, Shaw spent 12 years coaching and mentoring high school athletes in Alabama and Mississippi Q: […]
February 28, 2024
Tennis – more than precision strokes and strategic finesse: Insights on speed development from Tennis Australia
Tennis is a symphony of skill, strategy, and sheer athleticism. Play consists of repetitive short (5-10 seconds) of high-intensity sprints where each play strikes the ball 2-3 times per rally and changes direction 3-5 times in the course of a point. Tracking data from the 2022 U.S. Open showed Fernanda Contreras Gomez recorded 1,478 feet […]
January 25, 2024
B3 Better: The Evolution and Growth of a Private Training Facility
Despite the growth in strength and conditioning programs within schools and club sports, several young athletes are investing in their sports performance at private facilities across the U.S. This also includes college athletes and even pro athletes looking to gain an edge in the off-season or in preparation for a combine event. To be a […]
October 30, 2023
Husky Football Unleashes Speed and Efficiency with 1080 and RockDaisy AMS
Huskies are often seen as sled dogs with great endurance. Think Iditorod – the long-distance race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska covering about 1,000 miles often through harsh winter conditions. At the University of Washington, Husky football players also show great perseverance and strong towing abilities (using the 1080 Sprint) under the watchful and calculated […]
September 14, 2023
The Evolution of Clemson Sports Science
In recent years, there has been a boom in sports science within university athletic programs. In some cases, it is the continual adoption and implementation of technology such as GPS, force plates, 1080 Motion, etc. to drive the testing, monitoring and training process by strength and conditioning coaches. And more frequently now is the hiring […]
July 26, 2023
Lessons from the 1080 Sprint and Quantum Syncro: Cal-culated Results
Minnesota. It’s called ‘The State of Hockey’ – for good reasons. The University of Minnesota has won five NCAA Men’s Division I Ice Hockey Championships and has been the runner-up eight times. The women’s program has won 6 NCAA Championships. The list of All-Americans, Olympians, and professionals is long. Physiologically, it’s a demanding sport. High-intensity intermittent […]
June 16, 2023
1080 Motion, the global leader in digital motorized strength training in elite sports, launches a new series of battery-powered machines
The new series of battery-powered machines launched at the 1080 Summit this weekend in Park City, Utah, USA. 1080 Motion has delivered machines to professional leagues, Olympic training facilities, national performance centers, rehabilitation clinics, research institutions, and military training facilities – over 600 worldwide. The new machine series offers increased resistance loads while smaller, lighter, […]
May 14, 2023
Preparing the Hawkeyes for the B1G Grind
March Madness and the college basketball season are behind us now. Did you know that the Iowa Hawkeyes are one of only 10 teams in the country to make the last four NCAA Tournaments? What factors play into this consistency to perform at a high level? We can certainly look at the on-court statistics like […]
April 30, 2023
The NFL Combine, Sprint Profiles, and the Importance of Overspeed Training
Like every year, the NFL Combine and its main event – the 40 yard dash – brought excitement, amazement and debate. For the stats geeks, this performance data (40 yard dash, vertical and broad jumps, 3 cone and 20-yard shuttle and bench press) is now entered into a publicly available repository, which anyone can access […]
March 31, 2023
Football Fast and the NFL Combine: an inside look with Ryan Phillis
The NFL Combine. One week of poking, prodding, and testing potential talent from head to toe – not just figuratively but also literally. Cognitive tests, personality tests, and the head-to-toe medical evaluation. We are not privy to any of these of course, but we do see the on-field skills and drills and athletic performance tests […]
March 2, 2023