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Improving volleyball performance is more than just “Jump Training”…
To effectively raise the level of athleticism on the volleyball court we have to address development from a more global perspective. Yes, we all want our verticals to increase and yes we know that all college recruiters are asking “What is your block touch, approach touch, etc.” But we have to ask ourselves, what is [...] -
Question: Strength for U15 Soccer Players
Question: What would you suggest for 14 and 15yr old teenagers who need to develop more upper body strength in order to compete with those at professional levels? At present they are half way through the season in their own league but will have trials at professional clubs come the summer. The scout has already noted [...] -
New AthleteFIT Feature – DASHBOARD Workouts
If you haven’t viewed your DASHBOARD yet, you should! It’s a great tool to save videos for quick and easy viewing. Today AthleteFIT has released the same tool for workouts. You can now add a workout to your DASHBOARD for easy viewing later. The process is the same as with videos, when viewing a workout, just [...] -
Testing Vertical Jump with Myotest
The Myotest Performance Measuring System is a great tool to show your athletes how well they use their power, speed and strength. Using the Counter Movement Jump (CMJ) test and the Squat Jump test you can not only see your average Vertical Jump, Power and Speed, but you can also compare how well you use [...] -
What it takes to win…
Today one of our long time athletes, Jordan Jackson a soccer player at Blue Valley West High School is signing to play at the University of Nebraska. I am going to be attending this signing and it has caused me to reflect on the past 5 years I have had the honor of working [...] -
When Coaches Get it Right…
On February 8th 2009 Pastor Adam Hamilton of the Church of the Resurrection brought up a story of two coaches in Texas that had two completely different approaches to lopsided match ups and how to impact the lives of young athletes in the process. View the section of the sermon at: http://www.cor.org/worship-sermons/sermons/show/sermons/When-Christians-Get-it-Right/ The 6 minute video section we [...] -
New AthleteFIT Feature – DASHBOARD
Today AthleteFIT.com has implemented its newest feature: DASHBOARD. DASHBOARD was created to give each user access to the content they wanted, quickly and easily. Now you can save any video viewed on the site to your DASHBOARD for quick viewing. The most recent videos you add will show on the main DASHBOARD, with all videos [...] -
Winning the Day!
Winning the day… Pastor Paul Shepard of the Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Mountain View, California recently had a statement about how to have success in life, faith and basically all of life’s encounters. He preached on “Winning the Day”, which I thought was an awesome way to think about approaching the challenges in life, faith [...] -
Corporate Wellness – The Lighter Side
Sometimes fitness and wellness programs become so centered on the short term goals of the clients that they miss the ultimate goal…enjoyment and improved quality of life! If you enjoy what you are doing and who you are doing it with, you will be more likely to continue to participate. If we can increase mobility, strength [...] -
Understanding Athletic Development through the Sports Mastery Pyramid Model
When designing programs we fall back on this model of athletic development and constantly reference it to insure the safest, most effective progression possible. First we have to understand that this pyramid has 3 sides: Technical / Tactical Fitness (Strength, Speed, Agility, Coordination, Endurance…) Recovery / Nutrition We tried to simplify this 3 dimensional model into a 2 dimensional model [...]