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A goal of this article is get right to the heart of the matter, using jump training to improve the outcomes of speed and power programs in sport, specifically track and field and team sports that involve running and jumping. Most of the information included here is coming from big names and some less known individuals who I feel are successfully designing workouts that involve selective application of explosive exercises.

Håkan Andersson responds to questions about adaptations of muscle fiber types, plyometrics and sprint training, designing a strength training program for an athlete's career, and the value of coach and athlete communication.

University of Oregon Sprints, Hurdles, and Relays Coach Curtis Taylor answers questions about fatigue and injury, plyometrics, consistent block starts, conditioning and recovery, and weight training.

The combine consists of seven events where athletes can showcase their strength, agility and speed along with position specific drills, interviews and other tests such as The Wonderlic. Here is a look at the results and the top performers.

For most coaches, plyometrics are an enigma. We know that plyometrics improve performance, but there is so little information available that we don’t know how plyometrics do what they do. Information on the value plyometrics have specifically for speed development is especially sparse, outside a few studies on acceleration. Even a solid definition of plyometrics is hard to nail down because the handful of experts on the topic use differing terms to label various jumping exercises.

What all manual therapy specialists share in common, specifically in the context of treating athletes, is the administration of pressure and release in order to restore and enhance the systemic function of the body for the demands of sport.

Ryan Horn answers questions about reducing and managing jumpers knee, applied sports science and sports nutrition, collaboration with team coaches, teaching speed to college basketball players, and creating a team athlete monitoring system.

By James Smith Sports are defined by movement and bioenergetic supply mechanisms provide the energy for muscle contraction. The two primary bioenergetic domains (Anaerobic and Aerobic) are differentiated based upon the...

A near household training implement, familiar to any sprint coach, is a sled. The sled is one of many means of introducing external load via which the sprinter must exert against in order to achieve locomotion.

Mladen Jovanovic responds to questions about Moneyball, data visualization, player tracking, program conditioning for team sports, motion capture, GPS tracking, and speed development for team sports.

Coach Behm answers questions about hurdle technique, coaching voice and philosophy, the importance of mentorship and developing acceleration.

Athletic trainer Randy Ballard answers questions about athlete screening, applied athlete monitoring, shin splints, evaluating manual therapists for sports medicine, and the art of combining sport psychology and sports medicine in the context of injury.