One of the most effective, low to no-impact pieces of fitness equipment you can have in your gym is a push pull sled, or fitness sled (or any number of other names they have been called, some not so nice!). You don't need a lot of space, because you can just do short pushes and pulls, and they can slide on most surfaces, with some minor adjustments or additions to the bottom of the sled. If you've ever used one, you will most likely love and hate them at the same time, but realize how good they are for you. If you are tight on a budget, and kinda handy, you could save yourself a few hundred dollars and...
While there are many ways to work to improve game speed in sports, focusing on strike-force during ground contact is a great way to train not only on the field but in the weight room as well.
Motivation is a product of desire, and no matter how much a coach tries to motivate an athlete, without desire nothing great will be accomplished, and more importantly, nothing great will ever be sustained. Dr. Waitley in his over 30 years in the sports psychology industry and experience with professional and Olympic athletes has determined that it is not a coach’s job to motivate...
By Coach Jeremy Hoy, MS, CSCS, SCCC, PES, TPI1, RPR1 In order to create effective performance training programs (think improvements), it is important for a strength coach to understand how to analyze the functions/demands of a sport. In this post, I’d like to mention 6 movement patterns (fundamental) for quick and lasting improvements and examples of each. Whether you are a parent, athlete, or coach, it’s useful to know these patterns to recognize if your program is using them for your development or the development of your athletes. Using these 6 movement patterns, it is possible for a less experienced coach to design “functionally” based performance programs. Implementing all of these patterns into a program can help an athlete move better,...
By Coach Jeremy Hoy, MS, CSCS, SCCC, PES, TPI1, RPR1 Every new athlete at my former fitness and performance training company, Finish First Sports Performance, was required to complete an introductory questionnaire, which included an exercise where he/she must list a few athletic and life goals. The point of this activity was to get each athlete or client thinking about setting goals and beginning the accountability process. I gave each person as much time as they needed to think about the goals they would write down, and offered questions that helped them think about what their goals really were. In order to set better goals, they would first need to clearly identify their ‘why’, they would need...
