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5 Important Rules In Dryland Training For Swimmers
These are the 5 “rules” we consider when we’ve designed training programs for swimmers. No matter whether we are talking about the developing swimmers, Collegians, or Olympic Gold Medalists we’ve trained at Velocity Sports Performance, these rules always apply. Swimming
Planning The Return To Sports After COVID-19 Restrictions in 2021
There are 3 goals coaches need to achieve when planning the return to sports for any athlete As teams and sports organizations start returning to full sports practices and competition, they need plans to prepare the athletes. At Velocity, we’ve
Why Eccentric Strength Is Important For Athletes (its critical!)
Just like a fast car needs reliable brakes to corner well and stop, an athlete needs eccentric strength to perform well and stay safe. Developing this type of strength requires specific training with the right methods to improve it safely.
Myth or Fact: Speed Training Is Sport-Specific
There is often confusion about whether speed training is sport-specific. It’s a natural question: does speed training need to be sport specific? After all, as a parent or coach, the goal is to help your athletes be faster come game
Essential Guide to Sport-Specific Training
Sport-specific training is a constant topic of discussion among athletes, parents, and coaches. For our team at Velocity, it comes up daily in settings from local performance centers to our coaches at Olympic training facilities. While some performance coaches scoff
3 Go To Exercises For Improving Lacrosse Speed
Every player and coach knows that speed kills. It’s an advantage that every player wants. Unfortunately, there is a lot of confusion when it comes to improving lacrosse speed. The first thing required to improve lacrosse speed is to understand
Curved Running In Sports
If you aren’t training curvilinear sprinting, you’re missing an important part of game speed. When you look around, you’ll start to notice there is a lot of curved running in sports. Most of us think of speed as straight-ahead running.
Load To Explode
It’s a common cue you might hear from a coach. “Load to explode!” That’s because it is fundamental to many sports movements and involves two of the six types of athletic strength. LOADING YOUR MUSCLES Loading is what you see
Warning: Hockey Players Need These 3 Types of Strength
The strength hockey players need to succeed is not always obvious to the casual observer. While lifting big weights like a heavy squat or bench press is impressive, strength is a lot more than just the matter on a barbell
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