Athletic Lab's Director of Scholastic Training, Matt Hunter, gives insight into a model for long term athletic development. Along the way, he covers training injured athletes, the use of games in training, and thoughts on periodizing training for youth athletes.

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Training Youth Athletes with Matt Hunter - Insight Into Athletic Lab's LTAD Model

Coach Matt Hunter explains the differences in training change of direction ability vs. Agility and how to start/progress training.

Change of Direction Progressions and Considerations with Coach Matt Hunter

Coach Greg Gustin reviews an article by John Grace, originally posted on Fitforfutbol.com about how to simplify the athlete monitoring starter pack.

The Athlete Monitoring Start-up Kit

Coach John Evans picks Coach Mike Young's brain about how limb length matters in sprinting.

Limb Length Matters for Sprinters

In the latest episode of the Sports Performance Podcast, Ivan talks with Dr. John Kiely, Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance at the UCLAN Coaching & Performance Institute. This is Part 2 of a two part series.

Dr. John Kiely returns for Sport Performance Podcast 17.2

In the latest episode of the Sports Performance Podcast, Ivan talks with Dr. John Kiely, Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance at the UCLAN Coaching & Performance Institute. This is Part 1 of a two part series.

All things Periodization with Dr. John Kiely

Greg Gustin sits down to expand upon a previous article he wrote for elitetrack.com on Reactive Strength, as well as offer a preview of his upcoming presentation at the High-Performance Athletic Development Conference on May 26-27 at Athletic Lab.

Reactive Strength as a Performance Measure

In episode 16 of the Sport Performance Podcast, Ivan talks with Dr. Shona Halson of the Australian Institute of Sport about Sleep quality, quantity, and other recovery methods for athletes. Here is the full list of the topics covered in this episode: - Background, education, and experience - Sleep quantity vs quality - Best methods to assess sleep outside the lab - Full vs partial sleep deprivation - Nutrition influence on sleep quality and quantity - Recovery strategies for athletes while traveling - Water immersion - Inter-individual variability - External vs internal load monitoring - Where to find Shona

Sleep Quality for Athletes: SPP Episode #16 with Dr. Shona Halson

Agility training is commonly mistaken simply as scripted cone drills and lateral changes in direction when, in fact, it's much more than that. Coaches Mike Young, Matt Hunter, and Greg Gustin discuss the mistakes coaches are making and how to make sure your agility sessions are covering all aspects of agility.

Agility Training: Facts & Fallacies Part 3

Speed training is commonly misunderstood in team sports and usually what is dubbed speed training isn't speed training at all. Coaches Mike Young, Matt Hunter, and Greg Gustin discuss the mistakes coaches are making and how to make sure your speed sessions are actually going to make your athletes faster. This is part of Discussions in the Lab Episode 11, in a series we are dubbing "Facts & Fallacies" and is based on our previous Discussions in the Lab Episode 10 (released on our Podcast) in which we talked about other commonly used and commonly misused training methods. Please help us continue to bring you valuable training content by liking, sharing, and/or rating our videos and podcasts! Thanks for Listening!

Speed Training for Team Sports: Facts & Fallacies Part 2

The Vertimax is a popular, albeit very expensive tool used by many Strength and Conditioning Coaches. In this episode of Discussions in the Lab, we are talking about the facts and fallacies of Training. In Part 1, learn why you’ll never see a Vertimax inside Athletic Lab and why our athletes still jump high and run fast.

You don’t need a Vertimax

Competing is important for both goal oriented and process oriented athletics and can be a fun and rewarding experience for fitness or CrossFit enthusiasts as well. If you enjoy doing the Olympic lifts in your training (Snatch and Clean and Jerk) then you should be competing in the sport of Weightlifting!

Why you should be competing

John did a quick interview with Chinese Women’s Volleyball strength coach Rett Larson on preparing them for the Rio Olympics and ultimately winning Gold.

Winning gold at Rio Olympics with Rett Larson - Chines Women's Volleyball Strength Coach

Unstable Surface Training is often mistaken for functional, or even sport specific training. Yet almost all sports are played on a solid, stable surface. So what is the value in this type of training and is there ever a place for it? Greg, John, and Matt have the answer in this final part of our Discussions in the Lab Episode 10

Unstable Surface Training

Velocity Based Training: SPP Episode #15 with Dr. Bryan Mann

Velocity Based Training

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