Small Sided Games For American Football

Small Sided Games For American Football

Small-sided games (SSG) have become a well-known practice in coaching circles due to its implementation and success in sports like European football (soccer), rugby and basketball. Coaches have leaned towards SSG because it provides athletes with opportunities to...
Skill is a Search

Skill is a Search

It was Nikolai Bernstein who first proposed that practice is, “the process toward the achievement of new motor habits is in the gradual success of a search for optimal motor solutions to the appropriate problems” (Bernstein, 1967). With this context, it can be...
It’s More Than Just Warmth

It’s More Than Just Warmth

Bruce Lee once said, “Honestly expressing yourself…now, it is very difficult to do. I mean it is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky and be flooded with a cocky feeling and then feel pretty cool…or I can make all kinds of phony things, you know what...
Reshaping the Weight Room

Reshaping the Weight Room

Variation in exercises is an important way to prevent long-lasting imbalances and asymmetries (Wormhoudt et. al., 2018).  The above delineates one of the many reasons why a repetition without repetition approach in the warm-up and weight room is such a valuable...