Guide to Sleep Management in Athletes

Guide to Sleep Management in Athletes

Sleep is an essential part of recovery that nearly every coach wants optimized, yet administering a support solution for a full roster of athletes is a major obstacle. Due to the popularity of sleep education and sleep monitoring, this Academy Guide will focus more on...
The Academy Guide to Vertical Jump Testing

The Academy Guide to Vertical Jump Testing

The group of vertical jump tests is easy to perform for assessments of both lower-extremity explosiveness and raw talent. (Tests can be administered with equipment as simple as a smartphone, or as specific as a force plate; jump test equipment will be discussed later...
The Academy Guide to One-Repetition Maximum Testing

The Academy Guide to One-Repetition Maximum Testing

One-repetition maximum tests are practical assessments of athlete strength and power. Because of their simplicity and supporting research, strength testing is popular throughout sport. After one-rep maximum tests are completed, coaches can use the information to...
Guide to Sports Concussion

Guide to Sports Concussion

Both the awareness of and research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) in sport are growing, and this Academy Guide covers the responsibility of concussion management. Internationally, the desire to reduce the incidence and severity of injury is present in the performance...
Subjective Internal Load Monitoring

Subjective Internal Load Monitoring

Monitoring fatigue, effort, and musculoskeletal strain is essential to modern sport. Subjective indicators—those that rely on athlete feedback—are inexpensive and practical options for professionals that require information on how the athlete is handling the training...