How to Plan Athlete Recovery during a Sports Season

How to Plan Athlete Recovery during a Sports Season

The in-season period is often the most challenging time for a sports performance coach in the college setting due to limited opportunities for athlete recovery. Frequent competitions, travel, midterms, and other factors make this a very stressful time for both...
Improving Modified Reactive Strength Index Scores

Improving Modified Reactive Strength Index Scores

This article will refer to the Reactive Strength Index – Modified (RSImod) rather than the original Reactive Strength Index (RSI). The calculation for RSImod is jump height divided by time to takeoff in a countermovement jump. RSI refers to jump height divided by...
What Do Your Reactive Strength Index Scores Mean?

What Do Your Reactive Strength Index Scores Mean?

The Reactive Strength Index (RSI), is a high-quality representation of the overall performance in standardized jump tests of neuromuscular status. There are two methods that coaches use to quantify RSI depending on the test that you use. The first ratio is Jump Height...
3 Fundamentals of Athlete Compliance

3 Fundamentals of Athlete Compliance

One of the greatest things to ever happen to me was also one of the worst.  What I mean is it gave me some of the hardest moments of my life, but they were also the most transformative. It was my good fortune to have an outstanding strength coach when I was wrestling...