http://www.athletesacceleration.com Speed training is becoming crucial in an increasingly competitive sports environment, so athletes in every sport must learn the skills that produce results. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:57:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Believe it or not OnlineBodyByBoyle has been live for over a year now. In the past 14 months the site has evolved into a diverse database of educational content from the best minds in the industry. When Mike Launched the website back in October 2010, the plan was to create the ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/the-best-strength-conditioning-resource/ By Mike Roussell, PhD Nutrition is a funny thing for your athletes. They don’t pay enough attention to it. You don’t have the time or resources to address it and it could arguable make the biggest impact on their performance. So how can you use the little time you have to ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/simple-nutrition-coaching-for-your-players/ If you didn't compete as a hurdler, you probably struggle teaching the event more than you do with the sprints. OK, I'm talking about myself... But, even if you were a hurdler, as my mentor told me the day he hired me many moons ago, "Just because you ran fast doesn't mean you ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/hurdle-training-program/ I wanted to share a great article Eric Cressey wrote about the things that almost always are the reasons people don't get stronger. I also wanted to let you know that Eric just added an additional Bonus for you if you buy during his World Series Sale for his best selling ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/five-reasons-you-arent-getting-stronger/ Youth Strength and Conditioning: Systems, not just Sets and Reps By: Eric Cressey Back in November of 2010, a good buddy of mine who is a very accomplished college strength coach came up to Boston for a seminar we were holding at Cressey Performance. The seminar was on a Sunday, but ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/youth-strength-and-conditioning/ This past summer I had the opportunity to collaborate with the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA) in creating their recently released Youth Speed and Agility Specialist (YSAS) Certification Course. Combining the expertise of myself, Dave Jack and Dr. Toby Brooks, I feel confident saying that the final result is the definitive ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/speed-agility-program/ On Monday night, I'm doing a teleseminar on the topic of Speed and Agility. During the call, I'll explain, among other things, why I've stop using 'speed drills' in the conventional sense. It's true. I used to teach every speed drill in the book. Now, I don't. Watch this video to find out more: As ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/re-stop-doing-speed-drills/ To succeed, athletes in team (field & court) sports must develop two skill sets: 1. Sport specific skill (how to play that specific sport) 2. Athletic  movement skill But most team sport coaches only focus on sport specific skill, ignoring athletic development. It doesn't matter why, it only matters that most young athletes ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/critical-skill-for-team-sport-athletes/ Just a quick message that I wanted to share with you. If you run gym or are even thinking about opening your own place some day, you need to check this out. My friend Alwyn Cosgrove runs the most profitable gym in the country. What makes this more impressive is that gyms ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/the-death-of-personal-training/ The 2011 International Youth Conditioning Association Summit has just been announced and Athletes Acceleration's own Coach Latif Thomas will be speaking this year. The event takes place in Louisville, KY on July 29-30th. Here is the list of the other great coaches and trainers that will also be presenting: Pat Rigsby, Carlo Alvarez, ... http://www.athletesacceleration.com/2011-iyca-summit/