Mechanisms and Trainability of Peripheral Fatigue in Grappling
This article explores the mechanistic basis of peripheral fatigue and proposes strength and conditioning strategies aimed at attenuating the grappling-induced decline in force-generating capacity and endurance of the forearms and hands. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - August 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Review Source Type: research
Dynamic Correspondence of the Hang Power Clean to Skating Starts in Men's Ice Hockey
The transfer of training of the hang power clean to skating starts in men's ice hockey was evaluated applying Verkhoshansky and Siff's proposed criteria of dynamic correspondence to the existing research. A relatively high degree of dynamic correspondence was evidenced throughout the criteria, although with a consideration of the sagittal plane alone. Based on this evaluation, the use of the hang power clean in training increases ice hockey players' capacity to express their skill through an improvement in peak force output and an increase in rate of force development in lower limb extension and is therefore recommended to...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - August 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Variables in Designing a Workout
Strength and conditioning professionals need to remember the fundamental principles that their profession is based on. Workouts are composed of a host of decisions made, which have been called the “acute program variables.” Choices made within each of these variable domains will affect the stimuli that the workout provides to the body's physiological and adaptive needs. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Inside the Box Source Type: research
Bodyweight BOSU Ball Exercises
A growing trend in strength and conditioning is the execution of traditional exercises on instability devices. With the addition of these implements, there is a greater challenge to maintain stability and balance. Implementing a device, such as the BOSU ball, may provide benefits to individuals rehabilitating from an injury, older individuals, and those looking to increase overall health benefits. Thus, this column provides detailed descriptions of the proper technique, advanced progressions, and exercise prescription for 4 bodyweight BOSU ball exercises. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Exercise Technique Source Type: research
Assessing Group-Based Changes in High-Performance Sport. Part 1: Null Hypothesis Significance Testing and the Utility of p Values
The role of a strength and conditioning coach (SCC) has evolved over the last 10 years to accommodate the large influx of data now available. As such, today's SCC must extend their skill set to include data analysis, understanding the validity and utility of p values, effect sizes, confidence intervals, and terms such as the smallest worthwhile change, and minimal difference. The aim of part one of this 2-part review is to define and discuss the utility of null hypothesis significance testing, p values, and error rates. In part 2, we introduce effect sizes, measures of variability, and confidence intervals, culminating in ...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Effects of Isolated and Combined Ingestion of Sodium Bicarbonate and β-Alanine on Combat Sports Athletes' Performance: A Systematic Review
This systematic review analyzed the isolated and combined effects of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and beta-alanine (β-alanine) supplementation on combat sports athletes' performance. Using the PRISMA guidelines, studies were identified through 3 databases and only 10 articles were included, 6 investigated the isolated ingestion of NaHCO3, 3 investigated isolated ingestion of β-alanine, whereas only 1 investigated the coingestion of NaHCO3 and β-alanine on combat sports performance. The results showed that both acute isolated ingestion and chronic isolated ingestion of NaHCO3 and chronic β-alanine are effective to improv...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Review Source Type: research
Assessing Interlimb Asymmetries: Are We Heading in the Right Direction?
This article aims to outline the potential options available for practitioners and researchers regarding the quantification, monitoring, and interpretation of interlimb asymmetries. A video abstract is available for this article (http://links.lww.com/SCJ/A296). (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Importance of Ability-Based Training for Law Enforcement Recruits
This article provides a literature review regarding current training practices, and the associated limitations, specific to recruits during academy. Collectively, this information indicates the need for ability-based, individualized training for recruits during academy, which is not always the model adopted for a variety of reasons. Practical applications relative to this analysis, in addition to examples for aerobic/anaerobic conditioning and resistance training programs, are presented. These programs feature exercises that are modifiable depending on the fitness of recruits. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
The Importance of the Foot and Ankle in Athletic Performance
Many strength and conditioning specialists prescribe exercises that use the major extensor muscles in the leg and thigh to help their athletes develop lower-body strength and power. Although this is important, an often neglected focus is specifically using and training the foot and ankle, which has shown to affect athletic performance. The purpose of this article is to: (a) provide the reader with researched information on how the foot and ankle impact athletic performance, and (b) provide practical applications for how to improve the function of the foot and ankle. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Review Source Type: research
Effects of Training on Sand or Hard Surfaces on Sprint and Jump Performance of Team-Sport Players: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
We examined the effectiveness of training on sand and compared the effects of sand and hard surface training programs on the sprint and jump performance of team-sport players. PubMed MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science databases were used in the literature search. A total of 377 records were initially identified, and 6 studies comprising 136 athletes were included in the meta-analysis. Precomparisons and postcomparisons showed that sand training interventions were effective at improving both jump and sprint capacities. When comparing sand and hard surfaces, no significant differences in favor of any of the interventio...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Review Source Type: research
A Coaching Session Framework to Facilitate Long-Term Athletic Development
This article overviews a coaching session framework built around the following components: raise, activate, mobilize, prepare, activity, games, evaluate (RAMPAGE). The framework provides practitioners with information on what can be planned and delivered and when within a coaching session, across multiple ages and stages of development within multiple contexts (e.g., physical education and talent development). (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Cueing the Youth Athlete During Strength and Conditioning: A Review and Practical Application
Verbal cues are tools used by practitioners in developing a youth athlete's motor skill abilities. External cues may optimize athletic performance and movement competencies in adults with trends for youth athletic populations following suit. However, maturation, training age, and cognitive age may interact with the efficacy of cues used. To better assist practitioners working with youth, this article reviews current empirical evidence on how youth populations respond or may respond to cues and offers practical applications. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Noncontact Knee Soft-Tissue Injury Prevention Considerations and Practical Applications for Netball Players
This article provides insight into noncontact knee injury–related aspects of netball and gives detailed suggestions for injury prevention screening and programming. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Incorporating Unilateral Variations of Weightlifting and Powerlifting Movements Into the Training Program of College-Level Dancers to Improve Stability
Properly structured resistance training can induce sport-specific neuromuscular adaptations, such as muscular strength, power, neuromuscular coordination, and joint range of motion in competitive athletes. Adapting traditional weightlifting and powerlifting-associated resistance exercises to be performed unilaterally can also be used to enhance stability. The purpose of this training program is to introduce weightlifting and powerlifting-associated exercises to members of a college-level dance team, with the goal to incorporate unilateral variations of these exercises to enhance stability in preparation for a dance perform...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - June 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
The Pallof Press
The use of core training is very common in the field of strength and conditioning. The Pallof press is one such exercise, which is considered a transverse plane or trunk rotation exercise. The use of this trunk-based exercise is implemented in strength and conditioning programs to aid in core stability. Exercise technique and the benefits of this exercise have been described in this article. The key coaching points for each position along with a progression and regression continuum for the Pallof press have also been outlined. This continuum along with the suggested programming can be used by practitioners to aid in lumbop...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - April 1, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Exercise Technique Source Type: research
