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Research Decode: Decision-Making

Welcome back to the Research Decode. Today’s research breakdown is about how time, skill level, and complexity of the problem influence decision-making and how many mistakes are made. Assessing Human Error Against a Benchmark of Perfection This study used chess as a setting to look at decision-making. Chess has been used previously to look at […]

Research Decode: Elastic Bands and Performance.

Welcome back to the Research Decode. Today’s research breakdown is about the use of elastic band training and performance. Effects of an 8-Week In-Season Elastic Band Training Program on Explosive Muscle Performance, Change of Direction, and Repeated Changes of Direction in the Lower Limbs of Junior Male Handball Players. This study was designed to see […]

Research Decode: Strength, Performance, and Training Methods

Welcome back to the Research Decode. Today’s research breakdown is about different types of training, their impact on performance, and injury performance. Effect of Three Different Muscle Action Training Protocols on Knee Strength Ratios and Performance. This study was designed to compare three different training protocols on hamstring to quadriceps strength balance and functional performance. […]

Friday Recap 5.31.19

Watch this – Canadian Adaptive Water Ski Camp I was helping out at the same location while this camp was taking place and got to meet a couple of the athletes in this video. If you don’t know about adaptive sports or even if you do, it is worth taking the time to watch this. […]

Research Decode: Power and Fatigue During Season

Welcome back to the Research Decode. This time around, we are reviewing a study looking at how the demands of a competitive athletic season impacts power and fatigue.  The Effect of In-Season Demands on Lower-Body Power and Fatigue in Male Collegiate Hockey Players. This study was designed to determine the effects of in-season demands (games, […]

Research Decode: Restrictive Breathing Masks

Welcome, this is a new format we are introducing. New research is always being published about strength and conditioning and sport psychology. New research is good to have but it is often not accessible or engaging. In the research decode, we will look at a couple of recent studies, break down what they found, and, […]

The Friday Recap – 8.17.2018

Welcome to the third edition of the Friday Recap. Read This: Make Recovery Great Again by Jason Brown – Current fitness culture stresses giving 110% though that is not ideal for every situation. This article addresses how recovery is an important piece to athletic development. It requires taking time to integrate into a routine, but this […]

The Friday Recap – 8.10.2018

I hope everyone has had a good week and welcome back for the second edition of the Friday Recap! Read This: It’s OK to Struggle by Brett Jones – Mr. Jones has some great advice in this article. He frames it around physical skills, but the message applies to just about anything. If you are starting […]

The Friday Recap – 8.3.2018

Welcome to the first edition of a new piece we are doing, the Friday Recap! The purpose of this is to share some things we have discovered, read, learned, or whatever. Sometimes it might be new, sometimes it may just be something we remembered, either way we think it is something worth your time. It […]