Athletic Lab Audio Inventory

Coach Matt Hunter explains the differences in training change of direction ability vs. Agility and how to start/progress training.

Coach Greg Gustin reviews an article by John Grace, originally posted on Fitforfutbol.com about how to simplify the athlete monitoring starter pack.

Coach John Evans picks Coach Mike Young's brain about how limb length matters in sprinting.

In the latest episode of the Sports Performance Podcast, Ivan talks with Dr. John Kiely, Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance at the UCLAN Coaching & Performance Institute. This is Part 2 of a two part series.

In the latest episode of the Sports Performance Podcast, Ivan talks with Dr. John Kiely, Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance at the UCLAN Coaching & Performance Institute. This is Part 1 of a two part series.

Greg Gustin sits down to expand upon a previous article he wrote for elitetrack.com on Reactive Strength, as well as offer a preview of his upcoming presentation at the High-Performance Athletic Development Conference on May 26-27 at Athletic Lab.

In episode 16 of the Sport Performance Podcast, Ivan talks with Dr. Shona Halson of the Australian Institute of Sport about Sleep quality, quantity, and other recovery methods for athletes. Here is the full list of the topics covered in this episode:

- Background, education, and experience

- Sleep quantity vs quality

- Best methods to assess sleep outside the lab

- Full vs partial sleep deprivation

- Nutrition influence on sleep quality and quantity

- Recovery strategies for athletes while traveling

- Water immersion

- Inter-individual variability

- External vs internal load monitoring

- Where to find Shona

Agility training is commonly mistaken simply as scripted cone drills and lateral changes in direction when, in fact, it's much more than that.

Coaches Mike Young, Matt Hunter, and Greg Gustin discuss the mistakes coaches are making and how to make sure your agility sessions are covering all aspects of agility.

Speed training is commonly misunderstood in team sports and usually what is dubbed speed training isn't speed training at all.

Coaches Mike Young, Matt Hunter, and Greg Gustin discuss the mistakes coaches are making and how to make sure your speed sessions are actually going to make your athletes faster. This is part of Discussions in the Lab Episode 11, in a series we are dubbing "Facts & Fallacies" and is based on our previous Discussions in the Lab Episode 10 (released on our Podcast) in which we talked about other commonly used and commonly misused training methods.

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