Three Cycle Strength

In this episode with the director of strength and conditioning for the reigning national champs, Tommy Moffitt details some of the reasons why he has been so successful for so long in the profession he loves, what made the 2019 LSU team so special and how he continues to push the envelope in everything the Tigers do.

There has never been a better time than right now to have an open and honest discussion about racism in athletics, and why diversity is critical to the future we all hope to build.

Corliss Fingers, the director of strength and conditioning at Bethune-Cookman University, shares her experience as a female African-American coach in a profession where there just aren't a lot of coaches who look like her. More importantly, she explains why that's a problem, and how everyone can help in the fight to make athletics more inclusive.

Few people have done more to raise the profile of the high school strength and conditioning coach in recent years than Gary Schofield. In this wide-ranging conversation, he shares what it means to him to be a high school strength coach and what's in the works at the NHSCCA, as well as some perspective and wisdom gained over the course of his career.

In this episode, Zach Fears, the director of strength and conditioning at Southeastern Oklahoma State, shares why he is a firm believer in VBT, what it has done for the SEOSU athletic program and some of the basics you need to know to get started.

Keir Wenham-Flatt took a circuitous route to his current role as the strength coach for William & Mary football. His experience coaching pro rugby athletes all over the world reveals an important truth coaches can benefit from – failure isn't the terrifying outcome we believe it to be.

In this episode, Mike Tucker, strength and conditioning coach for Villanova football, explains how and why he tries to spend more time with his athletes on the field, working drills and exercises that will help them to improve at their in-game craft, for their specific sport and at their individual position.

In this conversation, Diltz shares how this unusual year allowed her the time to self evaluate with honesty and purpose. She shares what she learned and encourages other coaches to be a little selfish in their evaluation, so they can ensure they are giving their best.

Last Wednesday, Calvert High School in Prince Frederick, Maryland returned to strength and conditioning within COVID-19 protocols. Their director of strength and performance, Rick Sneade, speaks about his initial reactions, lessons learned and the preparation that made it possible.

Sneade believes in the power of transformational coaching instead of the smaller-picture, transactional mindset, and it has been a guiding principle through this period of reset and uncertainty. His staff stays ready so they don't have to get ready, and strives to treasure each day as a chance to help their athletes become uncommonly great.

Don Day opens up about the mistakes he made earlier in his career, how he learned from those mistakes and why he feels arrogance presents a huge pitfall for young strength and conditioning coaches.

The director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports at Georgia Southern University seemed to be on the fast track to becoming a high-paid, Power-Five football strength coach. He soon came to realize that's not as important to him as he once thought, and now places community, unity and being a mentor for young athletes above his own career goals.

Faster athletes will cover a multitude of other shortcomings in an athletic program. That's why Lee Weber, the head strength and conditioning and football coach at Rose Hill High School in Kansas, prioritizes training speed in his programming.

Not only does Weber make speed a priority, he has invested some serious time into understanding how to train speed optimally. Heavily influenced by the philosophy of Tony Holler's "Feed the Cats," Weber has made huge strides in helping his athletes find another gear on the field, court and track.