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Who Should Lead Your High-Performance Team

October 10, 2015 | Brandon Marcello, PhD

People often ask me what it takes to be a successful high-performance director, and who should be doing it? Should it be a physician, sports scientist, strength and conditioning coach, athletic trainer, or any other positions one can find on most pro teams today?...

Why Blood Doping is a Good Thing: the Ethics of Athletics vs. the Ethics of Overmatch

Two years ago while visiting the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE) at Ft. Benning, I attended a briefing on “squad...

The Speed Ladder Can Be a Valuable Tool if Used Correctly

What if I didn’t have a thorough understanding of a hammer, its purpose, and how it should be used? Would I view it as a valuable tool in...

Are the Terms “Tactical Athlete” or “Warrior Athlete” Applicable, or Do They Need Further Considerat

War isn’t NASCAR; not everyone drives the same tanks, shoots the same weapons, nor wears the same body armor. War isn’t a level athletic...

Collegiate or Private Sector?

Over the years, individuals have asked me a number of times about the differences between the collegiate world and private sector. I...

Building Your Athlete One Tool at a Time

It takes many tools to build a house. No tool is superior to another, and each tool plays a very particular role throughout the...

Do You Need A Navy SEAL?

The Navy SEALs - a group of elite operators who continue to sacrifice themselves to preserve our freedom. To be transparent, I believe...

I Just Interviewed You for a Job, and You May Not Even Have Realized It.

I just returned from speaking at the 2015 NSCA Coaches Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, and evidently this was the largest turnout in...

My 6 Principles to Progressing Programs

“Methods there are many, principles but few, methods often change, principles never do.” This quote is a modified and more recognizable...

Do You Know, or Do You Understand?

I cannot place a premium on continuing education. Striving to learn as much as possible to better yourself and seeking to perfect your...

Sondheim's Sound Advice

In the world of American musical theatre, fewer people are better known than Stephen Sondheim. Recently HBO aired a one-hour and twenty...

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