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| Start with these 5 articles from Coach Dunte to learn: – how to get the most from your practice time – how to improve your sprinting speed – how to analyze your own performance – how to identify your weaknesses then fix them in training |
| A Letter To Kenneth (on NOT quitting your sport) |
| Every Athlete Has To Turn Pro – how your habits outside training influence everything |
| What Should I Focus On During Practice? |
| How To Watch Game Film |
| The Simplest Speed Development Plan In The World |
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Latest 100 Articles (newest to oldest)
- The Worst Training Conditions Are “Ideal” Conditions
- When To Train For Strength vs Power Each Year
- Sprinting Is Not “Fast Running” (a brief look at sprinting biomechanics)
- How To Begin Sprinting (as a distance runner)
- Sugar and Fat: Where sports nutrition meets your metabolism
- Health Measures For Adult Athletes: Cholesterol
- A Sprinter In Winter (on training for speed in cold weather)
- Sports Training After Physical Therapy
- SHIFT Speed Drill Warmup, Part 4: Easy Series
- Why Athletes Struggle To Take Advice From Specialists
- SHIFT Speed Drill Warmup, Part 3: Bounce series
- SHIFT Speed Drill Warmup, Part 2: Lunge Series
- SHIFT Speed Drill Warmup, Part 1: A Series
- Recovery Doesn’t Just Happen (re-visited)
- Have Some Standards! (revisited)
- Pivot: Quit Trying To Win At All Costs
- Sprinting Makes You Smarter
- Road Warrior: Training smart while traveling (4)
- Road Warrior: How to get better sleep while traveling (3)
- Road Warrior: How to maintain routines while traveling (2)
- Road Warrior: How to manage frequent travel as an athlete (1)
- How To Reach The Next Level In Your Sport
- The Three Phases Of Off-season For Adult Athletes
- No Cardio For You, Either (Part 2)
- How To Master Your Sport
- Who are Masters athletes?
- No Cardio For Me, Thanks (Part 1)
- Does Your Goal Scare You? Good.
- Masters Athletes and Hamstring Injuries
- When Your Season’s Blown… (on navigating setbacks as an athlete)
- Run Toward Fear (on telling the truth and doing hard things in training)
- The Training That Works For Masters Athletes Works For Everyone
- How to Measure Your Athleticism
- Your Injuries Changed You
- Speed Comes Slowly (on how long it takes to run faster)
- Heat Sickness Hits In Sunshine
- Only The Versatile Survive…So Play Multiple Sports!
- Skills vs Strategy (on leveling up your performance)
- A Letter To Kenneth (on NOT quitting your sport)
- Harsh Reality Is A Gift (a 6 month progress report)
- Physical Therapist As Conditioning Coach
- Heat Sickness Starts At Night
- You’re Already In Rare Air (on injury management)
- The First Coaching Session
- Hurdles Are Hard (a meet report)
- Changing Gears: Open For Business!
- Are You Paying Attention At Practice?
- Your Coach Is A GPS Unit
- How To Do Conditioning Right
- Sports Nutrition Isn’t Complicated
- The ABCs of Speed
- The Warmup As Evaluation
- The Necessary Evil of Ego In Sports
- “Coach, Improve Thy Self”: Part 1 last
- “Coach, Improve Thy Self”: Part 2 third
- “Coach, Improve Thy Self”: Part 3 second
- “Coach, Improve Thy Self”: Part 4 first
- I’m Lying About Supplements
- All of My Training Ideas Are Stolen
- The Difference Between Cyclists and Weightlifters (and Chess Players)
- Every Athlete Has To Turn Pro
- How Is Conditioning Overrated?
- Beautiful Violence
- Training Despite Conditions
- Long Distance Relationships Are Hard (on remote coaching)
- Program Breakdown: Tapering For Tryouts
- The Difference Between Cyclists and Weightlifters
- Could You Coach Yourself?
- Do Athletes Need The Power Clean?
- Should Athletes Deadlift?
- You Should Love Training
- You Don’t Need More Mental Toughness
- A Male Perspective On Periods And Performance
- The Simplest Speed Development Plan In The World
- Recovery Doesn’t Just Happen (5): It’s All About Your Habits
- Recovery Doesn’t Just Happen (4): Make The Moments Count
- Recovery Doesn’t Just Happen (3): Some Injuries Are Dumb, Then There Are Dumb Injuries
- Recovery Doesn’t Just Happen (2): It Starts With Your Habits
- Recovery Doesn’t Just Happen: A series for serious athletes
- Make Up Your Mind! (3) …Highland Games competition report
- How to perform under pressure
- Do Athletes Need to Stretch?
- Am I Doing This Exercise Right?
- How Does A Strength & Conditioning Coach Make Me Better?
- What Should I Focus On During Practice?
- The Best Lifts For Ultimate Players
- One Size Fits One
- To The Athletes I Failed (on experience)
- How Do I Get In Shape For Ultimate?
- How To Watch Game Film
- What’s The Real Goal? (on weaknesses)
- Eating My Own Cooking (on sprinting faster…again)
- What Hurts? Learning Your Body’s Pain Signals pt 4
- What Hurts? Learning Your Body’s Pain Signals pt 3
- What Hurts? Learning Your Body’s Pain Signals pt 2
- What Hurts? Learning Your Body’s Pain Signals pt 1
- This Program Is BORING!
- An Athlete’s 5 Whys (on identifying weaknesses)
- Barbershops & Barbell Clubs (on community)
- Make Up Your Mind! (2) …on performing badly