TeamBuildr is here to disrupt how players and coaches conduct off-season and in-season strength and conditioning.
Exercise programming and periodization for off-season and in-season training play a huge role in the desired outcomes that a strength and conditioning coach wants to see in their athletes. Strength coaches should be well aware of Newton’s third law, “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” In athletics, force production is crucial […]
As a high school football coach, what does mental toughness mean to me? My definition of mental toughness is a person’s ability to not only overcome a tough situation but to strive toward success. This is one of the core characteristics I try to teach in the weight room and on the football field, but […]
I’m sure most of you have read or seen the fable making its rounds on the internet about the young Native American boy asking his grandfather to explain why people are good and evil. For those of you who haven’t, I’ll give you the Reader’s Digest version. Essentially, the grandfather explains that everyone has two […]
I had a great conversation over the weekend with my buddy, Todd Hamer who is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Robert Morris University. He helped me to realize that a stronger and more conditioned athlete should not be my focus as the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Heritage High School, but the byproduct. […]
I will never claim to be an “expert” in nutrition. But what I can say is I’ve been through a myriad of diets and gained valuable experience from each one. To give you an idea of my nutrition adventures, I’ve dabbled in paleo, vegan, vegetarian, carb cycling, stupidity no carbs, 80/20, detoxes, juice cleanses, intermittent fasting, […]
Becoming a head strength & conditioning coach at the college level at 24 years old is a rare opportunity. Becoming a head strength coach with the opportunity to build your own program pretty much from scratch is even more rare. Once the warm and fuzzy feeling wears off from seeing your name on the office […]
Most people hate change. To the majority of people, the thought of altering processes, ideas, skills, rules, etc. is horrifying. It’s easier to just remain stagnant and comfortable where you are in life, just moseying right along. Notice I said most people. If you’re reading this, you most likely are a strength coach, which automatically […]
A successful high school strength and conditioning program is one that meets the most specific needs of the multi-sport athletes and the students in your school. Yes, I said multi-sport athletes. If you are in a school with a ton of single sport athletes then you have to really work with your sport coaches to […]
Two coaches open up about what they learned this season as first time high school strength coaches. This is Part 2 of a two-part article series on strength coaching in a high school football setting. Being a high school football strength coach has to be one of the most rewarding jobs ever, however if you […]
Two coaches open up about what they learned this season as first time high school strength coaches. This is Part 1 of a two-part article series on strength coaching in a high school football setting. “Fall 2016 was my first year as a high school strength coach for Pope John XXIII High School in northern […]
