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Strength Coach Ego Check: Rediscover Who You Are

by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | May 17, 2018 | Elite FTS, External Posts, https://www.elitefts.com/education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/coaching/

I had a conversation with Coach Jeff Ward that not only humbled me, but shook me to my core. I thought I had been focused on convictions, but ego had slipped into the driver’s seat.

4 Rules of Training Professional Athletes (with Off-Season Program Sample)

by Unbreakable Athletics Academy | May 15, 2018 | Elite FTS, External Posts, https://www.elitefts.com/education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/coaching/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/training/program-design/

Four years ago I got a phone call about training a local kid who had just been cut by the Atlanta Falcons and wanted to make his move back to the NFL. Here are my four rules of training professional athletes and what I did with Roosevelt...

WATCH: From Collegiate Defensive Lineman to NFL Fullback — Brian Saunders Transforms Roosevelt Nix

by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | May 15, 2018 | Elite FTS, External Posts, https://www.elitefts.com/education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/coaching/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/video/

Making it to the NFL isn’t easy. It’s even harder when you’re changing positions from the one that made you so successful in college.

Stronger Necks, Fewer Concussions

by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | May 9, 2018 | Elite FTS, External Posts, https://www.elitefts.com/education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/coaching/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/exercise-index/

Neck training can be done with isometric or range of motion exercises, performed self-administered, working with a partner, or with equipment. I’ve recently begun to trial a new device to take this training even...

Athletes and Strength Training Technique

by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | May 6, 2018 | Elite FTS, External Posts, https://www.elitefts.com/education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/, https://www.elitefts.com/education/coaching-education/coaching/

Because an athlete’s focus is sports performance, they may be less concerned with consistency in strength training, or they may harbor a false belief that having great technique during weight training is relatively unimportant. Change...