In these video clips you will see Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril going through some positional drills with Jim in preparation for the 2012 season. The drills in these clips are perfect for you to add to the days you are working on agility with any defensive lineman. Not only are they great for [...]
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Linebacker Positional Drills
January starts the time for combine preparation. Any serious football player both college and high school now will need to start getting ready for Pro Days at there college or a variety of other combines to show scouts what they can do. Below are some video clips of drills Jim has done in the past [...]
Conditioning Games
Lets face it, conditioning is a necessity and sometimes it just sucks. As the athlete you know it’s coming and it’s dreadful. As the coach you often find yourself at a loss for ways to make it more engaging. It doesn’t always have to be the perfect volume and rest periods of sprint intervals. There’s [...]
Internal and External Hip Mobility Evaluation
Having sufficient internal and external rotation in the hips (Hip Mobility) may be benefit or ultimately limit an athletes performance. For the athletes with limited hip mobility, it can be improved by performing basic corrective exercises. Having the ability to open your hips while performing an agile movement can give you the extra edge you [...]
Supplemental Speed Exercises
Supplemental exercises to enhance speed. If you’ve gotten really strong using a solid strength progression program, but haven’t noticed great improvements in your speed, the lesser known exercises shown in this article will transform your strong legs into springs that will propel you forward faster than you ever knew possible. Getting athletes faster has always [...]
Defensive Back Agility
Agility drills for defensive backs. Footwork and hip-turning techniques for teaching defensive backs how to move smoothly. If you spend any time working with football players and coaches, you constantly hear them talking about the hips and footwork of their athletes, especially defensive backs. I can’t tell you how many times I listen to coaches [...]
Wil Fleming – Speed & Agility Drills Defined
Speed & Agility Drills Defined – How do you go about selecting speed and agility drills for your athletes daily use and instruction? If you were like me you would choose the ones that you like, equal parts lateral and linear and then write them in the program. You would probably use some progressions from [...]
Research Review: NFL Combine Testing
Our friend and Advisory Council member, Bret Contreras, has teamed up with Chris Beardsley to launch a product they call a “strength & conditioning research review service.” Basically, they read a ton of research, review each study, and compile the findings into one, easily-readable page. They do this for dozens of studies, and compile it [...]
Vision Training is Now Practical and Meaningful
Training an athlete’s vision has come up over and over again through the years. Books have been written about it. Products have been created. Programs have been proposed. Unfortunately, there has never been a proven method that was easy to implement, practical to use and affordable. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Nike headquarters [...]
How Do I Run Faster?
Athletes and coaches often ask me questions about how to run faster. Because I’ve written a lot about the subject, I understand why they’re asking, but the answer can get a little complicated. Some athletes spend years working on speed development, and there are so many factors that it’s difficult to answer the question quickly. [...]
Plyometrics: Progressing to Advanced Skill and Intensity
To build on our previous plyometric video, here we discuss some coaching tips that may be extremely important for progressing to more intense plyometric exercises. If you saw the last video, you should notice the progression from those beginning plyometrics to these more advanced exercises. Hopefully these videos allow reflection for whether we’re using the [...]
Important Coaching Tips and Principles for Beginning Plyometrics
Plyometrics have been implemented for decades and still there there are some common misconceptions about what they are and what sort of benefit you may be able to get from them. Jim and Adam go over some basic concepts and coaching points for beginning plyometrics. If this is something that you are interested in doing [...]
Change of Direction Mechanics in Speed & Agility Training
Change of direction mechanics are one of the most important and least coached aspects of speed & agility training. This video shows you how to teach COD mechanics and what to look for while athletes are training.
Acceleration Mechanics and Coaching Points – Jim Kielbaso
The ability to accelerate is one of the most important physical attributes an athlete can have. Acceleration has been shown to highly correlate to on-field success, so it’s important that strength and conditioning professionals learn how to develop this ability. In this video, Jim Kielbaso teaches the fundamental principles of acceleration mechanics in a way [...]
12-Weeks to Cardiovascular Health: Part 1
By Fred Fornicola www.premierepersonalfitness.com Getting Ready – An Overall Look When it comes to improving cardiovascular health, many people tend to “wait till tomorrow” and somehow, tomorrow never comes.Many fail to realize the value and importance of improving their cardiovascular/cardiorespiratory systems through direct aerobic and anaerobic type training and therefore, don’t fulfill their overall fitness [...]
Training NFL Players During the Lockout – Jim Kielbaso
Because of the NFL lockout, I’ve been fortunate enough to be working with several players over the past couple of months. Several of the Detroit Lions have gotten together to train with me at Total Performance, and a lot of people have been asking me what they’ve been doing.At this point in their training year, [...]
Agility Drill: 4-cone Up & Over Drill
Jim Kielbaso goes through an agility drill and several variations that can be used for just about any sport. Examples are given for different sports, but the possibilities are endless. The basic concept is to include a short acceleration burst, followed by a change of direction, then another burst. This will allow you to work [...]
Box Jump Technique, Landing & Progression – Kevin McCadam: WVU
Some of the S & C Coaches at West Virginia University have created a new site called www.PushTheGround.com, and they have already posted a lot of great training information. This is an instructional video on Box Jumps that has a lot of good information for anyone thinking about using them in a program. There are [...]
NFL Combine Training: Jeremy Maclin’s Program
Thoughts by Jim Kielbaso This is a very interesting video series about how Jeremy Maclin of the Philadelphia Eagles trained for the NFL Combine. Obviously, you can’t show everything he did in a 7-minute video, but they show a lot of his program and how he went through it. What really got me thinking were [...]
What’s the Fastest Way to Increase Your Speed?
What are the most efficient ways to increase speed? The guys return for another discussion about one of the most common topics in Strength and Conditioning. Everyone gets a turn talking about some training points. If you enjoy talking about strength and conditioning, you probably like to listen to other people talk about it, too. [...]
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