Adam Ringler

It’s our responsibility to grow future coaches as well as developing your own coaching abilities. You cannot do one without doing the other.  It is vitally important to bring out the best in the people you work with. In our internship program, my mission is to develop the interns,

The ladies came together gathering around the central pillar in our weight room to receive feedback from our strength & conditioning staff regarding the outcome of their mission.  They circled up standing shoulder to shoulder while their hands were still covered in chalk and sweat still pouring down their faces.

Being a leader isn’t a temporary job.  It’s not season position or a typical nine to five.  It isn’t a trait that you can turn on or off at your disposal.  Being a leader is a permanent characteristic that defines a person. Coaches often ask for my

I've wrote about Nike's "Real Women" advertisements in the past via this post here [http://www.adamringler.com/blog/nikes-new-ad-campaign-real-women/].  I've said this before and I'll say it again, what Nike is doing for women athletics is absolutely outstanding.  Now,

Why are athletes still crunching for core development but more importantly why are coaches still programming abdominal crunches and sit-ups?  I don’t think both parties are doing it to spite researches like Stuart McGill, but I got to believe that athletes and coaches just don’t know any better.

What a fantastic quote by Lillian Smith.  Too often coaches get set in a routine that becomes 'comfortable'.  When you ignore current research, advice, science breakthroughs, in relation to your training programs, then it is time to die. Don't neglect research at the expense of comfort.

I'm always excited to share the valuable resources that I use in order to better my knowledge and coaching quality.  One of the most fascinating blogs that I religiously follow is Red's Coaching Blog, operating by Tim "Red" Wakeham from Michigan State University. Tim

Be a Team Player Despite what the formal Wichita State Strength & Conditioning job description specifies, part of my responsibility is protecting the WSU teams’ integrity from opponents and from within.  This may mean preparing the team for the physical and mental difficulties that they will face on the field/

This is where I get the bulk of my program design, writing, implementation changes, research and education done.  This is, quite literally, my home away from home.  I wish I could say my office is Zen-like - it is not.  It's a work in process but its fulfilling

I often explain to athletes that our strength and conditioning program is much like the Tortoise and the Hare analogy.  If we get overly concerned with adding weight and progressing before we have the proper movement patterning, than we're essentially adding fitness on top of dysfunction. Remember, weight

Having the experience to work with both the Wichita State Women's Basketball and Volleyball team, I find this article extremely interesting.  While at first eye glance you may group the characteristics of these two athletes alike, because of the demands of their sport, they are really quite different

What The Five Levels of Leadership Are Level 1: Position (Power) - Given by Company People Follow Because they Have to. Level 2: Permission (Relationships) - Earned People follow because they Want to. People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care. Level