Explore the topics

Practical reading for coaches and sports performance practitioners. Explore the areas below to find articles, videos, and coaching perspectives from Adam Ringler.

Strength and conditioning

Programming and physical preparation in the context of real coaching environments.

• Aerobic conditioning in women’s basketball — a video discussion of off-season conditioning and its place alongside strength training.
• The coaching curve in collegiate strength and conditioning — reflections on programming, execution, and communication.

Sport science and athlete monitoring

Testing, measurement, and the questions that connect performance information to coaching practice.

• Understanding force plate testing in basketball — an introduction to the technology and its coaching applications.
• RSI-modified in women’s basketball — a video exploring jump height, contraction time, and ForceDecks results.

Performance technology and data

How performance teams organize information and make technology useful in their daily work.

• Data architectures in athlete management systems — a video on data lakes, warehouses, lakehouses, and build-versus-buy considerations.
• Sport analytics in collegiate coaching — connecting analysis to the decisions coaches make.

Coaching and leadership

Relationships, attention, professional growth, and the human side of performance.

• The weight room mirror — self-awareness, trust, and coaching culture.
• So you want to be a collegiate strength coach? — lessons from the daily work of collegiate coaching.

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