Returning From Injury: Rehabilitation Principles
How rehabilitation is structured after a football injury, why criteria beat calendars, and what players, parents and coaches should expect from the return-to-play process.
How rehabilitation is structured after a football injury, why criteria beat calendars, and what players, parents and coaches should expect from the return-to-play process.
Supplements are everywhere in football locker rooms and online. This guide explains what they are, what the risks are for young athletes, what rules apply and what to do before taking anything.
Can kids lift weights? A plain look at what pediatric and strength organizations say, how to start young players safely, what to avoid and how to spot a good program.
No weights, no problem. Learn how to build strength, power and conditioning for football with your own body weight, including progressions, sample workouts and common mistakes.
Watching film is practice you can do without pads. Here is how players turn video into improvement, with ways to watch, what to write down and how to build a routine at any level.
Football is played between the ears as well as on the field. Learn practical mental skills, from focus cues and breathing to visualization and pre-snap routines, and how to practice them.
Summer conditioning can be dangerous if the heat is ignored. Learn how acclimatization works, how to judge conditions, how to spot heat illness and what to do in an emergency.
A guide to preparing for the NFL Scouting Combine and similar pre-draft testing: what is measured, how to build a timeline, what to practice and how to handle interviews and medical exams.
The pro agility shuttle and the three-cone drill measure how well a player changes direction. Learn how each is run, the technique behind a fast time and how to train for both.
How the vertical jump is measured, what makes it go up, and a practical way to train it with strength work, jumps and landing practice without overloading your joints.
The 40-yard dash is a few seconds long and made of several skills. Here is how the start, the drive phase and top speed are trained, and how to practice without getting hurt.
Football is played with the hands. Here is how grip strength helps carriers, catchers, tacklers and linemen, the four kinds of grip to train, useful exercises and how to avoid overworking the forearms.