James Roncal, MS PhD Candidate, Department of Kinesiology and Sports Management Texas Tech University The landscape of youth athletics has undergone a seismic shift from seasonal recreation to year-round, high-intensity Early Sport Specialization (ESS). While this trend aims to fast-track elite performance, it has inadvertently sparked a health crisis among adolescent female athletes, who are presenting with overuse injuries at an alarming and disproportionate rate. I chose t

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repost from November 26, 2018 About a year ago one of my athletes sent me a link to a video from Kelly Starrett wherein he was having a...

If asked what standard I coach when I ask an athlete to perform a back squat my answer is simple.  Bar across the shoulder girdle, grip a...

January 12, 2014 For decades, we've been lead to believe that the use of vegetable oil in our cooking is much healthier for us than what...

Got a marketing email from Wodify (our box management service) a couple of months ago advertising a new service they offer where you can...