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Off Season Throwing Program For Baseball Players

Baseball season is right around the corner here in the south and it is time to “knock the cobwebs off” and start the process for our spring season.  With that upon us, it is now time to resume our baseball … Read More

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Happy Thanksgiving & Check Out This Dunk!

Vertical Jump

5’8″ High School Senior Shows Off Impressive 44″ Max Vertical 

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Enjoy your day and enjoy your families!

I wanted to send you a video of one of our athletes very impressive dunks!  … Read More

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Guest Post by 6X Baseball State Champ Coach Andy Hallett

As baseball season approaches I will begin sending more on my training programs for baseball athletes.  Also Coach Andy Hallett will be a regular contributor to our mailing list.  Coach Hallett has been the head baseball coach of AC Flora Read More

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Podcasts

For the past year or so I have been really getting into listening to podcasts.  I like to listen to them for entertainment, for strength and conditioning education and for business education.

Some of my favorites are:

The Staley and Read More

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NBA Combine Testing

I truly believe I have the best job in the world. I get to work with athletes of all ages to help maximize their potential.  I work with young youth athletes, lots of high school athletes, college athletes and even … Read More

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Coaching Take Aways From Coach Smith – Oak Hill Academy

Learning takeaways from the greatest high school basketball coach of all time – Coach Steve Smith – Oak Hill Academy

Every year for the past nine years I have been honored to work the Oak Hill Academy Basketball Camp. At … Read More

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Let’s Connect

I want to thank all of you that have signed up for our blog. I know I have met many of you at conferences, clinics or camps and want to let you know where I will be the rest of Read More

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The Biggest Mistake That I Have Made as a Coach and How You Can Avoid Them

When I first started as a strength coach, I felt that I always had to create my own athletic performance program independently, instead of reaching out to other strength coaches and learning from them. I made many mistakes when I … Read More

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3 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR VERTICAL JUMP THIS OFF SEASON (Part 2)

As mentioned in last week’s Blog available at www.TheAthleteMaker.com ,in order to jump high and run fast an athlete must be able to produce power. Power is the product of force times velocity . The velocity portion can also be … Read More

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