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Congratulations on your college acceptance and a successful senior season. Hopefully your high school career ended with a championship win and multiple post season honors; be proud, celebrate and enjoy those moments. It is now time to focus on the future and your potential as a student-athlete. As a recipient of many of these letters [...]
I am sure that you are filled with excitement and anticipation about the upcoming year. You are about to begin the next chapter of your life, which is undoubtedly both thrilling yet terrifying at the same time. There is not too much I can say to ease these feelings of anxiety because when you report [...]
Fitness is key to your success at the Division I level. While it is pertinent to impose upon coach that you are devoted to this team, it is also important to show that same determination for success to your teammates. By being at your peak level of physical fitness at the start of preseason you [...]
How was graduation? Best day of your life, right? I’m hoping you are having lots of fun hanging out with your friends! I’m hoping you are looking forward to summer school as well and finally starting your college career. We are looking forward to having you as a part of this team and it all [...]
Your potential to generate gains in strength and lean muscle is inherited from your genetics. The magnitude of your muscular gains is dictated by how favorable your genetic predisposition is for gaining strength and size. We all have an ultimate ability to gain strength and muscular size. The quality and intensity of exercise and the [...]
The first three years of my college experience have nearly gone by and your first year of college is close to starting. Before you know it, summer will have come and you will be in the midst of a transition from high school to college. From past experience, I am still aware of the anxious [...]
Understanding what your body is doing when you run is important to increasing speed and demonstrating the hard work you put in to develop your conditioning. Many sports are played with a ball at your feet or in your hand, the need to push off of, block, or stay in contact with an opponent, or [...]
Just two years ago I found myself very much in your shoes as an incoming freshman. I was about to enter a whole new world outside my comfort zone. There was nothing more intimidating than the thought of my first preseason as a collegiate athlete. I found myself pondering in my room each morning about [...]
This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a high energy guy working with youth athletes through combine ready pre-professionals and beyond. Kurt Hester serves as D1’s director of training. In addition, he is an active strength and speed consultant for Florida State, Tennessee, Illinois, Ole Miss, Alabama, Nicholls State, Grambling State and Miami. [...]
When you look at all of the things your coach tells you that you need to improve on to help the team next year, you may be overwhelmed. Even coaches struggle with where to fit it all in. Developing athletes and teams takes patience and persistence. Two qualities successful athletes, coaches, and programs hold in [...]