How to Train and Improve Reactive Strength Index (RSI) for Athletes
How to Train Reactive Strength Index (RSI) for Athletes If you want to build real explosiveness — not just strength that looks good on paper — you need to understand and
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Why High School Athletes Need More Than Weightlifting: The Role of Plyometric Training for Athletes
The Role of Plyometric Training for Athletes If you’ve been around high school sports long enough, you’ve seen the same strength and conditioning model repeated over and over again. Lift heavy.
Youth Speed Training: How Young Athletes Should Be Training Speed
Youth Speed Training: How Young Athletes Should Be Training Speed If you spend five minutes on social media, you’ll see it: slow-motion sprint clips, hyper-technical cueing, ladder drills with ten variations,
How We Use Speed Gates to Make Athletes Faster
How We Use Speed Gates to Make Athletes Faster At Overtime Athletes, speed isn’t something we test once and hope improves. Speed is something we train, expose, reinforce, and demand every
How to Master the Bulgarian Split Squat: Form, Variations, and Benefits for Athletes
Why Every Athlete Benefits From These Bulgarian Split Squat Variations for Performance If you want to build lower-body strength that actually carries over to speed, jumping, and game-day performance, the Bulgarian
How Elite Athletes Warm Up for Linear Speed: A Coach’s Guide
How Elite Athletes Warm Up for Linear Speed: A Coach’s Guide If there’s one thing we see consistently at Overtime Athletes, it’s this: most athletes are leaving speed on the table because
How Athletes Can Maximize Athletic Performance in 2026
How Athletes Can Maximize Athletic Performance in 2026 If you’re serious about your sport, 2026 has to be the year you maximize your athletic performance. Too many athletes plateau because they
Deceleration Exercises for Athletes: How to Cut Harder and Reduce Injury Risk
Deceleration Exercises for Athletes: Stop Faster and Stay Healthier Deceleration exercises train an athlete’s ability to absorb force, stop efficiently, and re-accelerate—making them essential for speed, change of direction, and injury
Sports Technology vs Elite Coaching for Athletic Performance
Sports Technology and Athletic Performance: Why Elite Coaching Still Wins Sports technology has exploded over the last decade. Force plates, speed gates, GPS tracking, velocity-based training, wearables, and data dashboards are