"A second use of neurodoping might be in skill acquisition. Skills learned in the context of anodal tDCS are acquired more rapidly and reproduced more accurately than those learned without."Dr. Davis from Neurodoping: Brain stimulation as a performance-enhancingLooks like the Doping community is ahead of the testing with brain drugs. Years ago nootropics were popular because many of them were le [...]

Performance and Sports Medicine information is the currency, and information now is faster and more demanding than ever. What is the best information? Who has it? How do we validate it? What is private and what should be public? Who do we learn from? What are primary and secondary resources? I recently read Shawn Windle's article on the 40 yard dash and was concerned about the response and what w [...]

"Hence Rose's appearance in the walking boot. They are trying somehow to get the pressure off of that foot. The problem is that this NBA schedule does not allow that to happen." Measuring risk and looking at the big picture, it's always better to appraise risk than to be paying for it later. Pressure mapping with equipment such as the Fscan and Pedar system is an effective way to see what is w [...]

With so many questions requested after the first three posts, including research and validity of different measurements techniques, I wanted to go over some of the research studies and show why many teams struggle to implement technology and evidence based medicine into sport. Going to google scholar and looking up the different methodologies isn't hard, implementing it is another story.The prima [...]

In this installment I wanted people to see the science behind Tensiomyography, so we can understand how this helps sports medicine and how science can help drive innovation with coaching in the sprints. The questions received from users were heavy on that metrics can one get from TMG and how can this help rehabilitation and training. The sensor can pick up the small individual dynamics of the supe [...]

I thought it would interesting to share with you a personal approach to the evolution of strength training as I have seen it using my experiences as an athlete and coach who has been involved in strength training for 50 years. When I began weight training in 1963, it was not commonly accepted as a method of training, in fact weight training was discouraged. There were concerns that you would becom [...]

Short of sorcery, there's just no way to know. Yet that hasn't stopped Conte from attempting to build a crystal ball anyway. "In a post-Moneyball world," he says, "injury risk assessment is the final frontier."-ESPNThe five main metrics that should be included in the MLB are not going to happen, because objective data is not always on the side of those that are collecting it. Instead of the [...]

I can't help but wonder if Moneyball is an inside joke, especially after reading the Stan Conte article in ESPN the magazine. Recently some photos of MLB spring training demonstrated that the boys will be boys and nobody wants to admit that training in professional baseball (major league level) is not much different than the local Zumba class. I honestly feel bad for professional strength and con [...]

So what are we to believe? After reading the Sparta Point 10/31 and Eric Cressey's discovery with lateral movements with increasing pitching velocities, I think it's time to figure out what is really going on with developing baseball pitchers. I have seen baseball pitchers throw close to a hundred with no training besides some warm-up jogging before games and perhaps some pre-game stretching. No [...]

A friend of mine who coaches in professional baseball told me this story the other day. I wanted to share it with you because I thought it was priceless. He was frustrated with a player’s inability to make a decision no matter if it was quick decision on the field or a simple day-to-day life decisions. So he decided to use the old glass of water metaphor. So he put a glass of water on the table [...]