Video Library: Develop athletes who are as strong mentally as they are physically.
Unlock a world of drills and visual resources that cover the full spectrum of athlete performance. In the PDCA Video Library, you will find resources to improve technical skills, performance analysis, mental resilience in athletes, athlete conditioning and recovery, practice planning, and coach development.Visit the Video Library
Document Hub: Level Up Your Coaching Toolkit.
Now live, this page is your go-to source for sport science research, expert coaching articles, and downloadable resources designed to give you the knowledge and tools you need to strengthen your program and make confident coaching decisions.Visit the Document Hub
Featured: The Science of Elite Diving
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Weekly Resource Highlight: Fueling for Performance
Ever notice how many athletes talk more about being lean than being fueled? According to research in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, that mindset is directly linked to slower recovery, more injuries, and a loss of power. Many athletes hit a wall in their performance, not because of issues relating to weight, but rather, energy availability. When athletes make the mistake of cutting calories to “improve performance”, they end up undermining the very power-to-weight ratio they’re trying to improve. So what’s the solution? First, educate your athletes. Then, fuel smarter.- Eat enough to perform.
- Recover before you train again.
- Food is fuel. Eat to optimize energy, not to restrict.
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HOT TAKE: STATIC STRETCHING BEFORE YOU TRAIN? BIG MISTAKE.
Here’s why: when you hold a stretch for too long before training, your muscles literally lose their edge.
Static stretching relaxes muscle fibers and temporarily reduces neuromuscular firing, meaning your brain-to-muscle signals slow down. Muscles that are in a relaxed, elongated state no longer have the stiffness required to store and release explosive power. This leads to reduced jump height, reaction time, and reduced overall performance (Current Sports Medicine Reports, Stretching for Performance Enhancement).
That’s why top programs use dynamic prep instead. These warm-ups are effective at raising core temperature, firing up the nervous system, and priming joints for power.
Static stretching still has a place, but that place is after training, when athletes are fully warm and working on flexibility or recovery.
Ready to see the dynamic warm-ups and static stretching routines of current elite athletes and teams? Need inspiration for building your team’s warm up?
The #1 College Recruiting Tool Athletes Don’t Know They Need
For many high schoolers, the college search can feel overwhelming. Hundreds of schools, endless website tabs, email conversations, variables to consider… and WAY too many options. Approximately 3,931 of them, to be exact.
Gladly, the NCSA Sports College Program Finder makes it simple. This tool is free to use with a student account, and allows students to filter college options division, state, tuition, major, school size, city vs. rural, and religious affiliation. What’s even better: if they are signed up as a diver, it only shows schools with diving programs.
This tool is one of the easiest, most efficient ways to narrow down the college search and find the best fit for your athlete. People know NCSA for recruiting, but the real hidden gem is this tool.
Learn more at: https://www.ncsasports.org/.
