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Welcome to EXPLOSIVE ATHLETE, a website about physical preparation, sports training, kinesiology and biomechanics.

The author of this blog is Hugo Noya Enríquez and on this website you can find empirical and scientific information, as well as reflections on physical preparation, sports training, kinesiology and biomechanics of sports skills.

This site is dedicated to all sports science freakies like me who like to constantly learn in order to improve as an athlete or coach.


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“FEED THE CATS” BASKETBALL PROGRAM

Coach Tony Holler is knowed as a sprint coach and track coach, and the “Feed the Cats” program. “Feed the Cats” has started to venture outward into other sports: lots of stuff right now on lacrosse and rugby, tons of stuff with football… But what about basketball? It´s something coach Tony Holler knows a lot…

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THE ATOMIC WORKOUT: ONLY 16 MINUTES OF SPEED TRAINING

Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method.…

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3 SIMPLE BENCH PRESS TIPS

We’re going to talk about bench press tips. These are three quick tips that Starting Strength coach Pete Troupos brings us. He thinks they might help out your bench press. Hopefully, you find them useful. The first tip is going to be about grip and gripping the out of the bar. The harder you grab…

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HOW TO DEVELOP TOP SPEED OR MAX VELOCITY

Contrary to popular belief, all out sprinting will not increase speed. Recent studies have shown that sprinting all out will actually cause the nervous system to “record” and reinforce an athletes current max velocity – not help to increase it. If you want to develop and improve your top speed other techniques must be utilized.…

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SPRINT FASTER WITH A PROPER FOOT STRIKE

Learn how to sprint faster by maximizing ground contact and developing a proper foot strike. A common mistake many sprinters make is striking the ground on their toes resulting in massive ankle amortization and increased ground contact times. The goal of these drills is to get the athlete to develop a flat foot strike by…

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