Issue
July/August 2009.
10 articles
The July/August 2009 issue of BFS Magazine collects 10 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Safety, Squat, and Power Clean. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Marc Rabinoff. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
The Dark Side of Sports: ThinkTwice Before You Write
Think Twice Before You Write A look at a controversial article about overcoaching When determining professional standards, pertinent articles that are published in peer-reviewed publications are considered very important factors. One such publication, and in fact one that I subsc
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The Space Saver Rack Solution
If there’s a best-kept secret in the exercise equipment industry, it would have to be BFS’s Space Saver Rack. Although many of our competitors have tried to copy our unique designs, no one has figured out how to come close to offering a heavyduty unit of this quality. The unique
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Develop Athletic Superiority with Contrast Training
The BFS Push/Pull Sled is ideal for performing contrast training, one of the most effective ways to improve running speed. How to use the science of motor learning to make athletes faster and more powerful BY KIM GOSS One of the first things I look at when I visit a coach is thei
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2009 National High School Power Clean Championships
Power Clean Championships Student-athletes shattered records in four weight classes this year The power clean is a great measure of the overall power of an athlete, and that means there were many tremendously powerful athletes who competed in the 2009 National High School Power C
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Meet the Clinician: Lance Neven
BFS clinician Lance Neven with his son Tucker, who is getting a head start on his athletic career with BFS. n his bestselling book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell discusses the concept of the “10,000-hour rule,” which states that it takes 10,000 hours of work to become an expert in vi
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BFS Position Paper: Strength Training for Young Athletes
Young athletes need to get a head start with the BFS Readiness Program. Strength Training for Young Athletes The risks and benefits of having preadolescent and adolescent athletes train with weights When someone starts lifting weights seriously, we often say that this individual h
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Coaching Winners at Colby High
It’s been said that the Midwest is sometimes a bit behind the rest of the country when it comes to trends and breaking news, but that may not be such a bad thing in this time of recession. Especially if you’re a studentathlete at Colby High School in Colby, Wisconsin. “The summer
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Unified Success at Louisville High
Being an athletic director is a challenging job in today’s recession: Not only do you have to deal with budget cuts, but the parents and community still demand a high standard of excellence. In Louisville, Ohio, Louisville High School is ranked fourth from the bottom in the state
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2009 BFS Male Athlete of the Year
Male Athlete of the Year Multi-sport champion Jared Abbrederis wins BFS’s highest honor Balance. If there is one word that best describes Jared Abbrederis, that would be it. A senior at Wautoma High School in Wautoma, Wisconsin, Abbrederis has achieved an admirable level of balan
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