When we are talking about the shuttle run, specifically the 5-10-5 shuttle run traditionally performed at the NFL combine, collegiate football summer camps and high school football assessments, we are talking about a closed skill event that is used to test a range of sports performance markers. Though the test is best known in the sport of football, we are starting to witness other sports like soccer, lacrosse, baseball and basketball use this test for athlete assessment as well... 

That is the first thing we need to be thinking about. We need to, in the simplest terms, say what the broad jump is. And all it is, is this: if the athlete is standing at point A and they jump, as far as possible, to point B, and we measure the distance between the two points. Simple. We want to see in a very simple facet how explosive an athlete is over a horizontal distance. We want to train multiple different aspects to best prepare for the movement...

Combine season is upon us. This means a lot at stake for high school football players and college football players. High school players are trying to showcase their talent at a combine or camp for that D1 look. Football athletes need to do something big to turn coaches' heads; athletes need to be motivated in the weight room and on the field to master the combine events to help with their football level of competition trajectory...

No access to the gym? Quarantine and business closures trying to put the gainz on hold? But still trying to be more explosive? Can it happen? How? What movements need to be done? Help!!!...

To begin, there are multiple different facets behind becoming an elite football player. Football is a complicated game. There are so many different moving parts on the field and so many demands put on the athlete. The athlete needs to be strong, quick, explosive, powerful, fast, stout and, in general, a tough S.O.B. who transforms into a beast on the field, devouring opponents and gnawing on their defeated remains...