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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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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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“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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PULLING WITH A DEADLIFT BAR

Today we´re going to explain what a deadlift bar is and how it can be used. Let’s first talk about the difference between a deadlift bar and a regular standard bar. Some examples of stardand bar are: The Texas Strength System bar. It has really good knurling. The only thing that it doesn’t have is…

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HOW TO DO FASTER STARTS AND IMPROVE YOUR REACTION TIME

Learn how to sprint faster by improving your start. This post contains some of the key technical aspects of acceleration out of the blocks including posture, force application, and arm movement during the first phase of sprint. I´ll share with you several drills that improve reaction time that coach Karim Abdel Wahab uses prior to…

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IMPROVE YOUR SNATCH DOING SNATCH BALANCE DRILLS

Today we’re going to be talking about the Olympic lifts. We’re going to be talking about the snatch and one of the best accessory lifts to do for the snatch. The snatch and the clean have a similarity: it is a rapid extension, then a drop to get under the bar and then a hard…

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