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Isometric Training Strategies for Team Sport outlines a high-level yet practical system for implementing isometric training across a full annual training cycle within team sport settings. Using the volleyball program at Southern Methodist University (SMU) as the case study, presenter Anthony Cockrill explores the integration of multiple isometric strategies, including long-duration yielding isometrics, multiposition yielding isometrics, overcoming isometrics, complex training, and overcoming inertia. The methods discussed have often been viewed as too complex for team settings, but you’ll see data to support their usage at the team level and learn how to implement them safely and effectively. Cockrill’s approach accounts for academic schedules, athlete readiness, and competitive demands, ensuring high training transfer without unnecessary fatigue or disruption. You’ll come away with a structured, progression-based model that applies advanced isometric methods in a way that is realistic, repeatable, and effective in the team sport context.
Learning objectives
- Learn how yielding and overcoming isometrics target distinct eccentric and concentric adaptations to improve strength, tendon integrity, and neural drive.
- Understand the biomechanical foundations—including the length–tension relationship, sarcomere dynamics, and elastic components—that underpin isometric performance.
- Discover how to apply and periodize isometric methods throughout the training year to enhance performance and reduce injury risk in team-sport athletes.
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Certified strength and conditioning coaches, sport coaches, and personal trainers.Course content
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