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ACP Podcast with Nate Shaw of the Arizona Diamondbacks
Hosted by Jason Hettler, the Second Thorne ACP Podcast of the 19-20 season is now available. This episode features Nate Shaw - the Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks - who will be presenting at the December edition of the Thorne ACP. Coach Shaw is currently entering his 11th season as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the...
ALTIS Women in Coaching Initiative
As part of our ALTIS Women in Coaching Initiative, we are very excited to announce we have formed a collaborative partnership with the Female Coaching Network (FCN), with the shared goal of helping to provide education and opportunity for women interested in coaching. The ALTIS Women in Coaching Initiative is a multi-varied strategy motivated by the under-representation of women in coaching...
“The Mundanity of Excellence” : Thorne ACP Podcast with Keenan Robinson
The first Thorne ACP Podcast of the 19-20 season is now available, featuring the Director of Sports Medicine and Science at USA Swimming - Keenan Robinson. Coach Robinson will be presenting at the December edition of the Thorne ACP. Well known for being the physical preparation coach of Michael Phelps, Keenan is an NATABOC certified athletic trainer and NSCA certified...
We are closing the Foundation Course!
We will be pausing sales to our flagship digital coaching Course - The Foundation Course - until the Spring of 2020! From now until the closing date on this upcoming Sunday, August 25th, we will be offering the Foundation Course at $100 off regular price. This provides an incredible opportunity to access over 200,000 words of material, and over 340 videos culminating in over 140 hours...
Does How You Move Even Really Matter?
ALTIS CEO & Sprint Coach, Stu McMillan writes: Do you think that you can tell how efficient an athlete is by watching them perform?If you ask most people, Paula Radcliffe had a pretty inefficient running style. Yet she has ran the fastest time of any female in history, in one of the most competitive events - the marathon. In each...
Track and Field is Hard
So you’re a college junior, and you are setting PRs every other weekend. This track & field thing is easy! Right? Not so fast. While it may feel like that, a very high percentage of professional track & field athletes set their personal best performances while they are in college. That’s right - most athletes are at...
ALTIS Communication: Social Media, Transparency, and Authenticity
Last week, Ben Bloom of the British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph wrote a short profile piece on ALTIS sprinter Jodie Williams. The story outlined some of the challenges Jodie has faced over the last half dozen years. An elite junior athlete, Jodie once went over 5 years between defeats, winning 151 straight races. Since beginning her senior career, Jodie has...
The Critical Nature of Thinking
This article is written by ALTIS Intern Matt Kline. Before joining ALTIS as an Intern in the Spring of 2019, Matt worked as a Director at Power Train Sports & Fitness in York, Pennsylvania. This role came after completing a B.S. in Health and Exercise Science from Messiah College. In this article, Matt shares with us his thoughts on Critical...
ALTIS 360 Price Drop
Since our inception, ALTIS has been committed to enriching the educational resources available to the athletics - sport performance community. Overall, I'd say we've been successful in this endeavor, with many new initiatives still in the works. When we first set out to offer a variety of educational resources, we knew that the incorporation of video content would add immense...
ALTIS Hires Two New Senior Staff Members
We are really excited to announce the hiring of two new senior members of staff: Director of Performance & Innovation - Dr. Robin Thorpe; and Performance Director - TopSupport International - Darryl Eto. ALTIS President Kevin Tyler is looking forward to the impact both gentlemen can make: “We are pleased to welcome Robin and Darryl to the ALTIS team. Both...