Vitamin D for Athletes: Why Optimizing Levels Matters for Performance, Recovery, and Health Caitlin Wells, PharmD, Sports Pharmacist Vitamin D Is Basic — But Basic Still Matters Most athletes are quick to ask about protein, creatine, electrolytes, caffeine, or whatever supplement is trending online. But sometimes the thing hol…
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Why We Record and Publish Sprint Times at OC Sports Performance At OC Sports Performance in Bend, Oregon, we believe one simple truth drives real results: measured performance improves performance. Sprinting is one of the most important athletic qualities across nearly every field and court sport. Because of that, we don’t gue…
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Why We Don’t Allow Headphones — And Why It Helps Athletes Get Better, Faster At OC Sports Performance, we take coaching seriously. We are not a place where athletes put on headphones, zone out, and hope something magically improves. Instead, we create a coaching environment where athletes focus, engage, learn from each other…
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Coaching over chaos By: Sean Wells Coaching over Chaos Walk into almost any gym in America and you’ll see a familiar scene: athletes with headphones on, moving from machine to machine, doing whatever exercise feels right that day. It might feel productive. It might feel like training. But more often than not, it’s just work…
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Stronger Feet, Stronger Athletes The feet are the foundation of athletic performance. Every sprint, jump, or change of direction starts with the ability to create force against the ground. Shoes often act like a crutch, supporting and stabilizing the foot in ways that prevent the small stabilizing muscles from developing. By rem…
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Inside an OC Sports Performance Training Session – Lower body day. Typically Monday or Thursday. When athletes walk into an OC Sports Performance training session, they don’t just show up for another workout. Every training day is built with intention. The methods we use are proven, the structure is deliberate, and the g…
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The 5 Phases of Sprinting: How We Train Each One at OC Sports Performance When it comes to sprinting, most athletes (and even some coaches) focus only on straight-line speed. But true speed development is more nuanced. At OC Sports Performance in Bend, Oregon, we break sprinting down into five distinct phases—each with a speci…
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Train Smarter. How Heart Rate Training Builds Better Athletes When it comes to improving fitness, most athletes think “more is better.” But without tracking heart rate and understanding energy systems, athletes can miss the mark—and miss out on real performance gains. Train smarter means that you are not working out to jus…
Frequently asked questions part 2. Frequently asked questions part 1 here. This is frequently asked questions part 2 to answering some of the most frequent questions we get asked about training youth athletes. I will link other articles that we have written if you are interested in further reading about certain topics.&nbs…
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