SHIFT Blog and Articles

January 18, 2022

How To Build Gymnastics Performance Teams

This week’s podcast is a lecture that went out in my online membership group The Hero Lab, which is an online educational group for everyone in gymnastics; coaches, medical providers,

January 11, 2022

Essential Trampoline Drills and Progressions with Elite Coach Steve Gluckstein

Today on the podcast I am super stoked to have back on my good buddy Steve Gluckstein, who, in his previous very popular episode discussed the benefits of weightlifting and

January 10, 2022

Announcing Physical Therapy CEU Approval for SHIFT’s Medical Courses in 41 States!

I am SO excited to share that after tons of work, SHIFT has partnered with Redefine Health Education to get Physical Therapy CEU Unit Approval in 41 states for all

January 4, 2022

How To Boost Gymnastics Performance Using Gymnastics Strength Coaches with Dan Lonsdale

In today’s episode, I’m super pumped to have my buddy and expert strength and conditioning coach Dan Lonsdale back on to dive into exactly how coaches can go about working

December 21, 2021

The Need to Change Landing Deductions in NCAA Gymnastics for Less Knee and Ankle Injuries

Changing how gymnasts are taught to land, in an effort to reduce the risk of serious knee injuries like ACL or meniscus tears, is something that has been talked about

December 14, 2021

The Biggest Gymnastics Flexibility Mistakes I Made As A Younger Coach, and What I Do Now

Today’s podcast is a heavily requested topic I get asked about frequently. What is the best approach to flexibility? What have I learned? What have I changed? What do I

December 13, 2021

The Top 5 Best Active Split Flexibility Drills for Bigger Gymnastics Leaps

Split flexibility is essential for gymnasts if they want bigger jumps and leaps. But, just doing static split stretching isn’t enough to see progress and get jaw-dropping levels of flexibility

December 7, 2021

Confronting Harmful Coaching Practices in Gymnastics Head On With Thomas Elder

Today on the podcast I’m very excited to share another thought-provoking and important conversation about cultural change, morals, and ethics of coaching with Tom Elder. In addition to coaching for

November 30, 2021

How to Have Your Best Competitive Gymnastics Season Part 4 – Off Season

Today on the podcast we are wrapping up our epic four-part series on optimizing the competitive year. We started with the foundational base needed, then went onto the Preseason and

November 16, 2021

How to Have Your Best Competitive Gymnastics Season Part 3 – In Season

This week on the podcast is part three of the four-part series which we have already had some great feedback from; on how to get the most success out of

November 9, 2021

How to Have Your Best Competitive Gymnastics Season Part 2 – Pre Season

Today on the podcast is part two of the four-part series that has been highly requested by my online group The Hero Lab, about how to get the most success

November 2, 2021

How to Have Your Best Competitive Gymnastics Season Part 1 – Foundations

This week on the podcast, we are kicking off an extremely exciting four-part adventure that has been highly requested by people in my online group; Hero Lab, about how to