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IAAF World Championships London 2017 - Part 2
by Dane Miller

IAAF World Championships London 2017 - Part 2: Qualifying Competition Discus

Alex was set to compete in the qualifying round on Friday, August 4th. One concern we had was how late his qualifying round was starting (8:40PM). Fortunately, we had planned for this and the previous two nights Alex went to bed after 1:30AM and we continued this trend into Friday morning, going to sleep around 2:00AM Friday morning.
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Garage Strength Throws University
by Dane Miller
Football, Weightlifting, Throws, Family, and Travel Every Tuesday you can catch a blog from Dane Miller at Garage Strength Sports Performance. Brin...
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IAAF World Championships London 2017
by Dane Miller
I arrived in London on the evening of Wednesday, August 2nd. As soon as I got into the city, I was driven by the IAAF group to my hotel where I me...
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Nurturing Children in the Age of the Internet
by Dane Miller

Authored By:

Blake Lutz, Caitlin Browne, & Dane Miller

The internet.

The phenomenon responsible for the development of social media, video games, and video streaming. These three sedentary activities are continuously consuming more and more of children’s time. But what effects does this have on children? As sports performance coaches with a decade’s worth of experience coaching kids, we can use our experiences and findings from recent studies to speculate.

Findings:
1. Children and young adults are defining themselves by an external online profile.
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IWF Junior World Championships Recap
by Dane Miller

Tokyo, Japan

Written By: Blake Lutz

Juliana Riotto stepped up on the world stage and clean and jerked 114kg. The lift solidified her an eighth place finish at the 2017 IWF Junior World Championships, and ended an unforgettable week for our weightlifting club, Garage Strength.
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Lucky Number 13
by Dane Miller
The following is a guest post from Monique Riddick. Mo is the head throws coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University. As a student at Montclair Uni...
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Recap of the 2016 American Open
by Dane Miller
The Garage Strength Weightlifting went down to Orlando with a few goals in mind. We wanted to get our junior lifters in a strong position on the first ranking for the Junior World team. We also wanted to get a bunch of rookie lifters to feel comfortable on the national stage. We accomplished just about every goal we had set out to do. I am extremely proud of our results and will go lifter by lifter. I will also rant about the horrible officiating I witnessed that could place a serious damper on our sport if it is not dealt with properly.
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What To Do When You Fail ...
by Dane Miller

When You Fail…

Have a prepared list of questions. Checkdown each option and see what happened to cause a failed lift.
1. Did you miss because of a technical error or mental error?

2. Were you focused prior to the rep?

3. Were you focused on hitting positions or just blasting through the lift?
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Youth Worlds in Malaysia with Dane Miller
by Dane Miller
The first half of this trip has been incredible. I've learned so much from being around these elite athletes and top notch coaches. Our travel wa...
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Under-25 Nationals and University Championships
by Dane Miller
Garage Strength Weightlifting sent four lifters to the Inaugural Under-25 Nationals and University Championships in New Orleans, Louisiana. Three o...
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Weightlifting Talk with Travis Mash
by Dane Miller
Just got off the phone with Travis Mash and Wil Fleming. People wonder why coaches are successful and why they have athletes consistently putting o...
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Speed Improvement in Weightlifting
by Dane Miller
Improvement of different training qualities is the most intriguing part behind coaching (in my opinion). I enjoy studying psychology behind training and motivation and technique and learning new movements but I truly enjoy analyzing the best way to improve various qualities at one time. Such qualities might be: speed, strength, conditioning and skill. It is important to analyze each quality, place a value upon each quality and the importance each modality has on the athlete’s success in their given sport.
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