Blog
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Special announcement coming soon
04/20/26 – Lawrence, KS Dr. Quincy R. Johnson to Direct OSU Athletic Performance Laboratory this Fall.
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Exercise Science Corner – Key Performance Indicators for the Golf Swing in Elite Collegiate Golf Athletes: An Exploratory Study
January 26th, 2026 | Lawrence, KS, USA Link to article can be found here Golf swing performance has been found to be influenced by health status, physical fitness, and technical abilities. However, as the sport becomes more competitive, athletes and coaches regularly seek novel approaches to optimizing athletic performance. PURPOSE This study sought to identify…
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Sport Science – Acute to Chronic Workload Ratio
Optimizing Athletic Performance with Workload Ratios
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The Periodization Project
August 11th, 2025 Periodization refers to the organization of strength and conditioning approaches. Both on a larger (macro) scale and smaller (micro) scale. In an effort to support practitioners, this project will highlight a few different options periodizing resistance training for collegiate athletes specific to their sport. Volleyball Needs analysis Annual training plan Program design…
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Free Game Friday – Culture
August 1st, 2025 Happy Friday! We’re back within another edition of Free Game Friday and this week we’re talking about culture. Sometimes talented people and organizations with the best resources simply do not achieve their potential even though are setup well for success. Why is this? Of course, that answer can be complex but CULTURE…
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Exercise Science Corner – Lower-Extremity Biomechanical Characteristics of College American Football Starters: Examining the Squat, Lunge, and Vertical Jump.
July 22nd, 2025 | Lawrence, KS, USA Link to article can be found here American football is a dynamic sport characterized by intense sporting actions such as blocking, tackling, jumping, and sprinting. Furthermore, these sporting actions often require athletes to repeatedly achieve extreme ranges of motion such as deep flexion and hyperextension. PURPOSE The aim…
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Exercise Science Corner – Countermovement Jump Performance Difference in NCAA Division II Basketball: Arm Swing vs. No Arm Swing
May 13th, 2025 | Lawrence, KS, USA Link to article can be found here The countermovement jump (CMJ) is a common method for assessing lower-body power and neuromuscular characteristics. Two common strategies of CMJ are arm swing (AS) and no arm swing conditions (NAS). PURPOSE This study assessed performance differences between CMJ-AS and CMJ-NAS conditions…
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Exercise Science Corner – Influence of Throwing Kinematics on Ulnar Collateral Ligament Thickness in Collegiate Baseball Players
May 6th, 2025 | Lawrence, KS, USA Link to this article can be found here Background: The extent to which differences in throwing kinematics between pitchers and nonpitchers influence ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) thickness has yet to be explored. Purpose: To examine bilateral UCL thickness in collegiate baseball players and potential contributions of throwing mechanics…
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Exercise Science Corner – Development of an Abbreviated Model for Predicting Functional Movement Screen Score Within Tactical Populations
KANSAS, USA – April 23rd, 2025 — (Quincy Johnson Fitness LLC, PRNewswire, SEND2PRESS) — Read full publication here Background The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is a tool commonly used to identify compensations when performing 7 specific movement patterns. Timely administration of the full FMS is largely dependent on the practitioner’s familiarity and experience with the…
