Given this article's focus upon a presumed readership of strength and conditioning coaches, the authors have assumed a familiarity with RT exercises such as bench press, squat, plyometrics, and weightlifting movements. We merely suggest and deploy concepts based on the scientific literature and our professional experience with professional volleyball athletes. By implementing both speed-oriented and strength-oriented training strategies or a specific power training method, power and other performance variables may be enhanced . Wilson et al. have indicated just such a combination of methods involving the implementation of both speed-oriented and strength-oriented training strategies or a specific maximal power (Pmax) training method. The Pmax load method of training may lead to a broader range of adaptations than the specific adaptations that appear to occur through either strength-oriented or speed-oriented training alone. However, for Pmax training, debate still continues regarding precisely which range of resistances allows power to be maximized during resistance exercises. For a sport with multiple major matches spread across several months (i.e., volleyball in-season), the goal is to preserve maximal strength, muscular power, and performance levels by following a maintenance RT program of moderate volumes and intensities.
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