Jake Cohen Sports Performance and Training

10/18/2026

“Someone who's really helped me master the mental side of the game.”

Huge thanks to #90 Nick Golden of Augustana Football for the shoutout on the Vikings Press Pass with Matthew Nicol. Career-high 11 tackles vs. No. 1 North Central, then 2 sacks and 3 TFL in the homecoming win over Millikin. Proud of the work, prouder of the man. 🏴‍☠️

Stronger. Faster. Locked in mentally.

Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8qpN33hR3w

Online and in-person training available — pirateshipathletics.com

10/16/2026

Conditioning isn't one thing.

Three energy systems fuel every sport, and the rest you give decides which one you're training. Cut the rest short on sprint work and it stops being sprint work.

Before you write a conditioning session, time your sport. How long does an effort last? How much break does the game give back? Build practice to look like that.

Tired isn't the same as trained.

Module 3 of 10 in Foundations of Speed & Strength Development for Sport Coaches:
https://app.rokspark.com/courses/foundations-of-speed-strength-development-for-sport-coaches

10/15/2026

Monday speed day. 20 m resisted sprints on the 1080, five reps, every one measured.

Top speeds: 16.07, 16.26, 16.23, 16.20, 16.16 mph. Less than 0.2 mph between his best and worst rep. That's what quality speed work looks like: full rest, full effort, and you stop before the numbers drop.

In-person and online training available. Message me or visit pirateshipathletics.com.

10/14/2026

Big Ten Championship. Oregon vs. Penn State. The biggest stage of their season up to that point, and this is the warm-up.

A pregame warm-up has one job: get athletes warm, sharp and ready without spending anything they'll need in the fourth quarter. It isn't a stage for the strength coach.

Too many of these jobs go to hype men instead of coaches who know the weight room. Athletes see through it.

Coach the athletes, not the camera.

10/13/2026

Strength starts in the nervous system.

Before a muscle grows, the body gets better at using what it already has. It recruits more motor units and fires them faster. That's why a new lifter gets stronger in the first few weeks without looking any different.

The biggest, fastest motor units only show up when the demand is high. Heavy or fast, with enough rest to keep the quality.

Module 2 of 10 in Foundations of Speed & Strength Development for Sport Coaches:
https://app.rokspark.com/courses/foundations-of-speed-strength-development-for-sport-coaches

10/12/2026

Meet Lux, the AI coach inside my course.

It starts with a coaching challenge. You make the first call. When you get stuck, Lux doesn't hand you the answer. It gives you a question, a clue, or a brief explanation, just enough to take the next step yourself.

Foundations of Speed & Strength Development for Sport Coaches. 10 modules, built for high school, club, and college coaches in any sport.

https://app.rokspark.com/courses/foundations-of-speed-strength-development-for-sport-coaches

10/11/2026

Cooper Jazo, pole vault, University of Illinois.

"More importantly Jake's biggest strength is the way he connects with athletes, he creates a fun training environment and is able to adapt training to how you're feeling, or the needs of the session."

Cooper put in the work every day. Grateful to have coached him.

Online training is available, wherever you are. Message me or visit pirateshipathletics.com to get started.

08/27/2024

Local high schools will learn this the hard way. A lot of people with no clue and no background working in jobs that require high level skill and educations. It will end in lawsuits. This one is egregious but far simpler things are putting kids in jeopardy. Getting lightly involved in high school sports last year was sad at best.

04/08/2024

Vote for Gavin Bailey! He is one of the outstanding young men we train over at Personal Performance

It's time to vote for The News-Gazette's Athletes of the Week, powered by Copper Creek Contractors. Each Monday, The News-Gazette will publish an online poll with four boys and four girls from area schools. Your job is to pick one from each side who you believe most deserves the honor. Winners will....

12/06/2023

Let’s talk about your problems and protein! Heads up I’m better at protein talks..