Apprentorship – We did it!

The Apprentorship has been a dream of mine for years. When I started teaching the Building and Rebuilding the Athlete seminar in 1992 I always said that I wanted to do something where we had four or five days to get in-depth, learn from other experts, and share among the group. That is exactly what we were able to accomplish. We had great teachers and an even greater group of learners. They shared ideas, asked questions, go
frustrated, and got excited. As I said to everyone in the introduction, this was just the beginning of a journey toward knowledge and understanding of how to travel on the functional path. They learned there are many roads to the destination; there is no one way or one answer. They learned how to solve movement problems. The days were very long. We began with Steve Myrland and John Perry leading movement madness sessions at 6:30 AM and we ended formal sessions at 8:-00 or 9:00 PM, but it was in between sessions and afterward that so much good stimulating discussion, sharing and learning took place. We had great presentation by Bill Knowles on Reconditioning and
Return to Play, John Perry on Flexibility, Joe Przytula on Clearing the Kinetic to get to the shoulder, Gary Phillips on Recovery, Leslie Bonci on Sport Nutrition, Dan Cipriani on Biomechanics of Function, but for me the highlight was Jack Blatherwick. Jack who was the conditioning coach for five US Olympic ice hockey teams presented on the preparation of the 1980 “Miracle” team, it was awesome. This guy is a gem, I think at the end of the week we all felt honored to have him with us. Last but not least, I want to recognize and thank Steve Myrland, a great friend and professional who kept encouraging me to do this. Without him this would not have been possible –thanks Steve. It was also very cool to have my daughter Kristen attend for two days, she left inspired. I also wanted to thank Chris Poirier from M-F Perform Better for his sponsorship and Eddie Roger from KICS International for arranging the facility and the hotel. Will do it again next year in June, I hope some of you can join us.