In 1992 I
started teaching a seminar called Building and Rebuilding the Athlete. I taught
the seminar on a regular basis from 1992 until 2005. It was a seminar/workshop
that defined functional training and rehab and challenged conventional wisdom
in those areas. The emphasis was on how all the components of training fit
together to build a complete athlete who would be fully adaptable to the sport
or activity they were training for. During that time virtually everyone who are
now leaders in the field attended the seminar. I never videoed the seminar
despite continued requests to do so. Fast-forward to Leeds in the UK this past
November. I was invited by Brendan Chaplin, S&C coach at Leeds Metropolitan
University to present the latest updated version of the Building and Rebuilding
the Athlete seminar. It was a great audience and an outstanding venue. Brendan
videoed the whole seminar and is offering it for sale. So finally the seminar
is now available for all. To purchase the DVD’s go to: http://www.strengthandconditioningeducationonline.com/home/vern-gambetta
Here’s a list of the videos in the Building the Complete Athlete
Series….THERE ARE 16 VIDEOS IN TOTAL!!!
- Introduction: In
the video Vern sets the scene about his coaching and how you can apply the
lessons he’s learned over the last 40 years. - Building your Functional Framework: In
this video Vern discusses developing your philosophy of coaching, what are
we actually trying to do? How to get better as coaches and what our roles
really are. This will get you thinking about your views on the matter. - Coaching Nuts and Bolts:
This video is all about how to coach, the art of coaching versus the
science and Vern’s thoughts on this! You’ll become a better coach simply
by watching this one video alone. - Sport Demands:
This video will teach you how to assess sports requirements and what you
need to be looking for. - Skill and Technique:
This video will outline the importance of skill and technique and how this
intertwines with physical development. You can’t build skill on poor
physical competence base. - Work Capacity Training: In
this video you’ll learn about how to build work capacity in your athletes.
Vern has some unique and key elements when it comes to this highly
misunderstood area of our profession. - Work Capacity Application:
This video will teach you how to apply the concepts of the work capacity
video. You need that theory but more importantly you need to know how to
apply the theory to actually get those results. - Physical Literacy:
Everything starts with this, you must have it, and you must know how to
assess and develop it. Learn how in this video. - Physical Competency Assessment (PCA):
Learn how to begin with your athletes with this assessment process. This
starts the Building the Complete Athlete process! - Periodisation Nuts and Bolts:
This is all about planning. Where to put certain training units, and what
you REALLY need to think about and include in your periodised plans. - The Importance of Core Strength and
Stability (2 videos): Vern discusses ‘Core Training’ in these videos and makes some
extremely valuable statements about how to actually train the core. These
could be the most valuable videos in the series! - Multi Directional Speed and Agility
Training: This practical video shows how Vern develops Gamespeed and
movement qualities. You’ll pick up some superb drills and exercises to get
your athletes moving well on the field or court they compete on. There’s
also some key questions answered about what you can train and what you
can’t!! - Functional Strength Training:
This video shows Verns’ progressions when it comes to strength training.
Learn how he has achieved success in this area with pretty much every major
sport in the US and at the highest level! - Plyometrics:
What they constitute, how to programme them, what not to do, and most
importantly how to actually COACH them! - In-Season Training: In
this video you’ll learn about planning training for athletes in season.
There are some major things to avoid and some big things that you need to
include too. Volume and intensity are also covered in detail leaving you
with a blueprint of how to get the best from your athletes or clients.