Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Functional Training Thoughts & Concepts
Functional Training is the systematic progressive integration of training modalities (medicine ball, stretch cord, dumbbells, body weight etc.) to produce significant adaptation in specific performanc...
Training and Perfromance Plateaus – Solutions & Suggestions
What are solutions to breaking a plateau or preventing the occurrence of a plateau? The most basic solution is to carefully plan your training and competition. Be sure that built into the plan there a...
Training and Performance Plateaus – What & Why
Once an athlete has been training for any period of time it is inevitable that a plateau in training or performance will occur. Usually the reaction is one of panic. What now? There is no need to pani...
Drills With and For A Purpose
With the instant availability of thousands of drills on the Internet I wanted to give some of my ideas on using drills effectively. My first question always is: Does the drill lead to something? If it...
Unstable Surfaces for Training – Why and Why not? (Part Two)
What are disadvantages of using unstable surfaces? The inherent disadvantage of using unstable surfaces is that the ground moves under you. This only happens in a few sports. If the surface is too far...
Unstable Surfaces for Training – Why and Why not? (Part One)
Lets take a quick look at how using unstable surfaces in training evolved from my personal perspective. About 25 years ago I began to experiment using unstable surfaces with healthy athletes after obs...
Some Thoughts on Testing – Part Two
Do not use testing to: Select a team; team selection should be based on results in the competitive arena of the actual sport. Tests can verify what you see or do not see in the competitive arena, but ...
Some Thoughts on Testing – Part One
Testing and training go hand and glove. Evaluation through testing is an ongoing process that will determine the direction and content of training. Therefore it is important to build testing into the ...
Thoughts on Training for the Masters Athlete
Here are some do's and don'ts I have learned from my own personal experience and observation of the master’s athlete: Find a routine; be consistent in the time of day and the place you train. ...