Athletic Development – Defining the Field

GAIN Apprentorship 2011- Homestretch

I arrived in Houston yesterday evening after driving seventeen hours straight from Sarasota Florida, it is amazing what you can do when you are on a mission. Had a great dinner with my daughter when I...

Athletic Development Manifesto

I not writing this to tell you how to train your athletes but I am asking you question what you do, why you do it, how you do it and when you do it. Think and question, seek answers.  On whose a...

Some Basic (Mostly Obvious) Questions

I received this email the other day. I believe this sums many of the issues we face in athletic development today: "I recently attended a sports specific conference not a personal trainer type of...

GAIN Apprentorship

We are six weeks from the fourth GAIN Apprentorship. It will be held this year June 17 to June 22 at Rice University in Houston Texas.        

Athletic Development

I prefer the term athletic development rather than strength and conditioning because it clearly denotes an integrated system to develop the athlete. It sends a clear message that what is being develop...

Get Off the Fence

  Get off the fence and get off your ass, take a stand, have a point of view. In the field of athletic development today there are many issues that need to be addressed. Many of you can offer so...