Athletic Development – Defining the Field
The Seduction of Drills
Ask yourself we do we spend so much time teaching and perfecting drills? Wouldn’t the time be better spent coaching skills? No doubt drills are seductive, some even look like the skill, we can repeat ...
Meaningful Practice
I know the term deliberate practice is the current buzzword but I don’t think it is getting the job done. Words create images and images create action, so I use the term meaningful. Meaningful clearly...
Growing the Athlete
Growing the athlete is an organic not a mechanistic process. For years I used the metaphor of building the athlete but over the past few years I have become uncomfortable with that characterization. C...
Never Forget Gravity
Use Gravity – Don’t abuse it Defy it – But you can’t deny it Enhance Gravity – Don’t chance it Resist Gravity – It will persist You can cheat Gravity, but it’s tough to beat it
Refinement
Refinement is fine tuning the practice after the basic technical model has been mastered. When that is robust then and only then should you think about looking at attending to the finer points. Often,...
Some Totally Random Thoughts on Training
Observe laws of motor learning and principles of skill acquisition. Consider all types of muscle action – Eccentric/Concentric/Isometric is designing a strength training program. Structure of movement...
GAIN White Papers
Go to http://thegainnetwork.com/ and scroll down and download the PDF’s of these GAIN White papers. More will be coming over the next several months. I hope you enjoy and find them useful. Any feedbac...
Role of Repetition in Learning
Repetition is the mother of learning. We are what we repeatedly do. I doubt anyone would argue with those points. The task then becomes to carefully chose what we repeat. It is necessary to have a cle...
Good Training or Bad Training?
To understand what good training is, you must separate fact from fiction and style and marketing claims from programs that have substance and produce consistent results. Along the same line of thought...