Athletic Development – Defining the Field
On Rules from Rick Rubin
This is from a great book I just finished – The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. Rubin is a famous music producer. His observations and musings on creativity resonated with me. Athletes and...
GAIN – A Brief History
I want to share with you a little bit of the history of GAIN. We started GAIN in 2007 with 14 brave souls at the Holiday Inn sports complex in Sunrise, Florida. That was the actual physical sta...
Training Do’s and Don’ts #9 – Connect the Dots
All physical capacities are connected. You can emphasize one in a session but there will be an effect on all others. For example, many advocate training an energy system, labeling a workout anaerobic ...
GAIN – The People
What makes GAN special in the network of people. On the GAINcast https://www.hmmrmedia.com/2023/01/gaincast-episode-260-the-network/ listening to three GAIN network members share their experie...
Training Do’s and Don’ts #8 – Individualization
This all starts with the concept of adapting and fitting the program to the athlete to address their strength and weaknesses relative to the sport being trained for. Too often it is the opposite, one ...
A Regular & Reliable Resource – The Universal Traveler
The Universal Traveler is a resource I refer to periodically. In preparation for GAIN 2023 https://thegainnetwork.com/events/gain2023/ I reviewed it again because of its application to the theme: “Inv...
Ten Chances – My Decathlon Journey
This is a story, a true story although some of the facts may be a little muddled due to the passage of time. It is the story of a young athlete striving to be the best he could be with limited ability...
2022 Year in Books
2022 was a good year for reading. In the picture is my top ten books for the year. It is an eclectic collection that reflects my varied interests and curiosity. There are more that I talk about...
Do you have the imagination to see yourself doing something truly exceptional?
You know John Wooden; you know Geno Auriemma at UConn or the late Pat Summit but how about Jim Steen? While the swim coach at Kenyon College the men’s team won twenty-nine consecutive National Colleg...