Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Definitions to Facilitate Communication & Discussion
In order to facilitate communication it is important to have a common language. These are terms that I think are very important to redirect thinking away from strength & conditioning toward athlet...
Priority Training
If everything is important then nothing is important. It is necessary to be on target with those components of training that the athlete or teams need to do to improve. It is tempting to try to do eve...
Join Us – GAIN IX
GAIN started in 2007, but the genesis of GAIN goes back to the start of my coaching career in 1969. It quickly became clear to me that anytime I could meet with professional colleagues to exchange ide...
Competition – The Essence of Sport
Records are not the essence of sport, competition is. A bold and broad statement so let me explain. The more emphasis on an incessant search for world records only encourages athletes to dope. The fin...
Competition Results – Getting Beyond Wins & Loses
It is easy to be fooled by competition results both good and bad, wins or loses. Wins can disguise deficiencies and losses can hide progress. The take home point is to always focus on the process and ...
Change – The Constant
In high-level sport as in life the only constant is change. If you are the best at what you do you must change and adapt to stay the best. The difference maker in coaching is how you manage and lead c...
Eddie Jones – Building Sustainable Performance Excellence – Part Two
After going through the Japan Way Eddie then went onto to detail the Five Components of Building a Championship Team but before that he underscored the Japan Way values of Pride, Respect and Courage a...
Eddie Jones – Building Sustainable Performance Excellence – Part One
Eddie Jones is coach of the Japanese Rugby team that has shaken the rugby world by their performances at the 2015 world cup highlighted by their opening match upset of South Africa, a real David slays...
GAIN Introduction Presentation
GAIN is an acronym for Gambetta Athletic Improvement Network. GAIN 2016 will be our ninth year. Each year at GAIN I give an opening presentation on the state of GAIN looking at the philosophy of GAIN ...