Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Injuries
Change the focus from injury prediction to injury prevention. Make injury prevention a transparent part of a comprehensive training program that addresses sport demands & individual athlete needs ...
On Coaching
Coaching is not something you do to the athlete; it is something you do with the athlete. It is a cooperative venture, a partnership. Never lose sight of the twenty-four hour athlete concept. The athl...
Youth Sports – A Position Statement
In developing young athletes it is one thing to say that children are not miniature adults and then to turn around and treat them as miniature adults by imposing adult competition and practice schedul...
GAIN VIII June 17 to 21, 2015
GAIN 2015 will take place June 17 to 21 at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The program is open to sport coaches, conditioning coaches, physical education teachers, athletic trainers, physical thera...
Some Random Thoughts
I write down random thoughts that are stimulated by what I am reading or I see in my coaching. Here are few that might get you thinking: Combine instinct with intellect Don’t let urgent overtake impor...
The Journey Continues
I started the day today the first day of my 45th year of coaching with a dryland session with the Sarasota Sharks at 4:55 AM. I began coaching in January 1969 (An El Niño year of near record rainfall ...
Make Practice Count!
Anyone can work and go through the motions of training. That will even get you a little better for a short time (Longer if you are gifted with exceptional talent) but eventually you will have to pay t...
What Matters
As we start a new year just a brief reflection on what matters in coaching. As coaches we do not coach sports, we coach people who participate in sports. The human element, seeing the athlete grow ath...
Can Do
Instead of looking at ways to predict injury and search for hidden dysfunctions I prefer to spend the time looking at possibilities to determine their level of trainability. I focus on what the athlet...