Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Reflections & Recollections
As I get older and coach longer I see what has worked for me and what has not worked. There are commonalities in each. Hopefully these reflections and recollections will help you avoid some of the mis...
Rush to Sport Science
Just saw where another NFL team named a Director of Sport Science. I have been looking at this whole area while preparing for my presentation this Friday to EXB 179 Frontiers in Exercise Biology class...
Where did we lose our way?
In doing research for my new book I have been looking at the decline of physical education in the schools and the effects this has had on the process of developing athletes. When I started teaching in...
Searching
Looking for the answer? Gertrude Stein had it right when she wisely said: “The answer is there is no answer.” Despite those words keep searching because it is the process of searching that results in ...
Can Do
Focus on what you can do. I get so tired of listening to coaches talk to athletes about they can’t do. Find out what they can do and help them to do it better. By focusing so much on what they ...
Hard Work
Everyone works hard. How is your hard work different than someone else’s? Are you doing anything different that will separate you from the pack? Are you doing it better? It is more than time on your f...
Connections
Forget posterior chain, glute medius, transverse abdominis and all those other reductionist, mechanistic ways of looking at the body. Instead, step back and look at the whole kinetic chain. Look at ho...
What’s Happening in Coaching?
Where are the coaches? There is a crisis in coaching. Who and where are prospective coaches being taught how to coach and how to teach? Sport and Exercise science has replaced physical education in co...
Speed To The Max
Last fall I did my seminar on speed at Leeds Metropolitan University in England hosted by Brendan Chaplin. Brendan had it all videoed and now it is available for purchase. In this seminar/workshop I s...