Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Random Thoughts, Ideas and Observations
Coaching is teaching, the key to good teaching is communication and the key to communication is not more talking, it is more listening. Good coaches listen more and talk less. Then they act (not react...
Process
It is so easy in coaching to get caught up in the outcome – The win in the game, a personal best run jump or throw. Sometimes we tend to forget that the outcome is a result of the process and th...
We
If it is to be it is up to me we. Success is not about me, it is about we, it is about collaboration, working together with other people to achieve a shared goal. You can’t do it alone. You need a sup...
Foundations of Functional Training
The body is a link system; this link system is referred to as the kinetic chain. Functional training is all about linkage – it is all about how all the parts of the chain work together in harmony to p...
Being Skeptical
Sometime being skeptical is good and other times it can be harmful. I find that in today’s world of instant information and marketing hype that turning on the skepticism can be a good way to filter th...
Thoughts on Planning a Training Session
The individual training session is the cornerstone of the entire training plan. The individual training session is the point of implementation of the long-term plan. A long-term plan is a succession o...
Anything There?
I just bought a book (quite expensive I might add) by one of the current guru’s because I am always trying to learn and increase my knowledge base and it was highly recommended by a young coach. It wa...
Evolution of Strength Training – A Personal Perspective Over Fifty Years (Summary & Conclusion)
Looking back over the past fifty years there were many influences on my strength training: Olympic Lifting Power Lifting Gymnastics Martial Arts Rehabilitation Techniques Wresting & Grappling Body...
Evolution of Strength Training – A Personal Perspective Over Fifty Years (Part Four)
In 1985 I began my foray into professional sports with the Chicago White Sox and the Bulls as an assistant to Al Vermeil who had a contract to provide the conditioning for both teams. Once again the s...