Today I am truly elated to introduce our first presenter for The 2018 Seminar, Patrick Ward. Patrick has worked in many different realms of the sport performance world and been extremely successful at each one. His desire to dig into data and look deeper into all things performance, while continuing to pursue a greater education…
What is that last step to get an athlete back on the field? This is an ever-existing question, and that is exactly what Bill Hartman covers in today’s edition of The Podcast. We start out discussing how they work with people and athlete’s at IFAST in their return to play protocols. Next, Bill discusses connecting…
In this week’s edition of My Thoughts Monday, Jay DeMayo shares with us some recent experiences with career ending injury, and how he handled the situation. This is something that we need to talk about more as a profession, because if we are going to say that we are here for the athlete’s then we…
“Don’t do things that don’t make sense and you don’t see in sports.”-Cal Dietz In a follow-up to his Tri-Phasic presentation Minnesota’s Cal Dietz gets into the goods when it comes to training that will transfer to speed on the field. This starts with an understanding of a definition of agility. He then touches upon…
“…all motor behavior is a product of the environment, the nature of the task presented to the athlete, and the individual characteristics of the athlete.”- Keir Wenham-Flatt Agility. I bet a lot of things come to mind when you read that word. From a blocky kid falling over him/herself to the unfortunate speed ladder drills…
Athletic Lab’s Dr. Mike Young joins us for today’s edition of The Podcast. Mike starts out sharing with us what is presently going on with the athlete’s he’s training down in North Carolina. He then discusses the impact that working in track, soccer, and academia have had on him, and how they’ve intertwined to develop…
“We have to stop and think and be realistic with ourselves about how many times we are actually dealing with freaks who are both completely advanced trained and elite level athletes.” In today’s edition of My Thoughts Monday Dr. Bryan Mann discusses preparedness with us, and gives advices to coaches on how and when…
“We are going to be doing stuff that’s not in the book today.” Dr. Mann got thrown a curve ball at The 2017 edition of The Seminar and came up large with bringing the latest info on VBT in an impromptu presentation. This lecture was a first, and it gave us a candid look at…
