Seven or so weeks ago I started this talking about how this was all driven off of a discussion I had with the head coach for a specific team. That we needed to make sure, as strength coaches, that we were using the same language as our head coach, and that we had the same…
Drew’s Review: “Strength and conditioning coaches undoubtedly would agree that consistency and compliance in training is far more important than any one method of workout.” –D. Raimondi Chapter 9 of The Manual (CVASP, 2016), is written by Dan Raimondi (Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach/ George Washington University) and he discusses the topic of maximal aerobic…
In this edition of The Podcast, we bring back Cal Dietz’s introductory interview before The 2015 Seminar. Cal discusses with us how monitoring with Catapult and Omegawave have fit into what he is doing up at Minnesota, what he has seen with both pieces of technology, and how it was driving some decisions being made…
In the initial meeting with the head coach of this team we are discussing, one of the things that she brought up was the issue the athlete’s have with their feet being outside of their base of support when trying to do specific skills. Now, we can discuss if that is a technique issue that…
Drew’s Review: “Based on the literature, there appears to be no single causative factor in RSA” –Dr. B. Peterson The Manual (CVASP, 2016) chapter 8 is a great review of all things repeat sprint ability (RSA) or as Dr. Peterson identifies as repeat sprint exercise (RSE) for team sports. This was a great topic for…
This is a bit of a different edition of The Podcast. Today we bring back the video interview from University of Wisconsin’s Jim Snider leading into The 2015 Seminar. In the talk Jim discusses the exact programming he’s using with his athlete’s at that time to help best prepare them for the work he had…
This is a bit of a different edition of The Podcast. Today we bring back the video interview from University of Iowa’s Landon Evans leading into The 2015 Seminar. Landon discusses the progression that was occurring at Iowa building a sports performance group to help improve their athlete-centered model. Along with bringing back this talk…
Many of you reading this have seen my presentations on YouTube (Case Study 1, Case Study 2, Boston) where I talk about how we program, and why we do things. The simple idea of constantly progressing and moving forward to help improve performance of the athlete is something that I have stood by for a long…
