“You got to find that balance between understanding you can’t be a slave to the numbers. You use it as information and it’s hugely valuable, but at the end of the day you have to take it in conjunction with the subjective piece, and how these players are responding and feeling.” Jason Dierking from Louisville…
“Early on the general exercises are going to have more transfer. Later on we have to become more specific, BUT, that doesn’t mean, again,that the general exercises aren’t still useful.” 2017 Seminar Presenter and Michigan Tech’s Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Matt Thome joins us to discuss the idea of specificity. Having learned directly from Dr….
“If you train the nervous system you train everything. You make something faster, the legs move faster the arms will move faster. It’s because it’s a highly reactive nervous system.”-Cal Dietz Peaking. Such a difficult goal to actually achieve, with so many different factors that lead to it. Cal Dietz touches upon one way that he’s…
“Love your family. Work superhard. Live your passion.” – G. Vaynerchuk When I saw the title of this book I thought that it would be another example of cliché after cliché being thrown in my face which is typical of most “self-help” books. I was left with a great sense of personal confidence and wanting…
With great excitement we welcome our second presenter for The 2018 Seminar, Jeff Moyer. Jeff is one of the most forward thinking minds in the field, bringing a vast array of thoughts and practices in a variety of different realms of training of his athletes. From extensive knowledge in motor learning, specialized exercises, and vision training, Jeff is sure…
Sam Gardner from The USOC sits down to discuss his role in California with Paralympians. He starts out sharing his role and discussing what different types of athlete’s he gets to work with. Next, we go through each of the four different groups of Paralympians he works with, vision impaired, amputees, spinal injuries, and CP…
All too often athelte’s have issues or doubts with what is going on in training. Today, Lousiville Cardinals Assistant Strength Coach Chris Hays shares with how he handles this. Chris touches upon how it has helped with buy in, and building relationships. He talks about sharing the justification behind aspects of programming, training at different…
“A specialized strength exercise duplicates a specific joint action, or joints, as seen in the execution of a sports skill during competition.” For the first time that we are aware of Dr. Yessis breaks down the specialized exercises he has developed when it comes to sprinting and acceleration in his first CVCASPS presentation. He starts…
