What is conditioning? What are we responsible for? What are we doing? What is it that the coach is asking us to do? All of these are questions that a new coach has said, or thought at some point. Do not feel like you are alone in the search for these answers. Merriam-Webster defines it…
Today we are joined by Stanford University’s, and Strong By Science’s Max Schmarzo to discuss the world of applied sports science. Max starts out by sharing with us what his role is at Stanford, and how he got there. Next, he gives a step by step walk through on the process off how they develop…
USA Swimming’s Keenan Robinson joins us for this week’s edition of My Thoughts Monday. Keenan shares a quote from Michael Brooks of Kings Aquatic Club, “if they’re broke at 12 they’ll be broke at 16” and breaks down his thoughts on this. He shares how he sees this connects to technique work in the weight…
“Chinese technique is another secret weapon. It means Chinese players emphasis the small techniques, and excel at these techniques and have the best basics.” Dr. Mianfang Raun joined us from Ningbo University to discuss the system utilized in China for developing highly successful athletes. Dr. Raun starts out sharing with how the system was set…
“In all successful sprint programs the main focus is on fast sprinting across different distances and intensities over much of the year.”- H. Andersson Strength coaches looking to develop a sprint program or work on speed training for their respective teams should read this chapter. Andersson does a fantastic job of going through the different…
Today we are joined by Dr. Teddy Willsey to discuss the connections between strength and conditioning and physical therapy. We start out discussing Teddy’s journey from strength and conditioning to PT, the role of his time at Pitt, and how the lessons he learned working with Buddy Morris has impacted him as a physical therapist….
In this edition of My Thoughts Monday Devan McConnell shares with us how his hockey guys handle things on game day. Devan shares with us some examples as to what training the guys do on game day and the reasoning behind it, both from the scientific/practical side along with how it fits in with the…
“Our philosophy in strength and conditioning is ‘we do what works’.” “If you can’t move you can’t help us.” This was the FIRST presentation from The Seminar back in 2011, and it set the bar high. Wake Forest’s Ethan Reeve gets right into the meat and potatoes in this talk by starting out giving us…
