Today we get the pleasure of talking training and transfer with ALTIS’ Dan Pfaff. Dan starts out discussing what they’re looking at when it comes to developing training programs for their athletes. We then get into KPI’s, what they are, how they’re set up, and how they organize the different “files” they have. He then
Today’s #FlashBackFriday is CoachMePlus’ Doug McKenney’s talk from The 2017 Seminar. Doug McKenney brought 30 years of experience training athletes in the National Hockey League to The 2017 Seminar. Through those 30 years he witnessed first hand the transition from teams in the NHL not having a full time strength coach, to teams monitoring their
“Understanding compellingness and how it works requires some understanding of our brains and how they were shaped by evolution.” -J. Davies What makes something compelling? Riveted seeks an answer to that question. Throughout the entire book there are a ton of psychological research references and examples to help Davies get his point across. These references
I sit down with Easter Michigan University’s Assistant Sports Performance Coach Sean Conaty to talk training in this week’s edition of The Podcast. Sean starts out sharing with us the last 12 months of his life that included moving from VA to MI, starting at a new school and immediately going on a foreign trip,
Today’s My Thoughts Monday is a Hakan Andersson’s recount of his trip to RVA for The 2017 Seminar. On 21-22 July I was invited to lecture at the University of Richmond’s wonderfully beautiful campus. For the seventh consecutive year the University and coach Jay DeMayo hosted the Central Virginia Sport Performance Seminar. The target group
In today’s edition of The Podcast University of Florida’s Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning Matt DeLancey joins us to discuss training and culture join us. Matt starts out by discussing what’s truly important to developing the culture not just within the individual team but with the athlete and the staff as a whole. He
“It is a requisite to first develop general strength and only afterward- specialize.” -A. P. Bondarchuk With a title such as this you can expect some serious stuff to be laid out within its content, and I was not disappointed. The Olympian Manual is suited for coaches or athletes in the speed strength realm, which
In today’s edition of The Podcast we are discussing training and human optimization with ONNIT Academy’s Cristian Plascencia and Shane Heins. We start out with discussing the origin and development of the academy and how it can help coaches assist in the development of their athletes. We then get into the ideas of durability and
