In today’s edition of The Podcast, DePaul’s Nic Higgins shares with us how force plates are fitting into their plan he see’s them as a bridge between all aspects of developing athletes. Nic touches upon how they are able to implement the force plates into the development plan for all of his athletes, both in
Drew’s Review: “The training of endurance athletes is a complex process that is not entirely understood.” – S. Magness The quote I chose above perfectly characterizes this book, because The Science of Running read part text book part memoir for me, which partly made the process of reading it difficult and thoroughly enjoying. Difficult, in
In today’s episode of The Podcast Boo Schexnayder (http://www.sacspeed.com/wp/) joins us to discuss ACL rehab. We start out discussing how he got started in ACL Rehab, and how the basic principles of speed training fit in the rehab setting. He then discusses high speed of movement and eccentric training, shares with us his progression in
Drew’s Review: “Purposeful practice has several characteristics that set it apart from what we might call “naïve practice,” which is essentially just doing something repeatedly, and expecting that the repetition alone will improve one’s performance. “ – A. Ericsson After reading Peak, I felt a great desire to look at my own practices and programming
It seems that every month or so there is an article, commentary, or an event that gains traction on the “bigger” news outlets and sends shockwaves through world of strength and conditioning. There was “The Killing Season” a few weeks back, and last fall the comments made about Chris Doyle at Iowa not being “worth
Drew’s Review: “What a book can do, however, and what this one will try to accomplish, is to present examples of how life can be made more enjoyable, ordered in the framework of a theory, for reader to reflect upon and from which they may then draw their own conclusions.” – M. Csiksgentmihalyi I know
Drew’s Review: “The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.” – M. Mccluskey This book is absolutely incredible and just plain fun to read. To give a brief description of this book does not do the book or anyone that wants to read it justice. Although, I would
Today’s guest on The Podcast is the Performance Director for Michigan Football Fergus Connolly. Fergus starts out discussing his computer science background and how that impacted him and his approach and views of strength and conditioning. He then discusses the pitfalls he sees with coaches diving into the use of technology, and what people should
