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…
Drew’s Review: Title & Author: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie Publisher & Year: Simon & Schuster; Revised Copy-1981 REVIEW: “When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and…
In today’s episode of The Podcast, University of Delaware’s Football Strength and Conditioning Coach Chris Stewart sits down with us to discuss the transition to a new department. Stew shares with us his path from UT, to Richmond, to Delaware, take away’s from each position, and how the two prior situations impacted how he has…
Drew’s Review: “In training, everything affects everything, and strength and conditioning coaches must carefully weigh the physiological coast and benefit of each component they intend to implement” –M. Thome The last chapter of The Manual (CVASP, 2016), written by Matt Thome (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach/ Michigan Tech University) enlightens its readers with the use…
