Many of you reading this have seen my presentations on YouTube (Case Study 1, Case Study 2, Boston) where I talk about how we program, and why we do things. The simple idea of constantly progressing and moving forward to help improve performance of the athlete is something that I have stood by for a long…
Drew’s Review: “In high level sports, things that are left uncontrolled and up to chance increase the risk of injury, overtraining, and underperforming-all of which can lead to a strength coach getting fired.” –Dr. B. Mann Velocity based training! Bryan Mann! I’m sure these two statements have become commonplace in your weight room. Yes, chapter…
In this episode of The Podcast I sit down and discuss training with fly wheels, in particular the kBox with ETSU PHD candidates John Wagle and Kevin Carroll. We start out discussing what fly wheel training is and how it works, which leads us to what they are looking at with the fly wheel in…
For those of you who know me, I’m a bit different with how I handle things in the weight room. We could talk about the 1×20 forever, but I think the main thing we should discuss is the autonomy I give to the student athletes. If we look at a lot of the lifts/exercises we…
Drew’s Review: “This program is geared towards increasing the level of physical preparedness of middle-level basketball players with the goal of increasing the speed of game displacements, vertical jump height, and power of chest and overhead ball passes.” –Dr. N. Verkhoshansky The Manual (CVASP, 2016) chapter 6, as the quote I used to describe it,…
In today’s edition of The Podcast, I sit down and talk Functional Movement Screen with Charlie Weingroff. Charlie shares with us the why’s of the FMS, and some key factors that determine why he feel’s it is so important. He then touches upon some issues coaches have with it, and why those may be just…
Drew’s Review: “The main task is to develop differentiated and specific programs for fast twitch and slow twitch dominant athletes.” –H. Kraaijenhof Chapter 5 of The Manual (CVASP, 2016), focuses on the idea of muscle fiber type specific training and how it should be one of the tools utilized by a strength coach to get…
In today’s episode of The Podcast we have The Movement Miyagi himself Shawn Myszka on to discuss how he evaluates his athlete’s and looks at movement in competition to help improve their performance. We start out looking at how he handles his athlete’s in season. We then touch upon what common sports problems are, how to…
