In this 2 part series Rice Owls Basketball Strength Coach Sean Brown shares with us his program that he utilized through the 2017-18 season with his team. Part One is an overview of the program, while Part Two is the program in it entirety, the results achieved, and Coach Brown’s evaluation (both pro and con) of…
Power development is one of the most sought after training adaptations. In order to understand how to develop power, one has to first understand the physics behind power and how power expression is quite contextual. Power = Force x Velocity Power is the ability to express force at a given velocity. The interesting thing about human movement…
“Desire to create resistance to lactate in training is a dead end in training” In 2014 we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Viktor Seluyanov to The Seminar. Dr. Seluyanov had been a man that many of the top coaches in the country had been referencing due to the development of his theoretical training principles….
“Everything we do is completely individualized.” Most strength & conditioning coaches, myself included, have probably spoken some variation of this line at some point in their career in an attempt to better sell and increase the value of their program. Over my few years in the field, I’ve struggled to determine what “individualizing” a program…
In 2013 Land Evans joined us to give coaches a brief lesion in Microsoft Excel. Landon’s talk covers many of the functions that he uses in his daily life as a coach including: 1) Holding Cells 2) Mround 3) Name ranges 4) Data Validation 5) Posting Cells on Multiple Sheets 6) Vlookup 7) Indirect functions…
I had the distinct fortune to sit down and interview 2013 Presenter Henk Kraaijenhof for a second time. During our discussion Henk dives into working with the “middle” versus the extremes in a team setting, specialized strength and specialized exercises, the “90% rule”, technique work, and monitoring the training effects of athletes. Thank you to…
“It’s necessary to always remember that sport is the art of movement. So, the end all is the improvement of movement. This is the purpose of our work.” This is one of the best, and most influential presentations from The Seminar on the programming I prescribe for my student athletes. I cannot recommend this talk…
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with 2013 Seminar Presenter Henk Kraaijenhof on the preparation of athletes. Our 90 minute discussion covered topics ranging from team vs. individual training situations, adapting programming both based on sporting activity and athlete’s ability, the mental aspect of training, and the technology he utilizes and how…
