Thoughts on Program Design Here are my thoughts on program design. Please understand these thoughts are not standards, but simply additional concepts that can make your programming more thoughtful. Remember, training is not just a science; it is an art. Program design may be the single most important area when it comes to training athletes. […]
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It goes without saying, if an athlete is in a better “athletic stance”, then she can generate more power. But, what does it take to get into a better athletic stance? Mobility for Ankle Power A part of an athlete’s body that is often overlooked and lacking mobility is the ankle. The ankles, due to
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When coaches evaluate sprinting mechanics, what should they look for? Here is a simple template to use when working with multi-directional sport athletes during sprinting. When working with sprinters in track, because this is the track athletes’ skill, be more particular. They don’t decelerate or change direction. They need to maximize linear speed only. Tips
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Value of Sprinting is a Skill Sprinting is one of those skills that are taken for granted. Most of the time we just say “Go run a few sprints” without knowing the outcome of the sprint work. Here are my views on the value of sprinting. Other than track athletes, I probably don’t assign enough
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When I first began coaching basketball, I developed a set of basketball conditioning drills for my players. I called them the “Final Four” of basketball conditioning drills. There are four drills that are completed on a time frame which somewhat mimic basketball speed, but are slightly longer in duration compared to a normal sequence of plays,
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Testing Movement Does testing movement really do what we think it does? I have tested more athletes over the past two decades than I can possibly count. Did I become any smarter or learn more about my athletes from it? I am not so sure… The Athlete’s Movement Ability: Athletes are designed to move. They
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“How and when can I fit basketball speed training into my practice?” Basketball Speed Training Common Mistakes First, let me explain one of the common mistakes in basketball speed training. Most coaches make the speed training session into conditioning sessions. In other words, they run far too long and allow little recovery. An example of
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What do I mean by “play in the tunnel” when moving laterally? This is my cue to remind athletes of the height I want them to move in laterally. When working with athletes on lateral shuffle technique the focus is to have them always stay low and push away- not to rise up and down.
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It is fresh in all our memories on how quickly a season can end with a knee injury. It happens thousands of time every season, with most being non-contact injuries. Many times non-contact injuries are something that might not have been helped. There was simply a predisposition for the injury to occur. There are definite
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Athletic Development Strength Energy System Multi-Directional Speed When we look at these three areas of athletic development; strength, energy system, and multi-directional speed we must understand that the first two easily follow a progressive overload method. It is about continually putting stress on the systems to increase results. We can’t blindly say this about multi-directional
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