It with great pleasure that I am able to say that we just finished our press conference announcing our newly acquired status as an Olympic Training Site! Below is a picture of Dr. Stone, Dr. Noland, Dr. Stanton and Meg Stone holding the USOC flag.
There are some really good lines here, it is definitely worth the read. Here are a few of my favorites: “Great athletes have made up for the sins of many a poor strength coach.” “The very essence of loading creates the stability you need. If you’ve got someone who can’t do a power clean and squat with a reasonable weight, how are they going to take impacts in football?” And finally: “There is no maximum … Read more
Here is part 2 of Methods for Record Keeping: Others: 1. Medicine Ball/Weight Throws for Distance: There are many variations of throws you can do here, such as behind the back, forward push toss, granny toss, and side tosses. 2. Jumping Movements: Standing Broad Jump, Vertical Jump (Vertec or Jump Mats). Source:https://georgebeckham.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/StandBroadJump-1-.jpg 3. Body Mass and Body Composition: This can be especially important for sports that adhere to weight classes, but is still an important … Read more
One of the most important things you can do as a coach is keep records. You can keep track of attendance, RPE (rate of perceived exertion), training load, bat speed, playing minutes, the list goes on and on. Even something like writing daily comments about how the team and/or players are looking can serve an important purpose. Tracking these pieces of data can serve a few vitally important functions: •Accurate view of the team’s and/or … Read more
A conversation I had with one my fellow grad students got me thinking. It is very easy some times to be frustrated with the training decisions of sport coaches. Coaches may train their athletes with a frighteningly high volume of plyometrics, or run mile repeats the day before a competition. These training decisions run contrary to what we believe are prudent training decisions, based upon the physiological and biomechanical schooling that we have received. Many … Read more