SF On This Day—4-13-2020
Are Track Sprint Drills Still Worth Doing?

'The amount of timing & athleticism needed to complete this drill is a great measuring stick of your athletes’ coordination.'

📈 Triton Sprints on the Fast Leg Drill + other favorites⤵️

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Youth coaches - here are three fun challenges for young players. Might be an option for part of a warm up etc.

Writing out an eight-week training program and hoping it works is a thing of the past with automated data systems like GPS DataViz and technology such as VBT, says Joseph Guarascio. simplifaster.com/articles/autom… via SimpliFaster

Every 3.5ml/kg/min increase in your #VO2max decreases your risk of death by 11-17%!

You won't find a better deal than that!

#GetFitLiveLong

Whatever the sport, given the appropriate training over a sufficiently long period, VO2 mx is a very trainable quality, says @alan_couzens. simplifaster.com/articles/how-t… via SimpliFaster

I often hear people tell me how great they feel after a workout, how it leaves a smile on their face, and brings the stress level of life down to a tolerable level. I have been told by many of my gym members that working out is like therapy for them, how great it feels to…

The benefit of investigating motor learning and its culture at a deeper level is far-reaching and can dramatically change any coach’s craft, says Shawn Myszka. simplifaster.com/articles/movem… via SimpliFaster

Slow Force 🐢- Yielding Isometrics
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#TheForceSystem

This is a very good article on middle school track. Coaching middle school track for four years is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Coaching college and high school athletes is easy

Love our Skyhook Jump Mat ! Easy to use, got 150 students 3 max effort jumps today (most students jumped extra times because of how competitive the instant feedback is). Patriots got better today!

SF On This Day—4-12-2019
Cultivating Talent w/ Strength Coach Bobby Stroupe

'Using a med ball to express power capabilities is better than any coaching cue out there because the athlete makes the adjustment on their own.'

📈 Bobby Stroupe #FridayFive ⤵️

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3 things you may not know about Skyhook — Here are some insights & behind the scenes info about how the mat was constructed, tested and protected by our 2 year warranty!

Learn more at:
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Age-appropriate training with middle schoolers doesn’t need to be a circus, and there are plenty of ways to make things palatable for young teenagers that are still rooted in purpose. simplifaster.com/articles/coach… via SimpliFaster

🔥CAN’T HIDE WHEN YOU HOP🔥Matt

Structure for a Gardner-Webb MBB & WBB max speed emphasis day is below.

Warm Up Circuit: (3x through BL to FTL)

1. Light Leaps
2. Light Split Exchange Leaps
3. Light Hops

Plyos + Sprints: (1 round = 2-3 jumps)

Medium Bounds (2-3…

You can’t hide when you hop!
The negative foot speed of the limb exposes us to large braking forces.
Because of the unipedal action we have no choice to attack the ground to maintain momentum or create propulsion.
This makes it the best plyo for breaking down inhibition

Using Speed & Power Data to Bucket and Train Faster Athletes

'Velocity decrement percentage is a valuable tool because it allows practitioners to be intentional w/ their speed/loading prescriptions to yield specific returns.'

📈 New from Tanner Care ⤵️

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Tried out the setting switching our Skyhook mat to the Just Jump mat conversions and good heavens the difference is crazy!

HH Speed..Recorded, Ranked and Published with 20 and 19MPH Clubs. Speed Data is displayed right next to our Skyhook jump mat station. It’s the most popular area in the weight room, athletes LOVE data and competition! #FTC Tony Holler Holler-Korfist TFC

Here at the NHSSCA Pennsylvania State Clinic and the man himself, Mark Hoover talking GAME SPEED!

If you haven’t enrolled in the curriculum created by Tony Villani you are behind!

One of the best in the game Mark Hoover kicking off the day talking #GameSpeed and how to build it for YOUR program!