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What I’m Reading – Movements that Heal
This book was referenced on the CVASPS podcast, which caught my attention on application of spatial and visual skill development for motor learning. Back story of this book is definitely centered on the concept that neurological issues with kids such as ADD, ADHD,...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working Multiple Sports
Anyone that has ever worked in college S&C has had to work with multiple teams at a given time. This reality of the job is something that rarely gets discussed as a challenge but needs to be appreciated. This is not the easiest thing to do as an S&C coach. Seasonality is the…
What I’m Reading – Strength Training and Coordination
I recently spoke on a Panel for the Dodgers Sport Symposium and got access to the lectures. The Dodgers staff discussed the usage of water bags with their athletes and developing more robust motor patterns. The premise was to give feedback to the athletes on some...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Stamina In the Trenches
I wanted to write this blog post because we are going to be hitting the dog days of Winter training. For the Football S&C coaches out there, this is a hard crash in the off season. For me as a director, I needed to predict this and to put my staff’s well-being first and foremost…
What I’m Reading: MVP Machine by Brandon McDaniel
I was recommended this book by Brandon McDaniel of the Los Angeles Dodgers. I was personally blown away by how far baseball S&C has evolved in the last decade when I attended the Dodgers Symposium in December. He cited some really good resources as to how he and...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Interviewing Part II
We discussed last month how to interview someone. This month, we are going to dive into how to interview effectively. This will not be about how to answer a very specific question or how to write a resume that attracts employers – it is going to leverage my experiences…
What I’m Reading – Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
The big take home is that humans create noise because we have bias. That bias leads to statistical variance which is called ‘Noise.’ This is important because what we do still has a lot of human decision-making, which can lead to increased noise. On the front end of...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Interviewing Part I
It's that time of year again! Can we find that perfect fit for our department to help us take our program to the next level? If you are in the position of hiring, do you have a plan of getting new talent to help your staff? How much is hiring a matter of circumstance...
What I’m Reading: Stop Being Reasonable
We work in the influence business. We have to change people's behaviors from negative to positive. An important concept that I pulled from Smith was that perspective is overwhelmingly the biggest factor. One of the areas that Smith discussed was males ‘catcalling’...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Delayed Gratification
Does every workout need to be really challenging to be effective? This is a really important question from the stance that is prioritizing short term, or first order, over long term, or second order. A common thread is that in order for something to be effective it needs to be…
What I Am Reading – Boundless by Ben Greenfield
For the record, this book is more of an encyclopedia than a single subject book. This is an excellent resource for a lot of areas around performance and health. Personally, I struggle with these types of books. My general feeling is that these types of books come out as a watered-down…
Strength Coach Chronicles – Pre/Post Mortem
If you are familiar with goal setting, you should be familiar with the concept of Pre and Post Mortems. The idea adds on top of just setting goals the focal point of understanding constraints and limiting factors to accomplishing something. We are approaching the end...