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Strength Coach Chronicles – Working with Unmotivated Athletes
Anyone that has ever worked in a team setting knows there is a natural standard distribution to motivation towards training. Most fall into the kind of generally interested in developing themselves. Others fall into the really over do their interest and have no interest whatsoever…
What I’m Reading (Classic) – Strongest Shall Survive
If you are unfamiliar with this book, it is a shame it had a huge concentric circle through all of S&C. This was a proverbial leap from niche based aspects of training such as weightlifting, powerlifting, or bodybuilding and crossed over into direct performance…
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working with Sports Nutritionist
This is one that is exceptionally hard for me. I get a lot of calls on recommendations for S&C coaches from the team setting. You can clearly see the connection between people seeking my advice on a potential S&C coach with my experiences. I also get a lot of...
What I’m Reading – Future Perfect by Steven Johnson
Peer to Peer is the central theme of the internet, but has broad scope impacts in other domains like businesses or team settings. The idea is that decisions are made by the majority of the people within the network – consensus over hierarchy is what peer to peer…
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working with Sports Medicine
I want to establish that an Athletic Trainer that gets their CSCS is not productive or helpful to us as S&C coaches. The way NSCA has set up their accreditation is to get as many people as possible a part of and opening their flagship certification is a business...
What I’m Reading – Work Rules by Laszlo Bock
In a previous blog I reviewed the book Working Backwards on how Amazon creates a framework for hiring, managing, and retaining employees. Work Rules is a very similar concept, except from Google. I am attracted to these books because I am a business owner. However,...
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working with Sport Coaches
Working with coaches was always my greatest weakness. I always struggled with the power dynamic with coaches and being subservient to someone that I felt I worked harder than or was more capable of than. But this is a classic 'learn from my mistakes' situation, and my...
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...