Everyone has seen Drago in Rocky IV and how his training was so far ahead of what Rocky was doing correct? Yes, Rocky won but just think about what Rocky could of accomplished if he trained the way Drago did. No steroids, real athletes don't need them. You also have the it factors like mental toughness, work ethic, genes and technical ability which I won't talk about much. Every great athlete has those but we are focusing on training better and smarter. These are some things to think about next time you pick a performance coach.
1. Develop a wide variety of qualities, physical strength, speed, coordination, and endurance, together with will-power moral conduct and all the above that I mentioned. Some have more these traits than others so why are you spending time with what you already have? Train for what you need and will hypertrophy make you move better on the field or do you need better movement flexibility training? Do you need more static strength or eccentric strength? Do you know the difference?
2. Do you know how to train for better movement or do you think running cone drills and sprints will make you a better mover? A performance coach better know how to get you to move better or find another coach guys. What is your sport or goal of the training?
3. Injury prevention to reduce tissue stress. Static postures create tissues that accumulate micro deformations. A well designed warm-up movement prep or whatever you call it can introduces motion as these tissues regain their "normal form" and helps prevent bad destructive movements.
4. Repetition for athletes is key. First stage is the learning with full concentration with coaching. If you can't do a movement correct/fix it with proper coaching from mobility/flexibility/strength program. Second, repetition perfecting the motor and skill ability. Third, athlete no longer needs to concentrate on task since its automatic. Recover and repeat while adding stimulus.
5. The stimulus or next stage is specialization. Distractions and challenges to make it more game like. For example, why have someone go through a ladder or cone progression when they don't have the correct arm drive or ankle knee placement on cuts and turns? Doesn't make sense to me. Are you training smart or just training hard?
6. Individualization is key with program design. At our training center we do have program designs and they are very progressive and build upon a base but everyone is different. This is a huge reason why a program for Dwight Howard is different from what the college player might do. Now there is always some overlapping but if you want to get the most out of you, your program needs to be designed for you.
Coach B Meyer Training Staff
www.bmeyertraining.com
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