10 Must Ask Questions During The Recruiting Process: When it comes to the recruiting process it is important to remember you are interviewing them just as much as they are interviewing you. There are many options when it comes to picking a school. Make sure to ask these questions to every coach you speak with.[…]
We all know just how big of an issue ACL tears and other knee injuries are. However it is an alarming trend that very few athletes or strength programs spend time focusing on ACL injury prevention. With such a high occurrence of this injury, and taking into account the severity, shouldn’t there be more time be dedicated to prevention?[…]
I believe that most high school aged athletes are being done a disservice with their training. As a former collegiate strength and conditioning coach and someone who works with a multitude of high school aged athletes it is clear that they are being lead in the wrong direction. Almost every kid I speak with can[…]
****MEMBERS ONLY**** January 2nd – January 15th This is the first two weeks in our training cycle. As we get into this phase we have three areas of focus. 1: Build a strong base level of strength. 2: Increase joint mobility and stability 3: Strengthen our pillar The training split is as follows: Monday: Absolute[…]
When it comes to strength training, as athletes, the only thing that matters in how that strength transfers to on field performance. Nobody cares about the squat max of a guy who never plays and on most teams the strongest guy is one of the slowest. At the end of the day football is a[…]
For high school athletes the biggest misrepresentation of an effective strength and conditioning program is max strength testing. Building absolute strength is vital to athletic success, however, if your goal is to build healthy and productive athletes it may be beneficial to look at other categories when evaluating your strength program. When I work with[…]
It’s December 28th. Most teams have already completed their max strength testing and the ones that have not tested yet are most likely scheduled to test during the first week of January. This is the way things are done and they have always been done that way. Wait, how does that quote go? “The most[…]
This is the first installment in a three part series on off-season strength training for football at the high school level. As we progress through this three part series I will address the specific goals of each phase and how an effective high school level coach should program in order to provide their athletes with[…]
This is the second installment in a three part series on off-season strength training for football at the high school level. To recap: As we progress through this three part series I will address the specific goals of each phase and how an effective high school level coach should program in order to provide their[…]
This is the third installment in a three-part series on off-season strength training for football at the high school level. To recap: The off-season has been broken into three parts… Phase 1: Focused on developing lifting competency and building strength. Phase 2: Transitioning our strength into power and performing more speed and agility training. Phase[…]