Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS

Hayden Mitchell PhD Human Performance Sport Pedagogy

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

Americans want to win.

I do not think that desire needs to be shamed out of us.

It means we care, even when that care is expressed through anger, impatience, money, status, and the fear that we are falling behind.

What might become possible if we began the conversation with the care itself?

Care for children.

Care for coaches.

Care for communities.

Care for the talent we lose before it ever has the opportunity to become visible.

Perhaps that is where a more honest conversation about winning begins.

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

American soccer is angry again.

Following the United States’ 4–1 loss to Belgium, former players, coaches, journalists, and people working both inside and outside the system began another public examination of what has gone wrong.

At the same time, Norway reached its first World Cup quarterfinal, while Erling Haaland and the Viking Row captured the attention of the American public and much of the wider football world.

Soccer has made this conversation timely.

But the conversation is much larger than soccer.

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

We cannot, nor should we, aspire to make American youth sport Norwegian.

It is to understand what Norway’s model protects, why those protections are possible there, and how similar developmental goods might be pursued within the cultures and constraints of our own communities.

Wholesale transplantation is impossible.

Careful translation is not.

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

@Liverpool Absolutely not

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

@marlon_humphrey It’s not low key. You’re just getting cooked. As usual, you chose to be an outright dickhead. Why do you crave attention so much? What’s wrong with you man?

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

I am always searching for relevant play in warmups.

We started with some light punching while standing then slowly worked our way into deep tier/low positions.

His superpower will be his leverage, his hands (he also practices Muay Thai), and his incredible burst on the snap.

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

@elonmusk Imagine being so disconnected from reality, you believe that basic communication skills aren’t taught in business school.

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

Spanish Squat Discoveries #spinemobility #fitness #mobility

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

Rock back, create a little momentum, throw hands violently, send it!

Any technical “errors” someone with a “coaches eye” may spot will likely be “corrected” over the next 12 weeks of work.

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

Simple strategy with the potential to foster genius.

There’s so many different ways to prompt an athlete: set five minute timer with one box and perform as many different styles of jumping and landing as possible, small-sided game play (give them 5 minutes to invent a game), etc

[Hayden Mitchell PhD, CSCS @WayfinderHayden]

This strategy of one good rep with slowly rotating through full range (the functional range crowd calls it eccentric quasi-isometric) has been an absolute game changer for mine and my clients elbows.
PS You will grow impressive biceps