Moving for the sake of moving can hurt outputs but I personally believe everyone should be active.
High functioning weight rooms are active but they’re active with spotting, changing weights, calling out vbt numbers (if you have it), and just generally bringing good energy.
This has plagued more Strength Programs than nearly anything else out there.
The constant need to “keep them moving” crushes performance, because you trade quality for quantity.
Giving Athletes Adequate rest is an instant improvement in performance 🙌🏻
Congratulations again to these 2 coaches for earning Awards at the @nhssca_us NatCon on Friday night!
@jonhersel - Region 1 SouthEast Strength Coach of The Year
@CoachFortney - Alabama Strength Coach of The Year
@SaralandSchools@EHS__Football @Enterprisecitysch
For the average non-runner, brisk walking or rucking should be how you get your foot to the running door.
“Just get out and run” 9/10 isn’t good strategy for getting new people to enjoy running or any cardio for that matter.
Most people get out of Z2 faster than they realize.
I’ve found. When a non-runner (including myself) is getting into running, they tend to really struggle with learning how to “slow down to get faster”.
Understanding Z2, aerobic zone, easy pace etc and what it really means and feels like.
Week 2. Build the Frame. Soccer team running the first block of Build the Dog. Quiet dogs before fast dogs. Structural integrity. Aerobic governance. Posture over pace. No racing, just earning the right to go fast later.
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@Tyry202 It can even get borderline argumentative at times when an athlete can’t figure out the technical cue and seeing their time go down convinces them that the cue is “wrong” or that coach doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
I almost never time technical work.
Speed improvements within a session rarely happens because of a technical cue.
Not saying technique isn’t important but it’s important to not get frustrated when an athletes acute speed drops even when your coaches eye tells you their technique “got better”.
Sport IQ is the forgotten variable in the conditioned equation.
Trying to make up for lack of game sense with effort alone can only last for so long.
Sometimes “out of shape” is really a software issue not a hardware issue.
3 things that seem to highly correlate to a HSFB player breaking the 20mph barrier:
1. High relative strength in the back squat
2. Frequent sprint exposures (2-3 days week)
3. Remarkable consistency in their training
Purely anecdotal but a great starting point for most.
I’ve never really subscribed to the “They get it at practice so we don’t need to train it separately” idea.
The Expression of an athletic quality like speed or power isn’t the same as the Development of that quality.
You can’t express what hasn’t been developed.
Even more important at the HS level.
I call it the ALL-22 LIST. Coaches vote on the best 22 FOOTBALL players regardless of position on the team. If one of those players is playing <50% of the snaps (with some exceptions), it’s usually not a winning formula.
Jon Sumrall has every staff member rank Florida's top players on offense and defense to get the best 11 on the field.
“If we got six receivers in the top 11 and no tight ends and we’re playing a lot of 12 personnel, then we’re freaking idiots.”
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Favorite part of this guide by @Tyry202 is how well it explains things that us coaches know to be true through practice but might struggle identifying and articulating to our athletes or other sport coaches. It’s like giving your coaching eyes 20/20 vision. Well done coach!