Alex Keough

Director of Athletic Performance for Olympic Sports at Campbell University *All expressed views are my own, not my employer’s.

[HoundsSpeed + @houndsspeed]

U-20 USWNT Camp, final approach

SPP, agility development + COD
-1L RFD/Lateral RFD/1L Eccentrics
-Dartfish 5-10-5, 4.73

Sq Waves 21x1, 1.1 -.65 m/s
B Pr 5x3, .6 m/s

Slightly more specific w/ agility.
Speed + Power only on F/V curve.
Limited TUT, time to peak!

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

@RUGBY_STR_COACH Exercise as punishment doesn't build toughness. It builds resentment.

Sending the signal that running or navigating the discomfort that comes with it is something that is negative, that should be avoided.

[Matt Rodriguez @CoachMattRod]

Being at a big school doesn’t automatically make you a great coach.

Being at a D2, D3, high school, etc. doesn’t make you any less of a coach.

Make the big time where you’re at. Impact lives. Build relationships. Leave it BETTER than you found it. This is what matters most!

[Brian Hartline @brianhartline]

Root for people. Help them reach their goals. Be kind. Be happy for others.

Life is already hard enough. Help others. Lift them up.

It won’t just change their life, it’ll change yours too.

[Call me Keir @RUGBY_STR_COACH]

In before teams blame their cramping today on dehydration/electrolytes/not warming up properly/athletes not taking care of their bodies.

You cramp because you spent all summer preparing guys to do stuff that doesn't look like or touch the intensity or density of the game.

[James Smith @stressimmunity]

Mental toughness is not only nonsense, it's a poor phrase to describe what it's meant to. What does exist are a spectrum of individual, and differentiated, psychological skills; and each individual requires a nuanced development of the ones that serve them most optimally

[Campbell W Golf @GoCamelsWGolf]

Make it 5️⃣-straight @BigSouthSports Championships!

#RollHumps 🐪⛳

[Big South Game Day @BigSouthGameDay]

#RollHumps

@GoCamelsWSOC goes on the road and earns a spot in the 2020-21 #BigSouthWSOC⚽️ Championship TITLE MATCH!

[Charlie Weingroff @CWagon75]

One thing I might do differently than others is when a player gets hurt, I am often literally sick to my stomach from abject failure. Reasons, excuses aside, it’s still failure.

[Matt Rhea, PhD @MattRheaPhD]

Dear sport coaches, if you know more about S&C than your S&C coach then you hired the wrong one. I’ve actually never seen it happen though. Let them do their jobs! We work for arguably the best of all time and he’s never told us how to do our jobs.

[StrengthCoachNetwork @StrCoachNetwork]

Shouting the same thing over and over is not coaching.

Discuss

[Scott Kuehn @scottkuehn88]

Lessons on people, culture and group dynamics I’ve learned that I feel contribute the most to organizational success

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[Brett Bartholomew @Coach_BrettB]

Strength coaches who only want to debate training are in for a rude awakening in the coming years.

The field is evolving as are the number of unique topics that shape it.

Knowing how to teach people to move & lift is NOT the job.

Dealing with people & chaos is!

[Zach Dechant @ZachDechant]

There’s way more to preparing athletes for their sport than strength. Strength is a part of it.

The bigger part is preparing your athletes for the actual demands of the sport.

Movements
Workloads
Intensities

Don’t miss the forest for the trees.

[Call me Keir @RUGBY_STR_COACH]

When they tell you there's no money, they mean there's just no money for you.

[Nick Showman @NShowman]

In the last 7 days, I’ve had 3 friends leave Collegiate Strength & Conditioning

When will their be a better plan in place to create a sustainable future for strength coaches?

Hours, pay, and care for coaches is terrible

[Brandon Marcello PhD @bmarcello13]

I don't agree with excessively loud music in a weight room. If I can't coach athletes across a weight room, or if I can’t get someone’s attention due to a potential safety concern, then I can't do my job well.

[Brandon Marcello PhD @bmarcello13]

Be careful not to confuse performance w/skill. It doesn't matter how powerful/strong/stable/etc you are, if you're not good at your sport!

[Naval @naval]

Integrity is when what you think and what you say and what you do are one.

[Tim Elmore @TimElmore]

“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel." – Sam Walton