One of the best signs of an effective training program is a slight decrease in performance.
Training is an investment that pays dividends after proper rest and recovery.
REM Sleep: When you learn (“download”) tasks you trained for. Mental.
Slow Wave: When your body is physically repairing from training/life.
Sleep = investment.
No Sleep= liability.
“Plans are useless but planning is indispensable” - Dwight Eisenhower
When annual/monthly/weekly planning for sport, we can start with the end in mind.
They build on each other.
We can begin to make better decisions based on our defined direction.
Data, physics, & mathematics
Great for developing the coaches eye. You can iterate, test, & develop.
Without data and quantitative measures, the coaches eye can turn into dogmatic coaching practice.
Athletes should get better with a coach. Not in spite of.
Systems beat schemes
The training system beats the cool new exercise on IG
The nutrition system will be more advantageous than diet hopping
Your recovery system of adequate sleep and load management will outcompete massage guns and compressions
Iterate on the basics
Most athlete issues in regards to physical and skill development boil down to logistics and energy management.
We are not unlimited supplies of energy.
We have to manage, allocate, then redistribute.
Going full speed every day sounds good. Until you can’t.
At Bishop Gorman watching Trinity (NV) guard Daishen Nix as he takes on Our Savior. Big bodied guard with a ton of off the dribble game. Impressive passing instincts at 6-5.
Back at the Tarkanian Classic after some G League Showcase action. Trinity Prep taking on Our Savior New American. Fast rising Daishen Nix going up against highly touted HS sophomore Jonathan Kuminga.
One of my favorite guards from this spring & summer 💪🏽 Daishen Nix @djfromveg Trinity (NV) ⛹🏽♂️💨QUICK athletic 6’5” guard! VERY hard to stop him from getting to the basket w/ the majority of his 24 points @TarkClassic = dunks+layups 🚀 #tarkclassic@trigonis30 @SimplyFunBball