Samuel Erickson

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Training Mistake:

Waiting until you’re “100%” to train will get you nowhere fast.

“100%” hardly comes by.

Show up daily and give what you have. The results will come.

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Wouldn’t it be great 😌

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Whenever I get down on myself I just remember:

Some people believe that turf causes injuries…

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Why movement first? Why do that primarily with middle school?

It is much easier to teach a good MOVER (can sprint, jump, cut, has a large movement bank/good literacy) how to excel in the weight room…

Than it is to teach a weight room warrior how to move in the field

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“No pain, no gain”

Just because you feel the burn, that doesn’t mean your workout was good.

What are you training for?

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For more advance advanced athletes that need some more strength/size but have hit a plateau:

Pyramids (Ex: 5,4,3,2,1,2,3,4,5)

✅Volume
✅ Intensity
✅Accounting for fatigue

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Awesome warm up drill for pull ups I use with myself and athletes ⬇️

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An aspect of being a skilled coach is doing the MOST with the LEAST⚡️

We take the tools we have and maximize ⚡️

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Training should be comprehensive.

It’s never all or none.

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Given as much as I talk about sprinting and preach its importance and benefits, it may seem it’s the only thing I do with my athletes.

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We will:

✅Lift heavy things and light things
✅Jump, Sprint, Cut, and Throw
✅Work on speed AND capacity
✅Get good at our sport, also

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All in all, the notion that “just do some lighter sets/slower reps” may not be ideal.

It is not inherently wrong, but we can squeeze more juice out if we are more dialed in 🔥

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What is the best warm up???🤔

Seems like such a simple question and maybe even one that may not need this much attention, but let’s break it down:

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By tailoring warm ups to the task, it allows us to better dial in and focus our mental energy to the appropriate areas of the focus ⚡️

This is why a specific warm up for sprinting would be more ideal than just a jog, for instance.