Matthew

Performance Coach - Wolff Pack Performance • Strength & Conditioning Coach - Marquette Catholic High School

[Charles Wesley Godwin @CharlesWesleyG]

"Better That Way" with @lukecombs is out May 15. Presave now at the link in my bio

[Anthony @natolisnuggets]

If you woke up today and:

-Have a job where you can make money
-Have your health
-Can call both your parents
-Have access to food & water
-Can go move your body & sweat

It's a good day regardless of what your brain is trying to tell you.

[Pat Basil @pbasilstrength]

How to earn your athletes' trust:

1. Be really good at your job
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842. Like the same kind of music

[Fred Duncan @Fred__Duncan]

If you say you want to play at the next level, you better start preparing like it…

After training hundreds of athletes over the years, from middle school to college to the pros, one thing is clear…

The athletes who thrive at the next level are the ones who learned how to

[Matthew Kamp @kamper317]

Phelps' switch to catcher paying off for Father McGivney https://t.co/NVEKvL2mVC via @theEdwi

[Ryan Kretzer @kretzer_ryan]

Finished the Spring Season with 3 points verse Bavarian. Excited to go and compete in Nashville for MLS Next Cup! @MLSNEXT @lfamlsnext @loufuszathletic

[Ray Zingler @rayzingler]

You don’t “get sore” from sound training.

You get sore from being physically unprepared.

Avoiding training because you have a “tournament coming up” is proof we are failing our kids when it comes to teaching them proper behaviors pertaining to overall health & performance.

[Tim Cortazzo @T_Cortazzo]

Improving your Reverse Lunge & Split Squat numbers will improve your Squat numbers…

Improving your Squat numbers won’t do much for your Reverse Lunge & Split Squat numbers…

Single Leg emphasized lifts should be more than an accessory

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

Baseball players:

Being strong & explosive isn’t a luxury anymore. It’s a prerequisite

Go train, be fast, strong & explosive

[Joe Aratari @JoeAratari]

Soccer players…

Train. Your. Legs. Heavy.

Stop doing bosu ball nonsense and balancing act drills and pick up some weights.

[Diego @DeegsBaseball]

INF/C Scott Phelps (@FMCHSBaseball, 2026) goes the other way here for an XBH.

Enjoying a successful spring for the Griffins as an everyday regular, mostly behind the plate.

@ScoutConnectBB

[Pat Basil @pbasilstrength]

"Is the program (insert sport) specific?"

Why yes it is.

The program:

1A DB Split Squat
1B DB Incline Bench
1C Seated Box Jump

2A Back Extensions
2B DB Row
2C Side Plank

[Illinois State Athletics @ISURedbirds]

🏆 Top Play: Lexie Griffin Pinch Hit Grand Slam, @RedbirdsSB

[Matt Parker @Mparker9898]

“But they’re doing football workouts with basketball, like omg.” Ok, tell me what a football workout is? Looks to me like they’re training athletes. Push, pull, hinge, skip, hop, jump, sprint, change direction. That’s how athletes train. That’s what I see.

[Jeremy Toohey @Toohey_sp]

The current AAU basketball and club soccer systems prioritize profit. Not athlete development and certainly not the health of their tendons and ligaments.

[Ray Zingler @rayzingler]

There are unlimited iterations of nuance out there.

But here’s the deal:

The biggest, strongest, fastest, most explosive kids with gritty chips on their shoulders generally fare best.

Get really strong.
Run hard sprints.
Jump out the gym.
Play sport well.

It works best.

[Mike Donatelli @mikeddonatelli]

You get in great shape by committing to SOME TYPE of exercise for the rest of your life

The specifics aren’t as important as doing something when you feel like doing nothing

That consistency compounded over years yields the results you want

[Sam Krapf @sam_gzstrength]

The most important long term training metric?

It's not your lift numbers.

It's whether you still in the game or not.

No quitting.

[Ray Zingler @rayzingler]

GPP = General Physical Preparation (think strength training, speed training, etc.)

SPP = Specific Physical Preparation (think sports practices, sports drills, etc.)

Our kids have an abundance of latter.

The problem is the former funds the latters potential.

Prioritize GPP.

[Ray Zingler @rayzingler]

A kid with a chronological age of 12, is 12 years old.

A 12 year old kid who has never trained before, has a training age of 0.

At 18, he would have a training age of 6.

Yes, 99% of kids under 18 are beginners in training & should be treated as such.

Fundamentals win.