Strength Coach Chronicles – Getting a Masters Degree?
This is a critical question. It is one that needs some sort of perspective. For context, I have two Bachelor’s Degrees (Mathematics and Movement Science) and two Masters Degrees (Exercise Science – Strength and Conditioning and Exercise Science – Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention). When I say things in this blog post, such as a […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Accepting Blame vs Credit
At the end of a loss with a team you are working for, what is your response? Do you feel like you are solely responsible for that outcome? Do you feel detached from that loss with no feeling of any responsibility for that outcome? I guess this stems from what you perceive your contribution to […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – The Issue with Reductionist Based Thinking
What we have to understand is that complex problems are never going to be the sum of its parts. Meaning that if we worked backwards from the end, and break down into individual segments, they will never be able to fit perfectly back together at the end. Establishing a working knowledge of everything we do […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Was the High Performance Model a Failure (Part III)?
Part I – Organizational Structure we went through why the High Performance Model is not a good fit for top down organizational structures. Part II – HPM Model we went through what the HPM actually is supposed to look like. In Part III we are going to review what we can do about it, regardless […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Was the High Performance Model a Failure (Part II)?
Part I – Organizational Structure we went through why the High Performance Model (HPM) is not a good fit for top down organizational structures. In this Part II, we are going to review what the High Performance Model actually looks like, in part to show I actually do have an idea of what it is […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Was the High Performance Model a Failure? (Part I)
I have this image of a European soccer club having this beautiful set up of players, coaches, and trainers connected as one towards the path of sports mastery. This utopia of high performance with everyone in complete synergy with each-other. But we all know that is a myth, there are always problems and issues to […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Preparing for Post Season
There is a certain amount of anxiety or relief going into the final parts of a competitive season. Anxiety is centered around having a chance to move on to future success. Relief of a season filled with disappointment is almost over. Post season with college sports is a tumultuous time – it can be making […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – In Season Varsity (Travel) Workouts (Part II)
We have talked this about in other blog posts and how hard this part of the year is on the S&C coach. Your work is proverbial done, at least in the development side, and you are phasing into a support role. However, that does not change the fact that this is the longest unbroken period […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – In Season Developmental Workouts
This is easily the biggest opportunity for a S&C coach during the season to contribute to future success. The idea is to help players that are underdeveloped in certain areas get a leg up for the future off season. But that may not be necessarily the case, as we will break down in this blog […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Injured Workouts
To me this is arguably the most important part of the job. At least during competitive periods. Our opportunity to improve biomotor ability is primarily in the off season. We discussed in last month’s blog In Season Training that we can still improve, just not the primarily focal point as in season. The elephant in […]