Strength Coach Chronicles – In Season Training (Part I)
This is the most important period of training you will have in a calendar year as a S&C Coach. For one there is the most potential risk. More importantly this is the longest stretch of continuous training you will have. The length potentially gives the most relative value from training, this is what I am […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Transitioning Back to Season
Transitioning back to in season is a lot more than S&C coaches really let on. Taking into consideration that you were the primary aspect of an athlete’s development into a relatively small one, seemingly overnight, is not the easiest thing to do. The biggest challenge is that you effectively are working more hours, but have […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working with Highly Motivated Athletes
We discussed in the last Strength Coach Chronicles how to work with unmotivated athletes. In that we described a standard distribution of motivation and skill within a group. On one end we have unmotivated athletes and on the other end motivated athletes. Both have their challenges, we want to establish that this is going to […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working with Unmotivated Athletes
Anyone that has ever worked in a team setting knows there is a natural standard distribution to motivation towards training. Most fall into the kind of generally interested in developing themselves. Others fall into the really over do their interest and have no interest whatsoever in training. Non Performers – Unmotivated As you approach creating […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working with Sports Nutritionist
This is one that is exceptionally hard for me. I get a lot of calls on recommendations for S&C coaches from the team setting. You can clearly see the connection between people seeking my advice on a potential S&C coach with my experiences. I also get a lot of calls on recommendations for Sport Nutritionists. […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working with Sports Medicine
I want to establish that an Athletic Trainer that gets their CSCS is not productive or helpful to us as S&C coaches. The way NSCA has set up their accreditation is to get as many people as possible a part of and opening their flagship certification is a business decision. The second order is that […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working with Sport Coaches
Working with coaches was always my greatest weakness. I always struggled with the power dynamic with coaches and being subservient to someone that I felt I worked harder than or was more capable of than. But this is a classic ‘learn from my mistakes’ situation, and my feelings were not always accurate. One of the […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Working Multiple Sports
Anyone that has ever worked in college S&C has had to work with multiple teams at a given time. This reality of the job is something that rarely gets discussed as a challenge but needs to be appreciated. This is not the easiest thing to do as an S&C coach. Seasonality is the biggest challenge. […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Stamina In the Trenches
I wanted to write this blog post because we are going to be hitting the dog days of Winter training. For the Football S&C coaches out there, this is a hard crash in the off season. For me as a director, I needed to predict this and to put my staff’s well-being first and foremost […]
Strength Coach Chronicles – Interviewing Part II
We discussed last month how to interview someone. This month, we are going to dive into how to interview effectively. This will not be about how to answer a very specific question or how to write a resume that attracts employers – it is going to leverage my experiences with interviewing and explore what I […]