Strength Coach Chronicles

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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