Often times it is necessary to simplify a “drill” to establish a “skill”.
Over time, matching up the puzzle pieces will result in a movement pattern that we seek.
This drill breaks down the important movement of triple leg extension (hip, knee, and foot) to mainly just hip transfer. Part of practice can be very useful in teaching proper movement patterns and techniques in the early stages of training programs.
Virtually all lower body movements begins with the hips. Consequently, lack in strength, extensibility (traditional thought of as “flexibility”), power, mobility, or elasticity (ability for the muscle to recoil) will lead to sub-optimal performance in the overall movement. This is why we begin this drill on our knees, rather than on our feet. Working from the ground up!
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Over the years ( and I’ve been training individuals and teams for nearly 20 years, so I’m not a newbie ), whether via an interweb blog post or verbal discussion with parents, I have emphasized the need for a holistic and simplistic approach to performance development.
Do your best to avoid gadgets and the tinker toys of “functional” training.
However having knowledge of human movement and the requirements of the sporting event can not be ignored.
Sporting coaches and athletes are often times trapped in the “box” of the sagittal plane of movement. Bench Press, Squat, Deadlift, Power Clean etc. ( You can google a list… )
GameSpeed programming has always placed an emphasis on rotational development within the transverse plane.
Trunk development ( aka the “core” ) is littered with constant spinal flexion exercises and movements but often avoids or misses the importance of rotational work.
The trunk of the human body plays many roles / functions for movement and that is for another post, or you can simply google some info. But our programming places the focus on the ability to “bend”, we train and observe the stability and anti-rotational development to protect the spine and generate power.
Coach Pete Thistle, who will be the lead in our Trench Academy at Daman’s Strength Training, has been working with me since the ripe age of 13. He has embraced the programming and understands the necessity to be able to “move” and play in “space”.
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In this video Coach Pete demonstrates one of many rotational patterns that we utilize to teach movement power development with the transverse plane!
Rotational work is required for many sports and should not be overlooked.
For Coach Pete and the members of the Trench Academy, we want to avoid the “Dancing Bear”!
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Coach Shawn
The interwebs have greatly changed the landscape of performance training. Some things for the better, now I’m able to communicate with my colleagues and mentors on a regular basis regardless of their location standing on the globe.
However for every Yang, there’s a Yin, a good to a bad.
The eruption of False Gods, keyboard gurus, and All-American Ol-skool “coaches” have led to an environment of horrific training advice and training programs just waiting to be “copied & pasted”.
Often times, parents, athletes and the general public are pulled into this funnel with the belief that the one-size fits all program will work for them. And of course if a professional athlete executes a specific workout or exercise, then it truly is a message from the gods!
The GameSpeed programming is 100% organic, it’s written in “pencil”, it’s adaptive to the context of the time of year and the athletes.
( Yes these are real-life notes written by me! )
Sure we have a plan, but we must be prepared to adapt. Without boring everyone about the purpose and nature of quadrennial periodized strength training, we have to evaluate the athletes and situation before each training session.
If not, WE MISS THE MARK.
We have to ask questions, what did you do today, what did you eat, how well did you sleep, did you play another sport today, did you workout with your team in any capacity? These questions help to set up the equation to ask about the volume, intensity and the duration of their day and workout.
Our adaptation allows for advancement in the athlete’s workout and training.
When the session is secured with our recovery methods, we evaluate and plan…
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