Greg Lawlor 🚢
4y ago
30+ years as a coach/teacher & business leader | I focus on improving youth sport & athletic business | Newsletter: The Physical Movement
With 30+ years of coaching/teaching and parenting a number of patterns have emerged in how young athletes are being asked to prepare for their upcoming seasons. For incoming/returning HS and college students, the preparation process has become complex, cumbersome and counter intuitive.
Coaches/Parents: student-athletes are extremely busy during off seasons.
Summer leagues for many, training in the weight room for most along with jobs and course work make up the norm rather than the exception.
8 considerations for coaches, parents and athletes in summer physical preparation:
Focus on the WHY. The backbone to any training program is the purpose.
Consistency beats complexity. Something that is simple and executed well will benefit way more than a complex program requiring a ton of time.
Don't over focus on conditioning tests coming in the fall. Conditioning that is easy on the body is 10-15 minutes 2x per week. Practice required but not obsession.
High risk exercises are counter productive. Workouts should be made up with very familiar exercises for the athlete.
Supervised workouts are better than not.
Don't over program speed training. 2 sessions of 2x 10 yard sprints per week are all that is required.
Less is more. 45 minutes a day working out x 6 days a week is too much for the busy student-athlete.
Rest and nutrition are king. 8-10 hours of sleep per night and "grown up" nutrition are essential.