The GAIN Deep Dive is a one and a half day interactive workshop for sports coaches, physiotherapists,and  p.e. teachers who are looking for practical and relevant tools to help their teams.

GAIN is a community of sports performance professionals eager to learn and willing to share ideas and information.

GAIN is not about more exercises, sets, reps and training methods it is about passionate people who pursue excellence with honesty, integrity and respect to make a difference in the lives of the people we coach and teach.

Regular GAIN is five days long and covers a range of topics encompassing many disciples under the sports performance umbrella. The goal of the Deep Dive is to go in depth on one particular topic. It is a workshop format over one- and one-half days encompassing a combination of lecture, demonstration and active learning opportunities.

The theme is “Foundational Strength” and will include:

• Understanding strength: what it means in sport, rather than bodybuilding.
• Applying strength: Body positions, leverage, robustness.
• Designing a programme: how to use it in your environment, class pitch, court.
• Coaching the programme: Avoiding the mistakes of ‘traditional Strength & conditioning’ programmes. How to use implicit learning and athlete centred tasks that create adherence and enjoyment.

This video shows an example of James Marshall expanding upon the basic squat with a group of young sports people.

This interactive workshop will draw heavily on Vern’s vast experiences and the lessons he has learned.

Course attendees will walk away with a better understanding of what works and how to apply it to their situation.

Full course itinerary to follow.

There are only

25 19 15 12 9 4 3   spaces available, to ensure that everyone has a chance to ask specific questions.

Meet the Tutors:

Vern Gambetta: Founder of GAIN

Vern has been coaching for fifty years, and is the founder of the Gambetta Athletic Improvement Network (GAIN).He is a pioneer in the field of Athletic Development. He is recognized internationally as an expert in training and conditioning for sport having worked with world-class athletes and teams in a wide variety of sports.

Vern has been the a conditioning coach in Major League Soccer as well as the conditioning consultant to the US Men’s World Cup Soccer.  He is the former Director of Conditioning for the Chicago White Sox and Director of Athletic Development for the New York Mets.

His background is track & field, having coached at all levels of the sport. In addition Vern served as the first director of the USATF Coaching Education Program, an innovative program designed to upgrade the standard of track and field coaching in the US.

James Marshall: Head Coach at Excelsior Athletic Development Club

Excelsior ADC is the only sports club in the UK affiliated to the governing bodies of gymnastics, weight lifting and athletics. James set the club up in 2014 in order to give people in Devon the opportunity to learn and participate locally.

James has coached many athletes from different sports including: England Rugby U16 and U18s, Great Britain Rugby League U16 and U18s, Exeter Chiefs RFC, London Welsh RFC, London Broncos RL. He had 5 Athletes compete at the London 2012 Olympics/Paralympics He specialises in speed and power training and the athletic development required to apply that to sport.

 

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