Posts Tagged ‘nfl combine’
Good enough is big enough
Two of the athletes I train have recently had selection issues because of their height with new coaches discriminating against them, in 2 different sports. Both athletes are strong, but need to develop more power and quickness. That isn’t the reason they are having difficulty. Both are very bright, with good game sense and are tough. Those things are difficult to coach. They are also qualities that are difficult to gauge on first meeting.
Read MoreNFL Draft and the combine
Does the NFL combine predict future playing performance?
The NFL draft happens later this month- for geeks like me it is quite exciting to see who the Green Bay Packers recruit.
As a coach it is amazing to see how much emphasis is put on the combine results and the fitness scores that happen there.
Read MoreWhat does Jack Wilshere have in common with a Dinosaur?
They both suffer from stress fractures!
Poor old Jack Wilshere will be watching the Champion’s League Final from the comfort of his own home this week.
Could he have helped Arsenal get to the final if he hadn’t suffered from a stress fracture in training?
Read MoreStuck in a training rut? 3 ways to get out.
Practice Variability
Rest is rest.
There is a common theme amongst athletes: They don’t work hard enough when they are supposed to and they don’t rest properly when they are supposed to.
You get a lot of “slogging”, instead of short, sharp hard, focussed sessions, followed by adequate rest and recovery. This is a key cause of overtraining:long, slow monotonous training, with insufficient adaptation. Worse still, none of this actually helps improve sporting performance.
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