I have used my "cone stack" drill as an asessment tool for years. It helps the coaches to identify so many components to movement. Simple drill but shows a lot of "good" stuff. Plus, the athletes love this drill so they usually go all out.

If all it took for parents to be happy is for front of their child’s jersey to say “Elite” they could have saved thousands and put it on their rec jersey. Seriously, the same kids who are below average rec players are traveling state to state playing other glorified rec players.

Excellent screen negotiation by defender. 1. Never allows her shoulder to get chipped by screener. 2. Tilts towards the top and over screen. 3. Immediately uses lateral run by clearing hips to attack new space.

A child should NOT be allowed to play on a travel team at the same time as their school team is in season. If I have to explain why- it is an even bigger problem than I thought. Travel sports are out of control… but to make kids a ticking time bomb through over playing is wrong!

Beauty-how lower leg slightly casts, as thigh is forcefully driven down by hip extension, occurs only if gastroc releases its tight hold on knee joint due to strong dorsiflexed position of ankle. Too much emphasis on dorsiflexion doesn’t allow rhythm knee +hip unfolding together

A Zone-1 Step has a lot of application to support starting speed during acceleration. Simply manipulating joint angles can give an appreciation of unilateral force application to accelerate the body

@johnbloom30 It is an honor to have been invited to participate with such great professionals. Thank you John!

*projecting

Narrow and high is a great strategy to lead to wide and low. Trae goes into a pace change by using this strategy.

@johnbloom30 Add another great book to my reading list! Thank you John!!

Max velocity sprinting at the elite level is a coordinated marvel… to see it done while negotiating 10-hurdles is a special gift. The insane speed, limb quickness and placement, the aggression, and poise is so special 👏

A cesspool= specific HS coaches, targeting players on other teams, recruit to their team. unrivaled in Southwest Florida. It’s unethical, damaging to HS sports integrity, speaks how poor these coaches are-they can’t build a program w/players who’ve grown up through their system

The problem with the purely “Conceptual” coach is they think the athletes will figure out the proper execution of footwork by solely self organizing. This leaves so many athletes in the dark when purposeful instruction could have taken them to a new level.

The information we get from a foot plant during change of direction is very telling. It allows us to see the impact of the upper body’s position and how it influences what the foot can and cannot do BECAUSE of how stable the upper body is at the moment of impact.

@EatSleepTrain_ His respect to the physics of long limbs during critical sections of arm and leg gait cycle allows him to create the forces needed to accelerate rapidly. Great post coach!

@IKadishStrength Really appreciate everyone’s hospitality Ian!

I had the extreme honor of doing a full day workshop with an amazing S&C staff- a complete first class group of professionals. It was amazing to take one of their major leaguers through my base-stealing model all morning and watch him improve in many areas. Very rewarding!

@CoachTownieXCTF Absolutely

@CoachJWLeach 😂

@ImaniLara @EatSleepTrain_ Amazing!! Imani-Lara Lansiquot @ImaniLara