Better Men, Better Ballplayers

92: Gerry DeFilippo - Challenger Strength (NJ)

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Meet Gerry DeFilippo - https://www.challengerstrength.com/meet-gerry-defilippo.html

 

Bio

  • Head trainer and owns and operates Challenger Strength 
  • Serves as the strength coach for the Jersey Hitmen. 
    • He orchestrates the programming and training for eight different Hitmen teams, which range all the way up to the Elite and Premier Junior's Level Programs. 
  • Since founding Challenger Strength in 2016, Gerry has worked with over 100 college, college bound and professional athletes across multiple sports.  
  • Numerous articles published on EliteFTS, Muscles and Strength and Elite Baseball Performance. 
  • Gerry is certified by industry legends Joe DeFranco and James Smith. 
  • As a Certified Physical Preparation Specialist he specializes in athletic performance, pre-movement preparation, strength, power, speed, core training, program design, and mental toughness, all built on the seven pillars of athletic performance. 
  • Aside from being a Certified Physical Preparation Specialist and working with athletes, he is also an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer, with a background in personal training and general fitness.
  • Great follow on Twitter, shares great content! 



    • Notes

    • We can’t just focus on the output, we need to decelerate as well
  • Athletes need to get better at deceleration, start AND stop
  • If we can’t get better at them in a controlled setting, then we will really be behind in a chaotic, game like setting
  • Athletes are having to start up, after they have just stopped
  • What do you see “prominent” in your sport?
  • Look at it from a simple perspective and expand from there
  • You will always have a baseline and a progression and regression
  • Progress or regress depending on athlete and where the athlete is. Their “neutral”
  • Deceleration isn’t needed if you are not fast enough
  • “Earning progression”
  • Start and stop sprints
    • Yell
  • Partner reacts
  • Drop foam roller
  • Avoid people
  • Older athlete separated with sprint work and decel work
  • Younger athlete needs more consistent sprint and decel work to get a foundation of movements
  • Do they have a year or two of training under the belt to get them in the right group/plan
  • In season versus out of season just depending on what you are getting a lot or have not gotten enough
  • Are we looking at the movements we need in the game and base programming off that
  • If you are not getting better in your rotational output then we have to go heavier
  • Why am going to continue doing light rotation work when it is not working?
  • Overrated in getting in balance (throwing med right and left handed, not needed)
  • You are not going to undo movement with the few med ball throwing
  • In season maintenance and focus on what we are not getting in our sport
  • Hinge is different with the field and in the weightroom
  • ***At a certain point you need to evaluate what your goal is and go all in
  • If it is what the kid wants and they go after 
  • Causation vs correlation - was it the athlete and 3 sports or the genetics
  • Jump mat and vertical power
  • Learn the reasoning behind the test first, and then get the equipment
  • Velocity based training 
    • Technical proficiency in movements
  • If what they are doing is not working
  • Instagram @ChallengerStrength
  • Twitter @Challenger_ST
  • Website - www.challeger
  • Podcast - muscle and management - spotify
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