Developing The Elite Athlete

How do we know if a basketball player has the potential to play in the NBA?

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An athlete that truly wants to develop MUST implement these into their training program.

Without them, they limit their potential.

Limited potential limits their ability to go where they want in the future.

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When it comes to developing an athlete the idea of nutrition is normally just about eating more calories and more protein.

Most athletes have no idea how to actually eat and end up causing major long-term health issues because of the lack of a proper diet.

In this episode we talk about how to eat so we don't disrupt the way the body actually works.

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All athletes want to get faster but they are normally just told to go lift weights and they will automatically get faster.

The thing about that is there are a lot of crucial things that are being left out of the equation to actually get faster.

When an athlete is taught these 3 'secrets' then they will get faster.

Tune in to learn what they actually are.

In this weeks episode of the Developing The Elite Athlete, John breaks down the 7 things every athlete needs to focus on when it comes to their ability to perform at their highest level.

He calls it the 7 Essentials Of Performance and he goes into detail on what each of them are and how they will help you or your athlete maximize their athleticism.

In this episode we talk about simplifying the start of the 40 yard dash to maximize your 40.

We do this by breaking it down into the start, technique and understanding the acceleration phase.

Listen to this episode to learn how to maximize your 40 yard dash.

This episode of the Developing The Elite Athlete podcast is about multi-directional skill and transfer to the field.

We talk about the 3 simple concepts of multi-directional skill, how to perform it well for on field transfer and what not to do when it comes to training agility.

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In this episode we speak on the topic of functional strength.

What is functional strength?

The strength training you perform in the off-season will determine a lot about how you perform during the season. In this episode, John speaks about the 3 things that will help an athlete excel or flounder during the session.

- functional strength
- programming
- muscular balance

Listen to this podcast to find out what we speak about being the 3 important factors that determine your functional strength in football.

In this weeks episode of Developing The Elite Athlete podcast we talk about the importance of building a foundation to develop the Xplosive power and quick 1st step that everyone is looking for. Without the foundation you will crumble (create injury) and miss a lot of your season.

There are three basic components that we speak about in this episode. Tune in and make sure you don’t miss this weeks episode on Developing Xplosive Power.

This episode of the Developing The Elite Athlete is a redone version of what we had started in the past where we speak weekly on 1 of 4 topics of Developing The Elite Athlete in Speed, Strength, Power & Multi-Directional Skill.

This week we will be talking about the 3 ways to improve your speed with them being stride frequency, stride length and force application.