Hunter Eisenhower, Associate Head Coach, Sports Performance, for Arizona State men's basketball, breaks down his "Force System" training methodology and introduces his Archetype Quadrants. 

See how Hunter challenges traditional strength training by focusing on four pillars: High Force (deceleration), Fast Force (speed/elasticity), Slow Force (tendon health), and Human Force (fundamental movement). Learn practical strategies for profiling athletes and designing programs that optimize performance—with or without force plates.

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Episode Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction & Hunter's background

01:06 - Creating the Four System

02:15 - Fast Force: Speed & elasticity

02:42 - Slow Force: Tissue health & injury prevention

03:14 - Human Force: Fundamental movement patterns

03:38 - Archetype Quadrants explained

05:24 - Four System exercise examples

1:10:20 - Case study: Patellar tendinopathy

1:12:33 - Building normative data

1:13:21 - Simplifying force plate metrics

1:13:59 - The simplicity principle in coaching

1:15:14 - Practitioners adopting the system

1:16:40 - Closing thoughts & future episodes