Strength Training & Coordination pt1

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This is HANDS DOWN one of the most information packed episodes in the history of the Coach Your Best Podcast!

In part one of the podcast series on 'Strength Training & Coordination' with Coach Frans Bosch we discuss the following:

-What is your background and how did you get started in coaching?

-What is your definition of the word 'coach'?

-What do you mean by the phrase 'when your training well coaching is easy'?

-The 4 Stages of Coaching

-What do YOU love most about coaching?

-Is coaching more an 'art' or a 'science'?

-What inspired you to write this book

-"Seeing strength training as a way of staying close to..." pg 56

-Exercises that are a 'waste of time' for coaches in program design

-Ch 1- What do you mean by 'reductionism' and why is this an important concept for coaches to understand?

-Ch 1- Is there truly such thing as 'sport specfic training'?

-What is the importance of intentionality in contextual strength training?

-An example of a 'sport specific exercise' for sprinting

-What is the first step when designing a training program for athletes?

-Ch 2- What are some of the limiting influences on force production? What about force absorption?

-Why should coaches understand the concept of 'muscle slack'? pg77

-What's the relationship between muscle slack and co-contractions?

-What's the difference between a counter movement strategy and a pre-tension strategy? I.e. A false step/plyo step

-Pre-tension example of starting blocks for swimming

-Why European coaches laugh at US coaches regarding the 'Doris-flexion' strategy taught by coaches for sprinting?

For show notes visit www.athletebydesign.com/bosch