I stopped by Trinity Prep Aquatics to sit down with Rocco Aceto. Rocco was the head coach at Washington State University as well as the assistant at Auburn University. At Auburn, his student-athletes achieved two Olympic gold medals, one NCAA team title, two individual and six relayRead more →
For my opening episode I was fortunate to sit down with great friend and colleague, Tony Amato, to discuss his growth as a collegiate soccer coach and how he has used strength and conditioning to better his programs. Tony discusses why he brought strength and conditioning toRead more →
This is our last entry for rotational stability. In review, we want to align the body and fire correctly to keep your stability. Then after adding strength, we can apply this to power movements. If you take one thing away from this video blog series, I hopeRead more →
Taking the concept of rotational stability and adding strength lifts, strength exercises, etc. Unilateral exercises will cause your core to keep you stable, therefore showing lack of stability. No movement = stable! Movement or opening up = not stable. Work on unilateral exercises to become a stronger,Read more →
Someone is running at you - we don't want to absorb the impact, we want to resist that, right? Isometric strength is where it's at. Band anti-rotational work will help you gain the strength to resist. Work on firing glutes, core, shoulders, etc. Do not cave inRead more →
A lot of training is focused on straight ahead work, but we have to become more powerful when rotating! Core training is your foundation. With a strong, stable base you can then add power in your rotation. Focus on stability and strength, isometrically!Read more →
You're at risk for injury if you don't warm up properly, especially when you are warming up for rotational or crossover work. This requires your core to be firing!! So warm up your core as well as lengthening and stretching out the lower body.Read more →
The ability to shuffle is a learned skill. An appropriate warm up is essential to teach mechanics, make sure proper muscles are firing and most importantly, make sure the mind and body are ready to get after it.Read more →
SSPs, Will Hitzelberger, introduces his 2014 blog series of Inspiring Greatness. An interview a week with other sport professionals who are very influential in this field and use strength and conditioning aspects with their athletes. Stay tuned each week for new questions, new responses and new inspiration.Read more →
So much time is spent on what goes into a sprint workout, but so many programs fail to properly prepare athletes to sprint with power. It's important to get the kinetic chain in alignment and get core musculature firing. It's just as equally important to elongate musculatureRead more →