Quality control

Aaron Schwenzfeier

after I knew it all…

physical education

youth hockey

high school s&c and football

personal training (ages 14-80)

Now, collegiate strength and conditioning

Eyes and ears on the workout Always re-orient towards the group See and hear what’s happening

Coaching/Assessing

Every workout is an assessment

Keep them active

Minimize waiting – instruction and management Workout design Though… don’t do stuff to just do stuff! Physiological demands

fffff… feedback!

General vs. Specific “Good job”… on what?

Corrective & Evaluative

Catching them doing good

Private vs. Public

Local & Global feedback body orientation is critical

Extend my presence

Maintain group

focus

Group feedback Common issues (again body orientation) Coach efficiency (less ‘head spinning’) Check Comprehension. CLARITY! “cold call” if necessary

Group feedback

Use judiciously

“A leader lacking enthusiasm will infect the group with the same malady.”

Voice Dynamics

Motor Learning

Whole > Part > Whole

Blocked < Random

Extrinsic to Intrinsic

(me: eye contact)

Demonstration Accuracy Timing Use other athletes (frees me up to direct attention) Media (mirror neuron system)

Hands-On

The written workout or

Necessity?

motor learning requires repetition

Athletes coaching athletes

Discuss with training partners others technique

(mindfully engaged)

Have them correct/coach

If another athlete is coaching…

Cueing Simple (more elaboration early) Precise Rhyme? (learning abc’s) ONLY WHEN NECESSARY!

Cueing

Processing overload

Only point out 1-2 things

Don’t be annoying!

Attentional Focus

Internal vs. External

“Chest up” vs. “Stretch the String”

Imagination

animals, dance, adventure

“Suzanne Farrell teaches ballet to experienced students and professional dancers by instructing them to concentrate on the “effect” they want to create with their movements rather than on the movements they use to create the effect they want.”

-Acocella, J. (2003, January 6)

The New Yorker, pp. 48-61.

How did they do it?!

Make a point to ‘connect’ with each athlete every training session (before and after).

-Training/Sport

-Otherwise

Developing Relationships

Training alongside athletes Less coaching intensive or competency: warm-up, some lifts, conditioning ‘Feel’ along with them Selectively “Let (my/their) guard down”

SEE/HEAR/INTERPRET each workout (aware of bias)

Watch them… do everything!

Movement (personality) “Signature”

Signs of fatigue?

Signs of illness?

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The warm-up…

Get them to the start

General to Specific

Movement

Recruitment

Speeds

Loads

WARM UP!

Sympathetic drive

Less “sticky” red blood cells

Nerve conduction velocity

Motor Unit Recruitment

Ready?

Context “adrenaline bomb”

winter/summer – acclimatization

circadian rhythms

Games?

Energy levels Getting the athlete ‘out’

Abnormalities or Idiosyncrasies?

acceleration based sports?

“plyometric”

hip separation

finish fast – mobility/pattern restoration (CPG’s?)

year round

injury preventing?

Sprinting

Competitive?

Who’s watching?

Sprinting & Jumping

“100% speed, 9/10th the effort”

Right/Left

Front/Back

Aches/Pains

How YOU move!

Disassociate from…

Pelvis

Can you move it?

Keep it still?

Spine

But not always…

Does their awareness match

reality?

De-emphasizing: “don’t sweat it”

Equal focus? Who more/less?

Sometimes I just need to…

Soccer S & C Evaluation

1. I feel the training we have done up to this point has been effective: 1 2 3 4 5

Comments:

2. I feel the training is making me stronger: 1 2 3 4 5

Comments:

3. I feel the training is making me faster: 1 2 3 4 5

Comments:

4. I feel the training is making more agile (change of direction): 1 2 3 4 5

Comments:

5. I feel the training is making me more mobile/flexible: 1 2 3 4 5

Comments:

6. I feel the training is making me better conditioned for the game of soccer: 1 2 3 4 5

Comments:

7. I feel the training is making me a better soccer player: 1 2 3 4 5

Comments:

8. I believe we should be doing more of:

9. I believe we should be doing less of:

10. My biggest recommendations for improvement of the strength and conditioning program would be:

11. Additional comments and concerns:

1 = inadequate, 5 = exceptional

Self-evaluation Retro- & intro- spection Empathize Pick coaching skills to work on Time management/feedback Records Notes

Is an opportunity to refine

THANKS!!!!

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