“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carrol In sports performance here is a lot of discussion about movement screening these days and how to apply it. The Functional Movement Screen is almost an industry standard at this point and we’ve come a long way from [...]
So many coaches get stuck when it comes to fixing “technical” mistakes. This can be in the weightroom or on the field and track. They can’t figure out how to fix the problem. One of the reasons why I see coaches get stuck is because they only give the same correction when they see the [...]
Mike Boyle posted this joke in response to a question about fixing an undefined problem. Loved it and will continue to use to emphasize this point to coaches. A motorcyclist goes for a ride on a cold day and realizes that his leather jacket has a broken zipper. He puts the jacket on backwards to [...]
Ground Reaction Forces are a key component to consider in improving an athletes speed. Today in the track world there are some big arguements in this realm. They can become oversimplified and end as technique training vs. force training. Using the Woodway FORCE treadmill, we actually get to see whats happening in terms of ground [...]
As we are in the midst of NFL Combine Prep, we are doing a lot of assessments. One of the elements of our assessment process, is using the Woodway FORCE treadmill from Woodway. One of the unique things we get from this is the actual measurement of Ground Reaction Forces. It’s self propelled and the [...]
