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Speed Training - 2006/12/18 10:33
From the Sports Performance Journal newsletter:
http://www.athletesperformance.com/spj/article.php?id=263
Basketball
1. Starting, accelerating, stopping, and cutting
2. Stride rate
3. Speed endurance
4. Stride length
5. Sprinting form
Most explosive action happens immediately after a jogging, bouncing, or sliding movement. Maximum speed in seldom, if ever, reached on a basketball court. High-speed starting, accelerating, stopping, and cutting should get the most attention in terms of improving speed. Speed endurance is needed to maintain speed and quickness throughout the game.
Part II:
http://www.athletesperformance.com/spj/article.php?id=264
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Re:Speed Training - 2007/06/09 17:46
http://www.nsca-lift.org/Perform/article.asp?ArticleID=280
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Re:Speed Training - 2007/07/01 21:09
Is there any way to change a coaches mind about speed and endurance training?
So many want faster, more uptempo teams but wait until the end of practice to get the team "in shape". Most just do what they originally learned and do not continue to learn about new, better methods of reaching these goals.
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Re:Speed Training - 2007/07/02 21:02
I think one of the problems coaches face is being properly trained themselves -- not the techniques of basketball mind you, but of properly training an athlete.
An idea (addressed by many on this board) is that many coaches continue to attend clinics searching for this and for that while there are that many speakers/coaches/trainers out there whom are truly reaching the masses with the "right" way instructing their athletes. Getting access to the right message (those with the knowledge) is the hard part.
Maybe there just aren't that many people around with the knowledge to properly train atheltes. Everybody wants to go to Las Vegas to a convention (I'll plead guilty to that one) -- while there, I saw just one coach whom was actually teaching, Roy Williams.
Another difficulty, and this one is very tangible and timely to all coaches, ends up in what to teach and what not to teach in practice. Does the coach try to work on fundamentals and training, knowing that they might not completely be properly trained in teaching these techniques? Or does a coach go with what they "know:" shell drill, wind sprints, working on the offense, defense, etc?
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Re:Speed Training - 2007/07/03 05:12
It's funny. Last week, a league emailed me based on my book and asked me to speak to its 100+ coaches at the beginning of the season. After the individual spoke to the board, they agreed that they wanted me to speak, but not about my "philosophy," but more about drills and stuff.
I've said before on this site that I am not a drill guy. I don't mean this in a derogatory way or that drills are not important. However, drills are just a tool. I run simple, simple workouts and simple practices. My practices last year with a pro team were less complex and more basic than most high school practices. Coaches often get caught up in the drill, or in using some successful coach's drill, but miss the point or forget to teach. If the teaching is good, almost any drill works. If the progression of drills is logical and done with understanding, then the drills have purpose and usefulness.
The problem, as I see it, is that coaches coach to win rather to improve. This changes everything. If your goal is improvement and player development, your approach will differ from one whose primary goal is winning. It's much easier to win right now by putting in a tough press and structured offense. But, players will not improve as greatly compared to a coach who focuses on player development and creating decision makers. So, is your goal to win the next game? Or, to prepare players for the next level?
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Re:Speed Training - 2007/07/03 05:16
Back to speed training...probably not. Most coaches are set in their ways and do what they did as players. It is hard to convince coaches of a better way, especially after they have had some success. I have used scientific studies, offered to teach the coach how to teach different things, etc., but if you have a mindset to do things one way, why change?
But, I was reading Bob Bigelow's book today. And, he makes a good point. Kids leave sports in droves around 13 years old. Basically, 70% of kids signing up for sports at 10 and 11 do not make it 14 and 15. In his book, Bigelow says that if a business was running a 70% failure rate, they'd go out of business. Yet, youth sports are running at a 70% failure rate and everything is adamant about doing everything the same. It doesn't make a lot of sense. But, people get in their comfort zone and do not invest the time and energy to move beyond their comfort zone, much like average players unafraid to move beyond their comfort zone to improve.
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