arder or to back off if you don't take into account who you are playing. I'm not talking about push them harder when you play worse team or on bye weeks. Understanding the type of team you are playing should influence some adjustments in programing. Take my first couple weeks for example. Our first week we played a very weak team whom passed a lot. Usually you wouldn't want to go to crazy on lower body volume but in this case I had two in one day(Front Squat, SHELC) including a Olympic lift. Due to the light contact of the practice week and game becasue of that style, they didn't have to exhaust there legs. (Leg drive on tackle, taking on blocks...) The next week our opponent was you typical double down smash mouth running types. Realizing with more contact would require more exhaustive use of the legs, I simply reduced lower body volume to 1 lift per day. It isn't much in terms of change but it goes a long way into keeping you athletes feeling good during practice. And that old saying you play how you practice remains a top thought when thinking of designing in-season programming. Your needs lie in them playing to there greatest abilities.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Lift great, Feel great, Play great!!
The first few weeks of our in-season program have been going fantastic. Some of the things I took into consideration was time, volume, and who we are playing. Of course it is obvious that time and volume are among the many things to keep under control in-season but, often times you miss out on a great opportunity to know whether you can push them a little h
arder or to back off if you don't take into account who you are playing. I'm not talking about push them harder when you play worse team or on bye weeks. Understanding the type of team you are playing should influence some adjustments in programing. Take my first couple weeks for example. Our first week we played a very weak team whom passed a lot. Usually you wouldn't want to go to crazy on lower body volume but in this case I had two in one day(Front Squat, SHELC) including a Olympic lift. Due to the light contact of the practice week and game becasue of that style, they didn't have to exhaust there legs. (Leg drive on tackle, taking on blocks...) The next week our opponent was you typical double down smash mouth running types. Realizing with more contact would require more exhaustive use of the legs, I simply reduced lower body volume to 1 lift per day. It isn't much in terms of change but it goes a long way into keeping you athletes feeling good during practice. And that old saying you play how you practice remains a top thought when thinking of designing in-season programming. Your needs lie in them playing to there greatest abilities.
arder or to back off if you don't take into account who you are playing. I'm not talking about push them harder when you play worse team or on bye weeks. Understanding the type of team you are playing should influence some adjustments in programing. Take my first couple weeks for example. Our first week we played a very weak team whom passed a lot. Usually you wouldn't want to go to crazy on lower body volume but in this case I had two in one day(Front Squat, SHELC) including a Olympic lift. Due to the light contact of the practice week and game becasue of that style, they didn't have to exhaust there legs. (Leg drive on tackle, taking on blocks...) The next week our opponent was you typical double down smash mouth running types. Realizing with more contact would require more exhaustive use of the legs, I simply reduced lower body volume to 1 lift per day. It isn't much in terms of change but it goes a long way into keeping you athletes feeling good during practice. And that old saying you play how you practice remains a top thought when thinking of designing in-season programming. Your needs lie in them playing to there greatest abilities.
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