WYC 085 – Performance Training – Bryan Schwebke talks Building a Strong Base

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Quote

‘On the day of victory, no fatigue is felt’

Topics/Questions

• What is the biggest problem you notice with the athletes you see on a daily basis?
  • Their base isn’t strong enough to support what they are trying to do
• What do you think is causing this problem?
  • Throwing kids into strenuous environments too early – specifically travel teams
• What happens if you don’t have a strong base ?
  • Performance is decreased and recovery time from injury is increased
• How can you fix or build a strong base? How do you know if you don’t have a strong base?
  • You probably don’t. Have them evaluated by a physical therapist and create a gameplay. This could start around 5th grade.
• What is the Athlete Centered Model and what is your Performance Team?
  • Instead of having 4 or 5 different people coming up with a gameplan for an athlete (physical therapist, nutritionist, skills coach, personal trainer) – have all of them work together to come up with a joint gameplan
• What are the biggest restrictions to coaches and parents not being able to give their kids a good base.
  • Lack of education and understanding where to invest your time and money as a parent
• Multi-sport athletes have advantages
  • Story on multi-sport athletes: Steve Boyle podcast

Self-confidence & Peak mental performance

• Visualization can be key to recovering from injury
• It does NOT mean you are weak if you need to practice and work on the mental side of the game
• Visualization – free throw shooters who had 60% average
  • Practiced 500 shots per day – improved to 70%
  • Visualized their shot for 20 minutes per day – improved to 83%
  • Practiced 500 shots per day and visualized 20 minutes per day – improved to 85%
• Website: paramountperformancept.com

Functional warm-ups

• Make sure it’s applicable to the sport you are playing
• Needs to activate the muscles
• A couple good examples:
  • Alan Stein’s basketball warm-up – Link
  • Amanda Kephart’s warm-up description – Link

Outside of practice:

1 – Forget your ego – You probably aren’t an expert in performance training – learn from others

2 – Promote multiple sports

3 – Promote education for parents and athletes on why it’s important

4 – There’s more to being a coach than just practicing – bring in other experts – nutritionists, personal trainers, sports psychologist

Favorite quote

• Quote: ‘On the day of victory, no fatigue is felt’

Paramount Performance

• Check them out – they can help you find and vet local trainers in your area
• Website: paramountperformancept.com

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