I was going to talk about Day 1 of the BSMPG conference but I frankly was not there the whole time and much better writers exist and I am burnt out of blogging I wanted to finish strong without compromise. Since every conference has VIP and pre pre conference work I simply ran out of juice before the conference began and Friday evening dinner was perhaps the most interesting. Everyone talks about [...]

Numbers are not good or evil, they simply are hosts to context. A lot of hype and commercialism now with technology and training with people monitoring and looking at player tracking data. When I was young I got a magic set when I was young and being a product of the 1980s, I thought I was going to be the next David Copperfield. I am a fan of magic still, and love seeing street magic in New York, [...]

I didn't get to make it to the Central Virginia seminar but much of the speaker notes are available online right not so people can see what might be at BSMPG this May and what may be talked about next year. With all of the player tracking nonsense I see on twitter, it's important to create a foundation of what is real and what is coach candy, cool stuff that has very little impact in the game. P [...]

"It looks as if the reaction time test has been forgotten mainly because it simplicity it isn’t a very “sexy” test and does not need hi-tech equipment."-Henk KraaijenhofThe most important monitoring device is the auricle, or human ear. At the end of the day the relationships between athletes determines what the coach is able to do. I am strongly in touch with technology, but the ancient ma [...]

I love James Bond movies as they are a nice blend of story, action, gadgets, and one liners. Taking a mental break I watched Skyfall and loved the plot and of course the fresh look at the darker James Bond. In the story without giving away spoilers, James is injured and returns. It's an interesting take on the pros and cons of technology, testing validity, resourcefulness, and experience. If you [...]

Performance and Sports Medicine information is the currency, and information now is faster and more demanding than ever. What is the best information? Who has it? How do we validate it? What is private and what should be public? Who do we learn from? What are primary and secondary resources? I recently read Shawn Windle's article on the 40 yard dash and was concerned about the response and what w [...]

I looked down at my Twitter feed and saw an update of a Physiotherapist from Europe with an update from Indianapolis. My first thought was he was coming from Italy to work with with Danny Granger because of the tendon injury, but then I realized he was getting ready for the NFL Combine after his comments about sprinting tests.Two NFL prospects were tested with Tensiomyography, and yes they were bi [...]

The 2013 NFL Combine was last weekend and despite what appeared to be fairly unimpressive times, the reality is that the NFL has for the last couple years moved out of the stone age and used partially electronic timing. The start is still manual (who knows why) but the finish line is now an electronic gate. So instead of the times being slow...they are, fairly (but not completely) reliable. They' [...]

In 1973-74 while attending graduate school at Stanford University I also had the opportunity to coach the jumpers and decathletes. This gave the opportunity to apply what I had learned with more mature male athletes. It was also the opportunity to work with Payton Jordan, the track coach at Stanford who was a pioneer in weight training. He had worked with a man named John Jesse who authored many b [...]

After graduating from Fresno State I went to University of California Santa Barbara for my teaching certification. While there I was fortunate to take a class from Sherman Button on Fundamental of Conditioning. He was way ahead of his time with the material and concepts that he presented. (I appreciate that even more as look back at what he taught us) It was a great class because of his comprehens [...]