My basic premise is that the body is very intelligent and self organizing. It instinctively knows what to do, how to do and when to do it. Daily life activities and sport activities happen way to fast to think about some of the things people try to teach the body to do - proper lifting technique to prevent back injury comes to mind – you can bend your knees in a sterile environment when you have [...]

Frans Bosch in several of his presentations has defined Strength Training – as coordination training with resistance. I think that is a good starting point. My adaptation of that definition is as follows: Coordination training with the resistance and mode that is appropriate for the sport or activity trained for. I think this definition gets us away from chasing numbers in terms of maximums and [...]

I am fascinated by innovation in any field and constantly challenged by change, so when I read the article “Fast and Furious” by Grant Wahl in the February 22 issue of Sport Illustrated, I was both fascinated and captured. Think of this you have a court with defined dimensions, you have ten players and two baskets ten feet high, a shoot clock and a set of rules in a game that is over a [...]

I have great respect for people who are innovators, people who are willing to put their ideas out and put their asses on the line. This is what Frans Bosch has done with his idea on Positive Running. In no way does he propose this as the answer. He is trying to raise some questions, to get all of us to look with different eyes. There is no doubt that the top sprinters of today “look differen [...]

When I was in Holland Frans Bosch introduced the concept of Positive Running to me. I thought it was thought provoking and should be put on the table for discussion. Frans was kind enough to translate some of his remarks on his idea into English. Much of the background for this is the Book and the DVD available at http://www.gambetta.com Positive Running - Maintaining top speed in running - Basic ide [...]

Frans is an artist (to my left) who has had many professional exhibitions, his are is biomechanics and Ronald (second from right) is an exercise physiologist. They both teach at a Sport School that is roughly equivalent to our teacher colleges. Also joining us for dinner was Dick Lam,(right) he is a coach of youth and masters runners and works for A Film the distributors of the running DVD. (Go to [...]

I presented a workshop for team sport coaches in the afternoon. I was interesting. There were several vocal differences of opinion from my point of view. I think it stimulated some good discussion and solidified some people’s thoughts. The dissenter’s opinion was that you did not do anything outside of practicing and playing the game. The felt you could get as strong, fast, explosive a [...]

Last night I had dinner with Mr. Frans van Dijk of the Netherlands Olympic Committee. It was a very interesting and stimulating evening. They really have a detailed plan – the goal is to be in the top ten in the Olympic Games. This is a very lofty goal for a country of approximately 60 million people, but they have achieved that goal in Atlanta and Sydney, even though they fell short in Athe [...]

I am leaving for Holland this morning. I will be there for five days. I am honored to be giving the keynote address at the Dutch National Coaches conference sponsored by the Holland Olympic Committee. The title of my is “Fit for Gold.” Go to this link http://www.papendal.nl/default.aspx for a virtual tour of Papendal, the National training center. I am also looking forward to getting t [...]

The following is an excerpt from an article that Dean Benton, Performance Director, Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Club, Australia and I co authored for the Australian publication Sport Coach Reason(s): Primary: Poor timing-intermuscular coordination and eccentric strength in the short head of the biceps femoris muscle during the switch between late leg recovery and initial leg approach in th [...]