Some Training Do’s and Don’ts
With the young developing athlete ? Keep it very FUNdamental.
The can do and want to do are quite different, do not be a hurry.
The female athlete – Recognize the differences and coach the differences.
Training is an accumulation of prior work both positively and negatively
With the elite athlete ? Recognize what got them to that level and build upon that.
Recovery is important only if the training that has been done is stressful enough to necessitate recovery
Work with purpose and direction
Train fast to be fast.
Use it or lose it – Law of Reversibility
Vern Gambetta
Director at Gambetta Sports Training Systems
Vern is the Director of Gambetta Sports Training Systems. He has been the a conditioning coach for several MLS teams as well as the conditioning consultant to the US Men's World Cup Soccer team. Vern is the former Director of Conditioning for the Chicago White Sox and New York Mets. He has lectured and conducted clinics in Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe and has authored six books and over one hundred articles related to coaching and sport performance in a variety of sports. He has a BA in teaching with a coaching minor and an MA in Education with an emphasis in physical education from Stanford University.
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