Our Beliefs
Character > Athleticism
“No citizen has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training… what a disgrace it is to grow old having never seen the beauty and strength of which the body is capable.”
Socrates
Brain > Body
Training includes a physical load that needs to be disbursed across a period of time to allow growth, development, and conditioning to complete a task. Psychology is as important as physiology. How you feel about training and what you are willing to do in your program are as important as what you do in training.
Athlete > Coach
Feel the Force
Two important keys to developing motor memory and reproducing a sport skill with consistency are the way a movement feels, and the results it yields.
General Relativity
Mobility is relative to Stability
Strength is relative to Endurance
Speed is relative to Power
Agility is relative to Skill
Vitruvian Athlete
Training for mobility and stability starts at the spine.
Stability implies control, not production of motion.
Stability is pattern specific.
Running and sprinting are fundamental human movements. Even athletes in sports that do not directly depend on running or sprinting can benefit from speed work. Running and sprinting reinforce a solid core and fundamental athletic coordination.
A weak link is not necessarily a muscle weakness, it can be any physical limitation–even poor posture. An athlete will not work through a weak link, the athlete will work around it, exacerbating the poor function.
Movement is THE skill to master.
Movement is a behavior
Breathing is the keystone of movement
Grip is an indicator of the central nervous system and influences everything
The ground and gravity are very influential
Sports Skills Training and Specialization too soon
Functional movement for all sports is built on the foundation of the ability to simply move without restriction or limitation. The biggest mistake is moving to sport-specific movements too quickly.
Most athletes who specialize early will never make it to any level of significance simply because they focus on the skill before they consider the mobility, stability, balance, and power that will keep them efficient and effective for the long haul.
Do train the brain
Repeated muscle activity is the single most important element of brain development. Movement is either continually getting better or getting worse.
Poor movement can exist anywhere in the body, but poor movement patterns can only exist in the brain.
or do not train at all.
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