As winter winds down and turns to spring (hopefully), it's that
time of year again for off season training to begin for a lot of sports.
I figured now would be a good time to throw a few things out there to
help you better prepare your athletes for next season.
1. While a lot of people think that their sport is "different" and has a totally unique way in which to train for it, they are generally misinformed. Sports need a lot of qualities developed in various quantities, but your job as a strength coach is to improve their general physical preparedness. That is, get them stronger, more powerful, and more resistant to injury. The qualities they develop in the weight room will be used when they practice their sport. Don't get carried away and sucked into the "sports specific" idea. Mimicking sports movements in the weight room won't typically get you very far. In fact, you generally want to do a lot of the opposite of what they do in their sport, in order to get the body more in balance so they are less likely to get hurt down the road.
2. Start planning your off season training program backwards. Start at next year's preseason, and write your phases out backwards. You need to know where you're going if you want to get there as efficiently as possible.
3. Focus on strength and power improvements, but don't disregard conditioning. There's no reason to be out of shape just because it's the offseason, but you don't have to have them in peak game shape either. Progress their conditioning as you would progress their other qualities.
4. If the athletes need to add mass, then they have to eat more. Just loading on a ton of extra volume without eating more will just beat them up, not make them better. If you put an emphasis on getting stronger on the big compound movements and they eat right, the mass will come. Guys that move big weights look like it for a reason.
These are just a few things that I had bouncing around in my head, and there are obviously other things to take into consideration when planning your off season strength and conditioning programs. If you train more than one sports team, remember, the programs for the different sports should look a lot more alike than different-as in 90-95% alike. This is a crucial time of the year that will help prepare your athletes for the rigors of their sport next season, and a lot of injuries that occur during the season are able to be reduced by proper off season training. Plan correctly and give your teams a head start on the competition.
1. While a lot of people think that their sport is "different" and has a totally unique way in which to train for it, they are generally misinformed. Sports need a lot of qualities developed in various quantities, but your job as a strength coach is to improve their general physical preparedness. That is, get them stronger, more powerful, and more resistant to injury. The qualities they develop in the weight room will be used when they practice their sport. Don't get carried away and sucked into the "sports specific" idea. Mimicking sports movements in the weight room won't typically get you very far. In fact, you generally want to do a lot of the opposite of what they do in their sport, in order to get the body more in balance so they are less likely to get hurt down the road.
2. Start planning your off season training program backwards. Start at next year's preseason, and write your phases out backwards. You need to know where you're going if you want to get there as efficiently as possible.
3. Focus on strength and power improvements, but don't disregard conditioning. There's no reason to be out of shape just because it's the offseason, but you don't have to have them in peak game shape either. Progress their conditioning as you would progress their other qualities.
4. If the athletes need to add mass, then they have to eat more. Just loading on a ton of extra volume without eating more will just beat them up, not make them better. If you put an emphasis on getting stronger on the big compound movements and they eat right, the mass will come. Guys that move big weights look like it for a reason.
These are just a few things that I had bouncing around in my head, and there are obviously other things to take into consideration when planning your off season strength and conditioning programs. If you train more than one sports team, remember, the programs for the different sports should look a lot more alike than different-as in 90-95% alike. This is a crucial time of the year that will help prepare your athletes for the rigors of their sport next season, and a lot of injuries that occur during the season are able to be reduced by proper off season training. Plan correctly and give your teams a head start on the competition.
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