Another week, another group of podcasts and articles to read and listen to that I have dived into. Like every other week, there was a ton of content out there both in written form and through podcasts. Enjoy!

Podcasts

Lot of good listens this week. Pat Davidson is super smart and always great to listen to as he always makes you think. The Strength Coach Podcast is always a no-brainer and Jason Spray was great to listen to. Darcy Norman is one of those great coaches that not enough people know about. Best of the week was CVASP with Eric Renaghan – I am a sucker for anything that has anything to do with hockey.

Iron Game Chalk Talk with Dr. Pat Davidson

CVASP with Eric Renaghan

Pacey Performance with Darcy Norman

Strength Coach Podcast #250

Articles

Some good reading material this week. I don’t read a lot of T-Nation these days but Chris Shugart knocked his article out of the park. My favorite of the week was by Eric Cressey though, which wasn’t really an article and more of a video, but it was great. Without a doubt, I am going to be adding that bound into our bounding progression.

Tip: Your Tools Are Not Your Identity by Chris Shugart

Exercise of the Week: Heiden with Medicine Ball by Eric Cressey

Ladder Drills by Movement as Medicine

The 4 Most Common Barbell Hip Thrust Technique Mistakes by Eric Cressey

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I was asked the other day if I could explain our thought process when it comes to conditioning volleyball. – . . ✅ We run once per week. Volleyball athletes jump and land too much as it is, placing a ton of stress on their hip/knee/ankle/low back and adding a lot more via running is probably not a great idea. We typically start with tempo runs for 3-4 weeks then progress into shuttle runs and building up the distance (75 yard ➡️ 150 yard ➡️ 300 yard) over the course of the off-season. – . . ✅ We Slideboard a lot. It’s gets them into the frontal plane which everyone could use more of. It keeps their feet on the ground and adds very little wear and tear to their bodies. It trains the adductors/abductors (groin) in a functional manner. – . . ✅ Assault Bike Work. We do 20:10’s, 10:20’s, 2 Mile Ride for time and other protocols on the bike. Like the Slideboard, the bike adds very little wear and tear to the body — you can condition extremely hard on the bike with very little negatives (besides it being brutally hard). – . . ✅ Sleds. We perform some continuous sled work (2-4 minutes) for a couple sets sometimes for some added aerobic work. Lot harder then it looks. – . . Long story short. We try to keep their feet on the ground as much as possible. We get in the frontal plane. We take advantage of the bikes — they may be our #1 conditioning tool for a jumping athlete like 🏐

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