Matthew Hauck
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@MdHCSCS
Sport & Performance Science, Coaching, Sports Tech Formerly Timbers/Thorns FC/Oregon State/Providence Health All views my own
Division 1 football players training in a compensatory acceleration style (CAT) upper body strength regimen were compared to a traditional regimen in their off-season. The CAT group was instructed to perform the positive rep as explosively as possible. The traditional group performed repetitions at a traditional tempo. At the end of both off-season training programs, both power and strength were assessed. Power was tested with a seated medicine ball throw and a force platform plyometric push-up test. Strength was assessed by a one rep max in the bench press. Both groups increased strength and power. The group that trained in a Compensatory Acceleration Training (CAT) style improved their bench press by nearly double the amount of the traditional group. Average power, as expected, increased significantly more in the group that trained explosively. Jones, K. K., Hunter, G. G., Fleisig, G. G., Escamilla, R. R., & Lemak, L. L. (1999). The effects of compensatory acceleration on upper-body strength and power in collegiate football players. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research (Allen Press Publishing Services Inc.), 13(2), 99-105. Practical Application Fred Hatfield was ahead of his time advocating Compensatory Acceleration Training. It is simply superior! Training adaptations are not just a result of weight on the bar. Adaptations from training are a byproduct of tension and duration. You respond to how much force produced, how fast the force was produced, how long you produced it, and how many times you produced it. Force=mass x acceleration. More tension is result of greater bar speed. Maximal strength training and power adaptations can result from lifting weights with maximal force; one more reason to compensatorily accelerate weights.
“You don't lose because you aren't fast enough. You lose because you can't repeat it.” ??? 🤔 Some people want to believe that repeat sprint ability is more important than speed. They want to tell hundreds of Sprint Based Football coaches they are wrong. People who focus their offseason training on improving strength and endurance have never witnessed the results of prioritizing speed. They don’t understand “prioritize” doesn’t mean “at the exclusion of everything else.” They don’t understand that effective football practices prepare players for the rigors of the game. They don’t understand that consistently-trained fast & explosive athletes are fit. They don’t understand that faster athletes are healthier athletes. They don’t understand capacity can be grown patiently on a foundation of speed and explosiveness. They don’t understand that you can’t maintain a speed you can’t achieve. “80% of all college football players never reach their ceiling of speed.” ~Boo Schexnayder I wonder why the NFL Combine doesn’t test 50x 40? #FTC
Source: The Denver Broncos are set to hire Kyle Kempt as an offensive assistant. He spent last season as Drake’s offensive coordinator, after six years on staff at Iowa State, where he played quarterback under Matt Campbell.
@RyanTClarke Journalist trying to bully ppl into paying for articles might be the most embarrassing thing yall do but for some reason never stop!
Coaching is a crazy profession Imagine seeing a boss do this in literally any other line of work 😳
'24: #NUFC collected >16 million data points per player. '25: I outlined hidden dangers & why sports organizations need to evaluate how to manage data. '26: An update to my data management piece, with new issues. With AI tools, analysis plug-ins, and enterprise platform needs only increasing, an important question arises: Who is going to actual manage all the data, and how? sportpassportusa.com/post/updated-t…
