Gerry DeFilippo

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A nice thread by Gerry !! Thank you @Challenger_ST 👏👏👍

@NobletStrength Yeah I always try to explain that it’s TRANSFERABILITY and that sports specific is sport itself Yuri Verkhoshanskys principle of dynamic correspondence 🔑

@Challenger_ST Also, isn't sport specific training playing the sport? I do obviously agree that S&C for different sports looks a little different, but the S&C is bringing up more general qualities to build overall athleticsim. Get sport specific skills in your sport practice.

“Hey do you do ‘sport specific,” training?” No, Debra. Your son is 12 and can barely walk without falling over He can barely move his own bodyweight & is slower than all of his friends He doesn’t need that.

@CoachSam18 It’s insanity. Kids can’t even hip hinge and want new exercises every week

@Challenger_ST But Pavel and Wendler programming goblet squats everyday would be called redundant and boring by these parents.

Another NFL athlete keeping it simple with bench pressing and squats yet a parent of a 12 year old who can’t do a push-up complains they need to do “new exercises,” every time they train

@AdamArchuleta Lol unreal

lol 😂

@Coach_Moore_BU I have no idea lol

Parents will sign their 12 year old athlete up for stuff like this instead of just getting them to do normal lifts, sprints & jumps

@CoachSam18 Parents are nuts

@Challenger_ST And ADs (with CSCSs and FB HCs) fight against this programming because of those complaints from parents…

@PokemonCor10007 You clearly weren’t “cutting edge,” enough 🤦‍♂️

@Challenger_ST I played water polo through college we never did anything that stupid looking 😂😂😂

@TheHeadsetApp @ErnieGonzo2 Lmao

@Challenger_ST @ErnieGonzo2 😂😂😂

@PokemonCor10007 Lmao swim specific training I guess?

@Challenger_ST wtf is up with her face in the water bowl 3 sets of fuckin drowning 😂😂😂

@RalphFinzi No it’s legit man! He’s a real “trainer.”

@Challenger_ST People don’t notice a comedy skit when they see one anymore

@TheNewAthlete Lmao I love knowing I’m not the only one who hears things like this

@Challenger_ST I think my son needs some ladder work and sprints. He also needs to get way stronger. He runs weird but is sorta fast. Oh and he also plays on 8 different travel teams so we only have Sunday late mornings to train. 😂

🗺️ The 9 step process to build game changing speed! 1. Max-effort sprinting 2. Work on specific positions 3. Build your first step 4. Work on horizontal force 5. Build force output in ground contacts 6. Get strong unilaterally 7. Train repeat ground contacts 8. Train hammys & quads explosively 9. Add turns & different positions

@CoachScott619 @psypharmacopeia This is very true. But it’s not impossible!

@psypharmacopeia @Challenger_ST It’s hard to sell squat deadlifts and pressing. Tried and true but boring.

@MBoogie0308 So many sign their kids up for BS “sport specific,” training…

@Challenger_ST literally no parents do this.

@REALLYOFFENDYOU Yes. Always have to be ready

@Challenger_ST For when you rescue someone in the water and they try to drown you

@MichaelRay937 Find me a video of someone doing this who plays in the NBA lol

@Challenger_ST But back when they just did normal lifts sprints and jumps the athletes weren’t close to what they are today

@REALLYOFFENDYOU Lmao swimming specific training

@Challenger_ST I was down with it until the water boarding