Dave McDowell

ATTN Coaches: In order to try to create tutorials that will help more coaches I have created a form where you can submit your idea for a SCT episode. When I create the sheet from your idea I will send you the sheet for free. Submit an idea here: forms.gle/9zE6X1mmrDRLti…

Don't know if threads are still a thing, but here is one on a process to archetype your athletes. Let me know what you think. Archetyping / Bucketing is something that is talked about alot in S&C but often the buckets are vague, or not well defined. The process doesn’t need to be complicated. Start by collecting testing data on the physical qualities that matter in your sport. From there, convert results into percentiles so you can see where each athlete sits relative to the group. Once you have that context, you can begin grouping tests into broader qualities like strength, power, or speed and averaging those percentiles to build a profile for each athlete. From there the goal is simple. Identify the most important quality for your sport and evaluate the other qualities relative to it. If a supporting quality is underdeveloped, that becomes the training priority. This type of model helps you align your decisions with the qualities your athlete needs. 3h

@MaverickLiftAC Same same.. but different

@DSMStrength I usually add 10lbs a week lower, 5lbs a week upper. Once they stall after a couple of weeks missed reps or weight Ill drop them 10 to 15% (depending), and Ill go up 5lbs a week lower, and 2.5lbs a week upper.

In large team settings, it can be difficult to make sure everyone is progressing appropriately. On our main lifts, I’ll often use VBT or percentage based prescriptions to manage intensity. But outside of those key movements, athletes tend to load what is convenient, not what actually drives progress. If that goes unchecked, you end up violating the principle of overload. The stress never truly increases. Athletes grab whatever is on the rack or the closest dumbbells, and the program stalls. To combat that, I implement simple progression rules that are standardized across the team. For barbell movements • Upper body: increase 1–3 kg per week • Lower body: increase 2–5 kg per week These increases apply to all working sets unless we are deliberately deloading or targeting a specific adaptation. For dumbbell movements, the jumps between weights can be large. So instead of forcing load increases, we progress reps. If an athlete stays at the same dumbbell, they add 1–2 reps the following week. If they stay again, they add another 1–2. If they move up in weight but cannot hit the prescribed reps, they can reduce the target by 1–2 reps that week and then build back up from there. Example of a same-weight progression: Week 1: 3x6 Week 2: 3x8 Week 3: 3x10 These rules have worked really well with teams I have trained. I encourage you to try them with your athletes.

RPE isn’t just something you collect. • Plan the workload • Listen to the athletes • Adjust when feedback doesn’t match the intent @RockDaisyAMS Inside the Numbers 🎙️ Full episode: tinyurl.com/2put9be8 Thanks to Coach McDowell for joining the podcast 🙌 @DSMStrength @BrockBadgers Search @RockDaisyAMS on 📺 YouTube 🎵 Spotify 🍏 Apple podcast #InsideTheNumbers #RockDaisyAMS #WorkoutBuilder

@CoachRGarner Looks great

Best part about my performance dashboard? People give me great ideas and ask for adjustments that make it better every single time Latest update. 1. Separate jump/speed graphs 2. Standards key. Where do you stand vs elite numbers?

Years of work is finally finished and put into a system. VBT doesn’t have to be complex. Here’s my system: clhstrength.com/vbt-playbook

Do any coaches out there use rolling toolboxes or similar to transport their gear to and from fields and gyms? I have OVR, Arenagear, and various tablets, tripods etc that I would like a good mobile solution for? If you have one could you post pictures?

@BrandonHerring0 @RockDaisyAMS really cool thank you!

@DSMStrength @RockDaisyAMS Ah, yes they can enter whatever data I want them to enter. For instance, they’ll hit a + set on their last set of bench and enter the # of reps/weight. It will update a training max off that. Also they enter jumps, BW.

I’ve been with @RockDaisyAMS for a couple of years and I’m changing they way I program and deliver the program. I’m just now learning to use their workout builder and Holy cow is it a Cadillac. Choose your delivery 1- printed card 2- IPad view 3- group view (on a monitor)

@BrandonHerring0 @RockDaisyAMS Do they enter in the weights that they have completed and it go to the rock daisy dashboards etc or are the workouts just viewable

@DSMStrength @RockDaisyAMS Fill out what? Not sure what you mean

@pbasilstrength "your sport is not different you just think it is"

"I want a (insert sport) specific program" You got it The program: 1A Box Jump 1B Trap Bar 1C DB Incline Bench 2A SL DB RDL 2B TRX Row 2C Plate Drag

@BrandonHerring0 M & F? This is honestly solid.

Our standard for earning the back squat is 4 x 5 at body weight on front squat. Difficult? Yes. Doable? Yes. (Really large bodies may earn it at 80% bw. Up to my judgement)

@andrewsperrotta @uwinkinesiology @CHPHUwindsorKIN Yes your guys program is fantastic!

@DSMStrength Hi Dave, We provide our @uwinkinesiology BSc students with internship opportunities in the Sport Science Laboratory and @CHPHUwindsorKIN The Sport Science Laboratory also offers an applied sport science stream for MSc and PhD students.

Does anyone know of any remote opportunities in Sports Science, Applied Sports Science, or Sports Analytics? Internships Education Jobs