Mike Schofield

The journey to here has been a privilege to be apart of. A very cool moment.

⁦great insights into one of the sharpest minds in track and field/strength and conditioning/power physiology. ⁦@ColmBourkeLJ⁩ nice podcast!! podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the…

Thanks to ⁦@JustFlySports⁩ for a great chat around performance and training. Really enjoyed sharing thoughts and ideas! podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/jus…

I’ve been fortunate to have some great conversations with some cool people. Sharing thoughts and ideas. podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/swe…

I shared this on LinkedIn. Some of my thoughts around my approach to coaching in competition……the take home…….I don’t coach in competition…..I try to get out of the way linkedin.com/posts/michael-…

Jordans journey. Jordan (a former long jumper) started Discus in December we’ve been chipping away with the technical elements of discus over the last 5-6 months. Check out his progression

@chrislongphd @spikesonly @Scott_Damman Late eccentric and early concentric RFD across countermovement jump, bench throw and bench pull (across loads of 0-60kg) tracks poorly with elite throwing (shot, hammer, disc) performance and correlates poorly too

@spikesonly @Scott_Damman Agree, ultimately the best training will always be the action itself. The skill/challenge in coaching is varying and manipulating the task and constraints to optimally challenge and develop the action

RFD, conclusion on page 62 + 👍info! "...coaches must be aware of the importance of RFD at early time intervals...this parameter should be measured during functional tests...because of its relationship with several sports movements." ref:eurjhm.com/index.php/eurj… #ForceSequence

@DHMov @EamonnFlanagan @ActivateGlutes Seems like a paper for publication scenario

@EamonnFlanagan @ActivateGlutes Agree, I saw this earlier and was a little confused, but still need to read in full.

Why define a misconception? Won't this just help the 'functional' gurus with their advertising?

@coachgambetta Astounding that this needs to be stated

Having a large number of followers DOES NOT MAKE YOU AN EXPERT - it makes you an influencer. To be an expert it is necessary to have accomplished something of substance, to have proven results in the competitive arena. I follow experts and learn from them.

Find challenge and difference To grow involves people that challenge your knowledge, perception and skills. They don’t impose their skills but help you evolve yours. Sometimes you won’t like or agree with what they think/do, that’s good, it sparks thought.

Find honesty Mentors provide honesty. If it’s good they tell you, if it’s bad they tell you. If you think it’s good but it’s not they help calibrate your perspective.

Finding mentors and educators. Mentors are critical for young coaches, s&c’s and sports scientists as they help guide decision making and stimulate thought. But finding helpful mentors is hard. Here’s some things I think are important:

@KBurola @ActivateGlutes @Duhigs @EamonnFlanagan @1080motion A lot use them due to history/there perceived predictive ability. That said you don’t need to use them as @EamonnFlanagan said they drive general adaptations due to the high forces experienced. There are other ways to create the same strains that will drive similar adaptations

@ActivateGlutes @Duhigs @EamonnFlanagan @1080motion What are your thought on heavy hip thrusts? Non vertical exercise. Nobody seems to talk about them.

Question for strength & throws coaches... why do we emphasize the vertical (squats, hang snatches) so much?

@lahti_johan Have a search of motion dependent torques. Should help with understanding some of this

The energy flow in a sprint start, also likely one reason why the RDL is a favorite of many sprint coaches. It strengthens the lumbosacral extensors at the same time as the hip extensors, thus providing force closure strength at the pelvis so that the thigh can rotate in peace without pulling into posterior pelvic tilt. The figure below if from the discussion of Sado et al @ns19910626 sprint start energy flow paper, very interesting.. Still trying to rap my head on energy flow in biomechanics as we didnt really learn this in school. Any good educational videos on this? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1080/17…

Enjoyed this one ⁦@MTCthrowers⁩ ⁦@dalestevo⁩ podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/thr…

@WSWayland Is this taken from a single camera? If so it’s a nice graphic but as the graphic shows it suggests the error in these modalities is significant as the model dislocates

The long drive swing 155mph What can we learn from 3D capture like this?

@TheDavidWeck @EatSleepTrain_ The long jump example and this are slightly seperate in the fact the force during sprinting g acts largely back through the COM and not at a radii so rotation is unlikely to occur. My former comment was a bit more hypothetical in nature around applying the same concept.

@rotationalperf @EatSleepTrain_ Everyone is slowing down after 80 meters from an energy standpoint. So the forces are diminishing past that point - but the braking force on the feet still “induces acceleration” of the CoM forward and down. I think.

Looks to me like “the braking force acting upon his feet” ACCELERATES his Center of Mass Up. Doesn’t look to me like his CoM is slowing down at/after the feet “brake” on the ground. What do you see? Now… Thought experiment. Do you THINK “the braking force acting upon the foot” of a sprinter ACCELERATES their CoM OR slows the CoM down. Don’t forget the only thing your CoM is doing in the air is SLOWING DOWN. Does anyone think it might be a good idea to ask questions like this (rather than let the word “braking” automatically be “bad”). Based upon unequivocal evidence, I have zero faith in “Exercise scientists” to lead the way forward. They’re to STIFF to teach balance, and too stubborn to accept what’s actually true. I’m not afraid to be wrong… which is why I’m so fundamentally right. Science is not religion.

@TheDavidWeck @EatSleepTrain_ Jumpers then have to manage this in the air. In sprinting however, forward rotation would need to be offset to stay upright. I’m not sure the propulsive forces are orientated to manage forward rotation over many steps while continuing to apply high forces?

Thinking about the polevault as well. The breaking force acting upon the pole which acting upon the hands up top, accelerates the lower body forward, and up. If the pole didn’t bend, the body would go from vertical to horizontal feet first extremely quickly. Perhaps when a longitudinal structure is moving upright horizontally, a breaking force at the distal end will accelerate the rest of the structure forward and down or forward and up, depending upon where the breaking force is applied. Just thinking out loud.

@TheDavidWeck @EatSleepTrain_ I think what you’re referring to here is what in biomechanics is called “induced acceleration” aka acceleration that is the result of system versus the segment. This occurs in long jump, the result of planting infront of the COM is rotation (catapulting action)