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Wednesday: core, plyos, strength, lateral conditioning training log

Wednesday was a complete workout with several training components:

I went straight to the gym from the high school team's practice, so no dynamic warmup was necessary.

Things to note:  strength training is becoming shorter and focused only on the essentials. Unlike last week I got an extra...

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Mental Toughness: Bored to Banshee in 15 Seconds or Less speed training log

I did my typical sprint workout on Tuesday as follows:  linear plyos, sprinters starts, 40 yard sprints with complete recovery.  My workout was done on grass in cleats.  Sprints were on a slight incline.

Unlike previous speed days, I wasn't doing pulling practice between...

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The day after: What to do post-tournament training log

This past weekend I was at the Beth Coltman Memorial tournament and many of you were most likely at Conferences.  What should an athlete do the day after an event as grueling as a two day tournament?

You may be tempted to lie on the couch and eat ice cream (ok, I'm tempted to do that every...

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Monday and Tuesday workouts training log

Monday

Beautiful day out!  76 degrees and breezy.  Couldn't miss the opportunity to get in a good throwing practice.

Part 1 : introductory plyos

(10 minutes)

Same plyo work as last week

Part 2:  throwing practice

(60 minutes)

  • Worked on being quick but not hurried with fakes.
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Friday's complete workout: putting training components in order core strength plyometrics strength training training log training principles

I don't post the details of every workout I do on this blog because that would get very boring very quickly.  However, Friday's training session is a good example of how to incorporate different components of training into one workout session in a logical order so I'll post it in full.

As...

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Lateral Movement Introductory Plyos agility training log

In my training at least half of my sessions emphasize lateral and multidirectional movement. In a multi-sprint sport with a lot of sharp cutting, if you're only training in a straight line you're setting yourself up for injury at worst or sub-optimal performance at best.  I apply this...

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