Expert Panel 2

Question 1

How have you implemented velocity based training?

Answer 1

• velocity that matches strength profile
• develop targeted quality
• keep athletes honest with load and effort
• avoid athletes trying to grunt out last 1 or 2 reps (lose form, injuries)
• use for major lifts
• constant fatigue (not focusing on weight)
• change attentional focus (from worrying about weight and speed)

Question 2

Experience using French Contrast:

Answer 2

• use in peaking phase (ex. hockey = July)
• athletes enjoy it
• need good balance with exercises
• how important are these exercises for the sport?
• better skaters are more comfortable exploding out of pause position

Question 3

Post ACL repair:

Answer 3

• typically 12 month recovery
• surgeon decides healing times for 6 months
• therapist can play around with after 4-5 months (what is deficient/effected)
• 6-8 months = sports specific, previous disposition, lack of strength
• limit risk of re-injury

Question 4

Specific range of sets and reps for rehab?

Answer 4

• reverse engineering
• what type of athlete are you working with?
• where do they need to get to?
• can they jump into that prescription right away or do you need to modify?

Question 5

What to do with revolving door athlete (chronic injury):

Answer 5

• sometimes you can’t change this (high stress, workload, minimal time to improve or maintain in competition)
• ABC for injured athletes
• variety of who’s sore, who’s over-fatigued etc. (alter volume, intensity etc.)

Question 6

James’ biases, training modalities:

Answer 6

• NCAA S&C
• linear periodization
• olympic weightlifting
• no snatching
• heavy squatting
• mental training
• using this selectively

Question 7

Joel’s biases, training modalities:

Answer 7

• played hockey
• learn as you go bodybuilding, split
• bias to conditioning aspect of team sport athlete
• Mike Boyle
• keep open mind

Question 8

Matt’s biases, training modalities:

Answer 8

• therapy
• haven’t played with any of them enough to be biased toward any of them
• linear periodization
• thinking that athletes will follow expected continuum of development
• bias towards underloading (therapy)