The Functional Path is a path that had been traveled many times before but had fallen out of use in favor of smoother paved roads that promised faster and easier results. Seeking to follow and better define the functional path is a continuing journey, fortunately it is a journey that many have traveled before. Functional Path training is getting back to the basics of movement. It is learning to tune into the body and it’s inherent wisdom to produce rhythmic flowing movement.
There are two great posts on other blogs today. See Seth Godins Blog at http://sethgodin.typepad.com sure made me think about how much I am getting through when I teach and coach. Guy Kawasaki’s blog http://blog.guykawasaki.com
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 2/27/2006 04:41:00 PM
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Vern is currently is the Director of Gambetta Sports Training Systems. He has been the a conditioning coach for several teams in Major League Soccer as well as the conditioning consultant to the US Men’s World Cup Soccer team. Vern is the former Director of Conditioning for the Chicago White Sox and Director of Athletic Development for the New York Mets. Vern is recognized internationally as an expert in training and conditioning for sport having worked with world class athletes and teams in a wide variety of sports. He is a popular speaker and writer on conditioning topics having lectured and conducted clinics in Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe. Vern's coaching experience spans 36 years at all levels of competition. Vern has authored six books and over one hundred articles related to coaching and sport performance in a variety of sports. He received his BA from Fresno State University and his teaching credential with a coaching minor from University of California Santa Barbara. Vern obtained his MA in Education with an emphasis in physical education from Stanford University.
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Vern: one of the best coaches I have worked with responded to me once when I complained that my athletes were not hearing me that my expectations should not be so high. We thought about our coaching almost every waking hour and we would be lucky if the athletes we coached were listening to us for a portion of our practices. (We both work with high school athletes.)He had a philosophy that was very simple but he repeated it again and again -- similar to Seth Godin suggests in his blog -- almost like a mantra: no excuses, no swearing, and when he said something they were to answer "yes coach". By insisting on those simple standards he was able to get kids to learn an amazing amount of technical knowledge in basketball that led to over 750 wins in his coaching career with a wide range of talent.
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