Functional Path Training: Agility Review

Functional Path Training

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.

5/4/06

Agility Review

There is a terrific article that I just received on Agility. It is a review article. This should help define a complex area and clarify some common misconceptions. Agility literature review: Classifications, training and testing by J.M. Sheppard and W.B. Young. It was published in Journal of Sports Sciences, 2006. Sorry I do not have volume and number.

For those interested in this area, the work of Warren Young from University of Ballarat is absolutely superb. He is one of the authors of the review. He is a great applied researcher! Sports science needs more people like Warren.

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At 5/5/06, 12:49 PM, Joe Przytula said...: The Aussies always seem to be a little ahead of the curve when it comes to sportsmedicine, even on the rehab end of it. Care to comment on it Vern?

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Name: Vern Gambetta

Location: Florida, United States

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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Agility Review

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