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.

5/31/06

Youth Sports – The Profit Motive

One thing that I have not mentioned, nor has anyone mentioned is that there is a lot of money to be made in youth sports. Do the math – A soccer club with 1,000 members that charges $500.00 per player –is not unusual. So the directors of these clubs have a vested in playing more games or matches. AAU Basketball is big time business with shoe contracts and huge travel budgets. Folks this is no longer a bake sale operation. The “coaches” make much more that the average high school coach or teacher and they are really not accountable to anyone. This might be the root of the whole problem.

Also beware of some of the web sites that have appeared. I really question where they are coming from. I would be aware if they were selling training programs. Buyer beware!

posted by Vern Gambetta @ 5/31/2006 11:11:00 AM   0 comments

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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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