Functional Path Training: Thoughts from Training

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.

1/12/07

Thoughts from Training

Here are a couple of thoughts from this weeks training with Venice Volleyball. Everyday the emphasis is in ICE. What is ICE? it is an acronym for Intensity, Concentration and Effort. That is the way we want them to approach each training session. Of course those are just words if is not stressed and practiced. I try to pint out great concentration, effort or intensity and I also remind when it is not here. We are asking for this for an hour. This prepares for the game.

The other thought is that we are seeking 100% improvement, impossible you say, well not really. Think of it this way if you can improve 1% a day it is possible or even 1% a week. It is possible but it demands ICE + focus.

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At 1/12/07, 12:54 PM, Anonymous said...: Vern,

How do you hope they will see they are improving 1%/day or week?

Any thoughts how a arbitrary 10% improvement in athletic ability (as prescribed by you) translates to what % improvement one might see in specific sport skill performance in the typical high-school multisport athlete?

Mark Day D.C., CSCS, DACBSP

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Name: Vern Gambetta

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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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