Functional Path Training: Random Thoughts

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.

4/13/07

Random Thoughts

Be careful when the bottom line becomes the bottom line

An exercise should never be an end unto itself. Dead lift, squat, power clean, picking your nose, it does not matter they are all part of a bigger picture and a means to an end.

The injury prevention component of a training program is essential, but it should be a transparent component of every training session

Work and training are not the same

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At 4/13/07, 2:23 PM, Anonymous said...: Vern, please elaborate what you mean by work and training are not the same.
At 4/18/07, 6:48 PM, Anonymous said...: I am not Vern by any stretch o fthe imagination but I think I understand. Vern correct me if I'm wrong.

Work - It's like a boat with sails but without a rudder. It's always moving in the water but without a purpose or destination. The rudder is the focus that we should have when we train someone, having a clear concise path planned and a knowledge/experience how to get to that destination the most effective way for that person in their sport. Am I even close?

Thanks,
Jonathan Hewitt ATC

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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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4/13/07

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