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.
Coaches always tell athletes to listen to their bodies. Do we ever tell them what they should listen for or listen to? What if they don’t hear anything? What if they are deaf?
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 8/06/2007 10:00:00 AM
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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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Love the stimulating questions. Would also love however to hear your own answers to your questions!
In my humble opinion the term "listen" is somewhat abstract and can be difficult to put into perspective. I prefer the phrase feel your body, because the need for sensation to mediate proprioception is HUGE and it's so often overlooked; for example, just feeling the ground beneath your feet will change how you stand!
Todd Langer
www.balance2posture.com
Listen to those internal mechanisms that deal with external pressures. "Nurturing the natural voice"
If we don't hear it, they will spoonfeed it to us, or just jam it down our throats.
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