Some Real Athletes
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 8/18/2007 10:57:00 AM
4 comments
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.
8/18/07
About Me
- 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.
4 Comments:
Again, function determines forms and forms determine function. In regards to #96, he is very adapted athlete and not very adaptable athlete.
Mark Day
Do coaches only care about the athlete on the field?
Are coaches afraid to offer off field advice, or find someone who can help? Do high school coaches have a simple bed check call the night before a game? Simple to Complex
TR
TR,
This day of age any advise may lead to a legal issue. I agree. Simple to Complex.
I can tell you this, in a small school (less than 500 kids) we almost never get big lineman and that is okay because I personally prefer more athletic kids.
We had a kid that was about 330-350 lbs on our club two years ago and when his dad asked to meet with me and the AD about "how he was (not) being utilized I told dad that he was overfat and could not run and I refused to play defense with 10 players. My advice for dad was to tell the kid to get into the weight room, increase his strength and flexibility and work hard to be an offensive lineman. The kid did and made 2nd team all league as a senior.
When I coached college ball we never had a starting D-lineman over 290 or over 5.2 seconds in the forty. This was small college ball were kids have to work hard to become something because they weren't "scholaship players". Those units were pretty good. I will always choose speed (and functionality) over size as a football coach.
Glen Graham
Buffalo NY
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