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.
Watch this, it is athleticism to the max. Just imagine if we could all of our athletes to have this level of body awareness and control http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 1/17/2008 12:31:00 PM
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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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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyxlaib9UF0
How important is it for coach to educate the athlete on body?
Parkour strikes me as an interesting sport in that it's simultaneously primitive and contemporary. I mean that it seems very vital, in a hunter-gatherer sense, and at the same time completely urban. Reminds me of Fight Club, of Tyler Durden's vision of the shattered cityscape of a primal, urban dystopia.
Hey Vern- That landscape looks like where I work! With a little good ole American exploitation, just think where we could go with this! We can open up a Parkour training facility; with Parkour instructor training certification programs; Parkour apparel; Parkour soundtracks with bad rap music etc.
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