Functional Path Training: Venice Volleyball Workout

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.

2/22/08

Venice Volleyball Workout – February 21, 2008

These are pictures from yesterday’s workout. These girls are awesome! I thought the group last year was focused and worked hard, but these kids have taken it up a notch. As you can see by our “facility” it is not about facilities! We have a great “weight room without walls.” Spirit, work ethic, imagination and effort make up facilities. What you see in these pictures is all you ever need to prepare teams to win championships!

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At 2/22/08, 9:51 AM, Anonymous said...: Sunny and 70 helps too. In Chicago it is 22 and dreary and that is an improvement over earlier in the week.

Thanks for the video Vern. Videos of actual workouts are a great way to see theory put into practice.
At 2/28/08, 6:37 AM, Huw said...: Great pics, thanks, Vern, and inspiring. If you get to read this, I have a comment question: I am a believer in leg strength stemming in part from foot strength and sensitivity. When I am working on condioning with my (running club) kids, we work barefoot indoors, and i encourage flat soft shoes outdoors. I see your girls all wearing trainers that reduce foot strength and sensitivity (IMHO!) and wonder if for a leg strength sport such as volleyball you might not improve their workouts a little by getting them to wear footwear that allows them to feel the ground and get their nervous systems and muscles working right down to the floor? Just a thought, and my own experience is that it helps.
regards
Huw, www.runflux.com
At 3/19/08, 10:13 PM, Anonymous said...: Vern, So do you measure each girls progress with a log? How do you measure progression?
At 3/20/08, 2:34 AM, Anonymous said...: This looks like absolute unregulated chaotic activity!

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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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2/22/08

Venice Volleyball Workout – February 21, 2008

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