VETSELITE Blog: Weekly Podcast Review #2

VETSELITE Blog: Weekly Podcast Review #2

Hello to any of you out there as a part of VETSELITE! I am so appreciative of you taking the time to take a look at this blog section. This is an opportunity for us to share the best podcast content that we dove into this past week (1/7/19 – 1/11/19). Last weeks podcast was focused on culture and team development in collegiate football, courtesy of a true legend, Alabama Crimson Tide Head Football Coach – Nick Saban. It was good way to introduce the mindset behind VETSELITE and how this company wants to grow it’s own culture right now. We will not settle for outward expectation of growth to our athlete as we learned it starts and ends from within. We are striving to become the best coaches possible so the athletes that join our programs will be developed by the best every single day to with the aim to be better than the day before (exactly how we aim to empower our athletes). Today we will shift to a podcast directed towards leaders in the strength and conditioning / sports performance industry – Joel Smith, Cal Dietz, and Chris Korfist. Episode 129 from the Just Fly Sports Performance Podcast featured these amazing coaches and provided incredible information regarding the following topics;

The Role of The Ankle in Sprinting
The importance of ankle stiffness and integrity to sprinting is beyond essential and beyond neglected. It is important to understand that the last opportunity one has, not just to transmit energy into the ground, but, also LOSE energy along the kinetic chain, is at the ankle during ground contact. Just by adding emphasis to ankle stiffness and strength, along with exposure to maximal speed acceleration and top end sprint work, significant improvements can be made to not just explosiveness but sprinting and jumping abilities as well!
French Contrast Implementation
It is common to see the presence of French Contrast Training to appear near peaking phases of programs or velocity specific cycles (typically near the end of meso and/or macrocycle). Cal makes the point that the need to enhance explosive ability is a constant and limiting the amount of time one can train for those adaptations can actually be a disservice. He justifies this claim by explaining the following – If athletes can start, stop, sprint, and change direction within their sport, then they are ready to enroll in this training that amplifies those abilities, which is why French Contrast is a constant.
Selection for French Contrast training is based upon the principles of the method, not the exercises themselves. So when looking for exercises to implement, keep it simple and stick to the principles that best coincides with the environment you are in.
These are the big takeaways that we gathered to help our athletes. Take a listen for yourself to hear these great coaches and learn more about ankle integrity and French Contrast Training! Message, call, or email for any further questions!