My goal as a movement and conditioning coach is to have the athlete perform better in his/her sport.
I think it is easy to solely focus on so called "strength and conditioning" that has it's own agenda with its own measurements and practices.
Ultimately everything I do with an athlete should reflect the actual sports performance. In other words, the movement conditioning should compliment the sport, filling in the gaps, strengthening certain aspects, reversing negative effects and so on....
Is it realistic to expect that effectiveness of the movement conditioning could be measured by improvements in the actual technique of the sport specific movement?
I think so. I believe that the results of movement conditioning should be seen as a better ability to absorb techniques and sport specific skills.
This does not mean that I should necessarily imitate the movements of the sport performance. It simply means that I should facilitate an adaptational absorption layer where new motor stimulations can "stick" and cause a learning response to occur.
When you build a new addition to a house, you must be sure that the original foundation at the ground level is solid but you must also prepare a new "foundation" layer in order to put something on top of the original structure..... I hope I am right about this...I know nothing about building houses....
However, you do know about the guy who built his house on the sand right?
Have an excellent week!
Tommi
PS:
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. Martin Luther King Jr.
