Entries by dazdrake

Book Review: Winning – Tim S. Grover – Part 1

I read a lot of books on professional development, and love to get insights from coaches so I was fascinated to hear from Tim Grover, who was the strength & conditioning coach for most of Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls NBA basketball career, which included 6 NBA Finals.   Tim Grover     This book looks […]

Individualizing the Management of Overhead Athletes

Eric Cressey delivered a presentation in 2012- originally delivered at the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Convention – to 4500 coaches in attendance- called ‘Individualizing the Management of Overhead Athletes.’   He has now made it available for FREE if you sign up to his newsletter so if you want to see it is full […]

Should Tennis Players Train Overhead?

Hi everyone!  In today’s post I’m going to speak about a topic which has been really important for me to get my head around over the years as a coach working almost exclusively in Tennis  – and that’s training overhead.   Shoulder related injuries account for a large percentage of repetitive injuries in Tennis along […]

Pacey Performance Podcast REVIEW- Episode 380 Alistair McBurnie & Tom Dos’Santos – Part 1

This blog is a review of the Pacey Performance Podcast Episode 380 – Alistair McBurnie & Tom Dos’Santos   Alistair McBurnie   Alistair is a sports science analyst for Manchester United’s first team, having worked his way up from coaching at academy level.   Twitter   Tom Dos’Santo   Tom is a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan […]

Russian Special Strength Training (SST) – Part 3

This is the last blog post to round off my series on ”Power” development as it relates to jumping.  There will definitely be a follow up on other concepts such as rotational power and upper body power, but I’ll save that for another day.   Special Strength Training Manual for Coaches – Vuri & Natalia […]

Russian Special Strength Training (SST) – Part 2

This is the last blog post to round off my series on ”Power” development as it relates to jumping.  There will definitely be a follow up on other concepts such as rotational power and upper body power, but I’ll save that for another day.   Special Strength Training Manual for Coaches – Vuri & Natalia […]