Thoughts on Success
Let me start this post by describing a situation. We have someone thinking, hey our team did great last year. So we’re just going to go through the motions, kind of do...
strength and conditioning
You Still Have To Train During The Season
In an earlier post (http://www.cissik.com/blog/2018/06/thoughts-on-organizing-training/ ) I had covered some thoughts on organizing training in the off-season. Things are a little different when athletes are in season. This post is going to...
Eccentric Training Has A Role
Eccentric training has been around for a long time. Bodybuilders call it “negatives.” Basically eccentric training involves an exaggerated descent or lower phase of the lift. The focus of eccentric training is...
Thoughts on Organizing Training
Program design isn’t a very complicated thing when we’re just talking about lifting weights. Want to get stronger? Train heavy. Want to become more explosive? Train explosively! The lifts that involve the...
Why do we practice?
I coach both baseball and basketball. As a coach I consider practice to be critical to the success of my teams and athletes. This is true for all age groups and even...