How Are We Doing?
HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE! With all of these great “advances?” we should be doing better than ever before....but are we?
TAKE THE BFS PROGRESS QUIZ 1.
How much progress have we, as coaches made in WHAT we do in strength & conditioning? A little Some A Lot A. In the last 5 years? B. In the last 10 years?
QC. In the last 20 years?
QD. In the last 30 years?
E. In the last 40 years?
Q2. How much progress have we made in HOW. we do our strength & conditioning Programs? Alittle A. In the last 5 years?
QB. In the last 10 years?
QC. In the last 20 years?
QD. In the last 30 years?
QE. In the last 40 years?
3. How much progress have we made in IMPLEMENTING strength & conditioning programs with team sports?
A. In the last 5 years?
QB. In the last 10 years?
QC. In the last 20 years?
D. In the last 30 years?
QE. In the last 40 years?
QNow, Read Pages 6 - 12 for Surprising Information on Our Progress.
HOW WUCH PROGRESS NAVE We MAD? High School Shot Put National * 10th Best Mark Example: In 1988 the Tenth Best High School Shot Putter Threw 62’
World Record Set by Michael Carter at 81’ 3-1/2” in 1979 High School Discus National ¢ 10th Best Mark Feet wk * Top Three Were: 176 - 168 - 168 ** Not one athlete went on to world greatness from the top ten list in either the shot or discus World Record set by Kami Kashmeri in 1987 at 225-2 HIGH SCHOOL ENDURANCE RECORDS Mile Record In 1967 Marty Liquori was the last prep to run a sub-4:00 mile WOW MUCH PROGRESS WAY E We bY VAD Ee? World Shot Put ¢ 10th Best Mark Feet Example: In 1968 the Tenth Best Shot Putter in the World Threw 65”
* Top Three Only. In the1960 Olympics, the U.S. swept the shot with Bill Neider, Parry O’Brien, Dallas Long.
In 1965 the 70 foot barrier was broken: 70-7 1/4” World Record by Randy Barnes in 1990: 75-10 1/4” :
* Top Three 190-2 to 184 in 1959; U.S.A. Swept Discus in 1960 Olympics; 1963 the top three were 205 to 203-9. *&* Al Oerter won Olympics with 212-6 1/2”
Americans Powell, Burns, and Wilkins had top three throws in world Best U.S.A. finish was 12th place in Olympics. The winning throw was 213-8.
WORLD ENDURANCE RECORDS Oldest World Records are 800,1000, 25000, 30000, meter runs all set in 1981 OLDEST AMERICAN RECORDS 800 Meter 1985, 1000 meter 1974, 1500 meter 1985, Mile 1982 3000 meter 1981, 5000 meter 1985, 10000 meter 1986, 20000 meter 1977 25000 & 30000 meters 1979 made between 1955 and 1965. round. strength and size. We were “lucky” reach his/her potential. best possible chance of reaching his/her athletic potential.
WHAT to do if you dwell on Benches and Curls or work primarily on any machine. You must use free weights. You're on the wrong path if you don’t stretch and do speed, quickness or jumping drills.
Master of Science Degree University of Oregon Major: Physical Education, Exercise Physiology Thesi Subjects: University of Oregon Football Team Result: Reaction Time Can Be Improved Doctorate Brigham Young University Major: Physical Education, Exercise Physiology Desertation: Comparing Three Weight Programs Subjects: High School Athletes Result: Negative Resistance Training is Not Good for Athletes 8 of the WHAT part of the secret.
Coach a little over a year ago.
1960's. as well. running faster than other linemen in the nation. Now, in 1995, the BFS program is considered mainstream. Funny thing is that WHAT we do increased risk with such a program: generally did not lift weights.
Washington State got tired of losing. they had to be taught correctly. charts on the preceding pages from my perspective. I chose to analyze the 10th best marks because I felt it was more indicative of trends than Therefore, as you can see, the high school and world marks were way down. Bill Neider, Parry O’Brien lifts only dangerous coaches.” as you might suspect, other throwers began to learn this secret so they too could compete. By the late 1960’s , the secret of training was widely known among the throwers. The high school marks in 1969 in both the shot and discus were about the same as any year in the 1990's.
The world marks in 1972 in the shot Coach Arslanian wanted to make sure not only the WHAT of the secret was correct but that the HOW.
4. Stretching Drills 5. Speed Drills 6. Vary Workouts 7. Train Year Round 8. Jumping Drills (Plyos) ger, faster and stronger with an injury-free record in strength and conditioning. “Tt’s very obvious to me that we same as any year in the 1990's. low much of the same pattern.
Amazing - isn’t it! used the WHAT part of the secret. at all.”
Most people would think with all the “improvements” and “advances” there would have been a steady year-by-year improvement. What has happened is that a quantum leap has been made in the sheer number of athletes and coaches who now know the WHAT part of the secret. risk. Greg, I'll tell you. injuries, while doing the “secret” five years ago. added to make it the PAC-10. detailed information on this concept.
Four hundred thousand high school football players now do the BFS program. Many more do a similar type program. It is my understanding that about 100 of the now confirms that prediction.
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING PROGRESS QUIZ has a lot to do with what they’re parts of the secret. been limited.” tioning program is performed. We. following articles and concepts. any level. lenging and even fun to read.
What’s wrong with Lenny?
World Cup Soccer team?
Glute Stretch!
What’s wrong with this stretch? gi. :
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING PROGRESS Quiz ‘is HOW to do it.
Hip Flexor Stretch, as shown. because they didn’t know HOW! to do it.
Progress Quiz on the HOW section? result . part of the secret.
The other photo illustrating the . nothing. The elbow needs secret this year than I was last year. high school athletes do it incorrectly. It is HOW that’s important not We at BFS go into every tiny detail on HOW to do every technique perfect in every phase of training. For example, I devoted SO pages just on Squats in my Total Program Book. Plus, we have single, detailed videos to explain Flexibility, Cleans, Squats, Speed, etc. - each phase of training per video. players from a top 25 Division I team called our BFS ofÏces. They had done our BFS program in high school These outstanding players wanted us to help them prepare for the pro-combine next spring.
We asked them if they were now stretching everyday for speed and jumping power. They said, “No.” Have you been taught how to start on a forty? “No, we start from a football stance.” Have you done video tape analysis of your speed technique? “No.” They also felt they needed our help on the Squat and Clean. They were all willing to pay us well to take them to another level. We will teach them the HOW part of the Secret! A Division I-AA head football coach complained to me about “losing a season” due to medial collateral knee injuries. He had found out WHAT.
The average high school has seven different flexibility programs or philosophies floating around the school. and conditioning coach at Nebraska, gave an inspirational talk on how the Cornhuskers won the national championship in football last season. He revealed that many team members in the early 1990’s had fallen into a ferent and then in the Spring, he Obviously, the above situation is intensity. Coach Epley explained a rather bazaar attitude had begun to that less than 500 of our nation’s 17,500 high schools have a unified emerge for missing workouts. strength and conditioning program. made the decision to do the penalty rather than the workout.
Nebraska, as a result, went through some girls grades 7 thru 12, do the same program. Every athlete stretches the same and does the same in and off- “down” years. season program. they did for their strength and conditioning program, nor was it HOW assemble all the coaches in the school together for two hours. The what they were doing. It was clearly an IMPLEMENTATION ing program is explained. We have never had one coach say, “Gee, I PROBLEM.
Fall the athlete is told one way to stretch or do an In-season program, must learn yet another approach. is really good.” It makes so much sense that STRENGTH & CONDITIONING PROGRESS Quiz approach. Over the last five years football team. approach. lucky to have one assistant. do because of budget. you possible do to get 20% more victories in your total athletic program?
It is difÏcult to install a unified program when one coach, like the football coach, presents the idea. It is human nature that other coaches are suspicious. However, it is always accepted when a BFS video and overhead presentations, with no ax to grind. huge difference in the quality and success of any college program. The University of Miami recently Here is an implementation idea that I feel strongly about at the colwhat is expected and how great they can be as a team and University. Get them excited. Next, the coach(s) should be present in the weight room when at all possible.
After all, his athletes aren’t going in your weight room to “pump some iron” or “bulk up”, his athletes are going to practice and no coach should miss a practice. The coaches role should be one of creating intengreat aid to you. tation procedures than ever before. basically the same program.
HOW part of the secret. wrestling, tennis, volleyball, softball, lacrosse, ice hockey, field hockey, gymnastics and perhaps Often times the college strength coach is under-appreciated with each sport coach turning their athletes over to him/her with the charge, “Get’em stronger but don't power sport would be golf. have to use a periodization-computer system. Each athlete could break 8 or more records every week. They could get stronger in less time with everyone excited about all the personal records being broken everyday. Let’s say a college strength coach has 20 different sports with 500 athletes.
He could now have 25 strength and conditioning captains with 20 head/assistant sport coaches helping under the above guidelines. Now it becomes manageable with amazing possibilities for achieving the secret...
From BFS Magazine — Winter 1995. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
