Sports-Specific Training
Athlete-Specific Training
Athlete-Specific Training
- Primary Focus: Skills, movement, and energy systems of a specific sports
- Goal: Improve performance on one sports
- Approach: Replicate game demands and scenarios
- Programming: Standardized based on sports demand
- Assessment: Sports analysis
- Examples: Drills mimicking, sports and position conditioning
- Injury Prevention: Indirect (comes from sports readiness)
- Best For: Athletes preparing for competition season
- Long-Term Impact: Can plateau or increase injury risk if overused
- Example: Soccer player doing repeated sprint drills, cutting patterns, and ball work
Athlete-Specific Training
Athlete-Specific Training
Athlete-Specific Training
- Primary Focus: Individual athlete’s needs, limitations, and goals
- Goal: Maximize athlete’s overall potential and longevity
- Approach: Build athlete from the ground up (movement, strength, resilience)
- Programming: Highly individualized and adaptive
- Assessment: Movement screens, injury history, strengths/weaknesses
- Examples: Mobility/stability corrections, strength imbalances, neuromuscular control
- Injury Prevention: Direct (targets weak links and asymmetries)
- Best For: All athletes, especially in off-season or developmental phases
- Long-Term Impact: Builds durability, adaptability, and long-term progression
- Example: That same player improving ankle mobility, hip strength, and landing mechanics