Learning from Chris Munford

Hello  Everyone!!

The Blog has been pretty quiet for the last while and I have had some amazing experiences in that time that I would like to share with you!!  I thought that I would get this one in before Track and Field season gets into full swing at school.

I had a great experience this past weekend working with Chris Munford at the University of Guelph.  He is the former strength and conditioning coach of the Charlotte Bobcats in the NBA.  What a gift it was for me to be able to work with Chris.  He has a Master of Sport for Athletic Movement and Conditioning that he earned in Germany.  To my knowledge this type of degree is not even found in North America at this time.

One of the topics that we chatted about was looking at movement bouts in any sport when you are preparing a program for an athlete.  With this in mind you can see that forwards and defense in hockey have different needs just as all of the different positions in soccer, football, volleyball all have different needs.  This part of the discussion really opened up my eyes to how detailed you can get when looking at performance.

The best tid bit that he sent me home with was to always ask the question WHY with respect to any aspect of training. (Warm up, nutrition, exercises,  sets, reps, rest period,rest days, active rest, etc.)  If your answer to the question why does not lead you in the direction that you want to be heading then you may want to change what you are doing!!  If you are not sure how to change that ask for some help!!

Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge Chris!!!

Cheers,

Coach G