Coaching is more than just a job – it’s a vocation. As such, you must be willing to make sacrifices with your time, your training, your […]
Author Archives: Don Ricci, CSCS
The life of a coach is not for the faint of heart. While the barrier to entry is relatively low, the hurdles and obstacles to sustain […]
Elite weightlifters are some of the most dynamic and impressive sagittal strength athletes in the world. They display impressive speed, power, mobility, and stability with a […]
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Tagged Accessory Work, athleticism, Continued Education, Lunge, Olympic Weightlifting, Power Clean, Primals, Squat, Step Up
You’re an S&C coach – you primarily serve as support staff to the sport coach, where your ultimate goal is to physically prepare your athletes for […]
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Tagged coaching, Competition, Olympic Lifting, Olympic Weightlifting, Peak Performance, Performance, Running Competitions
In the world of performance it’s common practice for a coach to label themselves as a system guy: “I’m a conjugate guy”, “I’m an weightlifting guy”, […]
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Tagged Coach's Responsibility, Coaches Development, Coaching Journey, John Welbourn, Process, Professional, Weightlifting
Our role as strength coaches is to best prepare our athletes for the physical demands imposed on them through their sport. In order to do that, […]
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Tagged Accelerated Adaptation, Adaptation, hypertrophy, Overload, Programming, SAID Principle, Strength and Conditioning, stress
The sport of Weightlifting in the United States is steadily growing has more and more athletes that are exposed to bumper plates and barbells in their high school athletic programs. While […]
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Tagged Athletic Position, Bedrock, Movement Demo, Olympic Lifting, Olympic Weightlifting, Power Clean, Teaching, Youth Athletes
The Power Clean is a complex skill that can be broken down into different phases and movements, all focused on putting an athlete in a position […]
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Tagged Bedrock, coordination, Movement Demo, Olympic Weightlifting, Power, Power Clean, Teaching, Youth Training
Understanding the WHY behind sets, reps, or a movement does not prepare you to coach, especially when it comes to a complex skill like the Power […]
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Tagged Bedrock, coordination, Movement Demo, Olympic Weightlifting, Power, Power Clean, Teaching, Youth Training
A key principle of our Bedrock program is that of the minimum effective dose, or the minimum amount of work required to drive the maximum amount […]
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Tagged Bedrock, coordination, Movement Demo, Olympic Weightlifting, Power, Power Clean, Teaching, Youth Training
Let’s kickoff a series of articles to empower coaches incorporating the Power Clean for their non-weightlifter athletes. As a coach working with various athletes from gen-pop, […]
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Tagged Approach to training, Bedrock, Block One Coach, High School, High School Football, Novice Athlete, Oly, Olympic Lifting, Olympic Weightlifting, Power Clean