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, […]
Author Archives: Don Ricci
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