| Ep 504 – Where Private Sector Coaches Fit Into High School Athletics

Author / Christopher McQuilkin

28 Min Listen

In this episode the Crew dials the voicemail to answer a question from a loyal Power Athlete Radio listener:

Thanks for all you guys do – love the content. I train HS athletes (all sports, but mostly football) and I’m looking for help on how to balance their training with me against what they’re doing with the team. There seems to be very little planning involved in their current program – for example, I’ll have a squat/press day with bedrock programmed and they come in having 1RMd their squat that morning What are some best practices for managing this and programming effectively for my kids? Thanks

A coach is a protecter helping guard athletes against themselves and others.

High School athletics can get as dramatic as Game of Thrones in the glory days, especially when it comes to football. Sport coaches pulling athletes away from being a multi-sport kid dangling (or threatening) a starting position. Kids looking for extra work with a strength or skills coach can be potentially black-balled for not be a “team player”. We won’t even get started on politics and parents! Bottom-line, athlete’s need protectors, teachers, and challengers in the arena and not have to worry about looking over their shoulder. So where does the private sector coach fit into all this?

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John and Tex take a hot-hotline question examining the role of the private sector coach in high school athletics. Where do they best fit and how can they aim to empower when the athlete has private training on-top of organized team activities.

Empower Your Performance

Have you been squatting on questions for John and Tex? Maybe you have asked around, and just can’t land on a straight answer. Take a breather, give us a call, and let us do the leg work.

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The Power Athlete Radio hotline is OPEN! Dial (929) ING – ING0, leave us a detailed message, and we’ll get to work on finding you answers!

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Christopher McQuilkin

MS, CSCS, SCCC, CHES
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Former collegiate lacrosse defensive midfielder, 4-year letter winner and 3-year team captain. Coached strength and conditioning collegiately with Georgetown University football, Men's and Women's lacrosse and Women's Crew, as well with the University of Texas at Austin's football program. Apprenticed under Raphael Ruiz of 1-FortyFour-1 studying proper implementation of science based, performance driven training systems. Head coached CrossFit Dupont's program for two years in Washington D.C. Received a Master's in Health Promotion Management from Marymount University in 2010, and has been a coach for Power Athlete since October, 2012.

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