Functional Path Training Principles

These are the principles that I use to guide me on journey on the Functional Path:

1. Have a current accurate road map – Start with a plan, execute it, and evaluate it constantly;
2. Think big picture – Build and rebuild the complete athlete;
3. Fundamental movement skills must be mastered before specific sport skills can be acquired and advanced  training undertaken;
4. Learn to use the ground – Build & rebuild the athlete from the ground up;
5. Train the core as the center of the action;
6. Train sport appropriate – You are what you train to be;
7. Build a work capacity base appropriate for your sport;
8. Train Linkage – Connect toenails to fingernails;
9. Think Long-Term – Training is cumulative;
10. The individual athlete is the focus – Recognize, train and rehab the individual;