Complete Archive by Date
View the complete archive by date back to 2013. For earlier years visit Functional Path Training.
Top Posts
A collection of the best posts from Vern Gambetta.
The Coaching Process
- Letter to a coach beginning their career
- Advice to young and old coaches
- Foundational beliefs for coaching
- Ideas on being a coach
- How to continue to improve as a coach
- The right questions to ask as a coach
- Some reflections and recollections on coaching (more here)
- Olympic gold medal coaching
- The Bowerman influence
- Beware of keyboard coaches (Repsonses from colleagues here and here)
- Thoughts on data analytics
- Coaching specialization
- The parable of the buses, a story on the importance of planning and how to set proper goals, as well as the difference between getting it and getting there
Communication
- What matters most in coaching
- John Wooden – Master Teacher
- Where are the teachers?
- The eye of the beholder
Basics of Training
- Functional path training rules
- Systematic athletic development concepts
- The P’s and E’s of training essentials
- Training mistakes (Part 1 and Part 2)
- Smart body or dumb body
- An introduction to developing athletes
- Searching for specificity and marginal gains and the importance of mastering the basics
- Thoughts on testing
- The achievement triangle
- To do or not to do
Training Methods and Periodization
- What is periodization?
- Periodization and the systematic sport development process (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3)
- Characteristics of a sound training program
- Global considerations for strength
- Functional training: method or madness (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3)
- The performance paradigm: force reduction, force production, and proprioception
- Thoughts on favorite exercises
- Understanding and developing work capacity (Part 1 and Part 2)
Strength Training
- A definition of strength training
- Thinking about strength
- Evolution of strength training, a perspective after 51 years (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Conclusions)
- Evolution of strength training, a perspective after 50 years (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Conclusions)
Sprinting and Running
- Mach Sprint Drills
- Running Mechanics (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3)
Injuries
Never Stop Learning
- 2014 Year in Books
- 2013 Year in Books
- An overview of USATF Coaching Education (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3)
- USATF coaching education 30 years later
- Some thoughts on professional development
- A journey continues
Miscellaneous
- Some random thoughts on sports, coaching and life
- Lessons from 2012 (Part 1 and Part 2)
- Reflections and expectations
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