Specificity Training

Steven Plisk
  

• Introduction
• What is specificity?
• Looking at the demands of the target task
• Specificity is not simulation
• Specificity is a matter of understanding the mechanics, energetics and the coordination demands
• Think of specificity as a three dimensional target
• The essential elements that make up specificity training
• Whatever sport you play, there may be some common demands
• The common platform for most sports
• What role does a trainer have in cooperation with a coach?
• What does a trainer need to demonstrate to get a program director to listen to him/her?
• Educationally based programs
• If you can describe your program as a curriculum, you are talking the language of educators
• Most sports specific movements have three basic elements
  • The athlete has to solve the problem
  • Life tends to be a "stop and go" sport
  • What kind of forces are you generating?
• What variables need to be present to elicit the transference that would enable you to call what you do specific?
• What subject matter do you need to master to be outstanding?
• What is the difference between a good coach and an outstanding one?
• Best practices
• Innovation is a result of process