If you have been reading along, you probably came across my earlier article on sport specific training, and why we don’t advertise or believe in that training.

With that said, we DO believe in sport specific modifications. lets dig deeper.

In my last post I outlined that 90% of the training process is the same for all athletes. What I mean by that is that all athletes should complete a warm up, sprint/jump/land every now and then, squat, push, pull, hinge, carry, stabilize, and condition. A better/healthier athlete will be better off in all sports..right? But lets also recognize that YES- there are sport specific modifications, which is our 10%.

Sport specific modifications come down to the athlete themselves and the common energy systems, injuries and main performance indicators/enhances for that given sport.

For example, a tennis player needs to press, just like a linemen But does a tennis player NEED to heavy bench press? With risk vs reward in mind, probably not. Lets take that horizontal pattern and maybe substitute in some DB pressing or push ups. That in-itself is our simple modification "specific" to the athletes sport.

Take in fact the amount of hockey players We train and lets look at common injuries....Shoulder, hips, SI joint. With that said, should I slightly tweak our hockey programs based off those common injuries? OF course I should. But asides from small things, the core of the program is going to still look similar to other sports.

SO no, you don't need to attach a band to a hockey stick to increase your power, etc..but yes, we should pay attention to the sport and modify slightly. Again, keep it simple. Its just about small tweaks, not major changes. Train movement patterns and your going to build a better athlete.

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