There have been many name changes, many new products, and many services provided through Sports Speed, Etc. over the years but one thing has never changed…Education!
Sometimes I have to shake my head and just laugh it off when I have people commenting on how they didn’t like a DVD because there wasn’t enough drills in it.
I could agree if I promoted my products simply as sources for more drills. There is nothing wrong with this approach as long as you state the purpose. But I have always stated my products …

A highly sought-after coach for healthy and injured athletes alike, Eric has helped athletes at all levels – from youth sports to the professional and Olympic ranks – achieve their highest levels of performance in a variety of sports. Although prepared in a variety of bodies of knowledge, Eric specializes in applied kinesiology and biomechanics as they relate to program design and corrective exercise; maximal relative strength development; and athletic performance enhancement.
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How many times have you taught a skill and then evaluated your own coaching? Maybe you evaluated your coaching based off the performances of the athletes. The athletes may have struggled and you couldn’t figure out why. I do this all the time. If I have a session that didn’t go over the way I would have liked, so I go over my coaching for the class.
One area we all have to be on our game is knowing the final result we wish to reach. Have you ever put together …

I have to admit, I do not do a good of a job with teaching my athletes to cool down. Basically, it comes down to time. In my training classes by the time I am finished with strength or conditioning it is time for the next class to start. I normally have the athletes do a quick functional flexibility routine before they head home.
Personally, when I finish my workouts I like to perform mobility and stretching excerises that re-aligns me. If I my workout focused on a lot of pushing …

Have you ever seen someone performing an exercise that looks like a circus act? When you ask what they are doing they respond by saying, “I’m doing functional training.” There was a time when I did some circus type training and believe me it wasn’t really functional for much. Here are my thoughts on speed training exercises and how they become functional to sport.Please Login or Register to read the rest of this content.

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Lee Burton has presented on numerous sports medicine topics at the local and national level at various sports medicine symposiums. He has also published articles in a variety of sports medicine journals and magazines concerning functional applications for treatment of athletic injuries. Lee, along with his colleagues, is currently working on several research projects dealing with functional evaluation and exercise prescription.
Lee is the co-developer of The Functional Movement Screen, a ranking and grading system created to document movement patterns that are key to normal function.
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