When I get asked what is the most important variable in operating an elite strength and conditioning/Performance centre the answer is always; Your service or your product is the most VITAL element of any service based business. A program is only as good as it is implemented or coached, knowledge and experience counts because this is what will get your athletes results and word of mouth will spread. (ie understanding sport/ athletes want to get better at their sport not lifting all the time) I see so many performance centres open up to only be disappointed at the individuals running them. We have 1000s of exercise science students per year (ones who specialise in strength and conditioning... shit everyone wants to train athletes, heck go to a cert 3 and 4 course information night every prospective trainer wants to coach/ train athletes) yet none or only a minimal amount take fuc*ing (sorry about my language) risk and actually back their ability in and create performance centres and coach. Students and people think I was just given this company that it just fell into my lap. I earnt it through hard work, dedication, education, coaching for 10 hour days, sacrificing and developing the profile of strength and conditioning so more jobs can open for students who want to use sport science theory and apply it (other than just going to a bro science gym and or cross fit - and before cross fitters jump on this if you dont care what I have to say why are you following my page?). I would love to see more evidence based practice performance centres opening up servicing mainly the athletic market with their secondary area developing basic training for the general public. Now I am not saying you need an exercise science degree to run a performance centre cause there are numerous cases of great coaches who do not have degrees. WHAT I AM saying is that to me the majority of good coaches (NOT the outliers) have at least at the bare minimum an exercise science degree. The degree forms the basis of physiology, biomechanics, anatomy, motor control, motor learning, psychology and programming, the basic understanding needed to be able to justify what you do other than flogging them into the ground (IE ART AND SCIENCE). Since there are a high number of students coming out and if my inbox is anything to go by there are enough passionate students or graduates (I know lots of masters in exercise science graduates that work in sales? WTF?) who want work in the field. If my model is anything to go by it can and will work if you have a plan and stick to that plan. Do not wavier when it gets too hard and stick to what your methods are and FFS believe in them, fuc* what other people say. IT CAN BE DONE! I am going to leave you with this. Where can an athlete go to develop physically and to improve in their sport? (when I came back all I could think of was cross fit and or the other performance centres that I know (not many around here). I think an athlete going to cross fit is very very very bad, unless you want to become a better cross fit athlete then by all means go there. If you want to get better at your sport and use science to justify your program and develop the specific strength , power, speed and agility needed to perform while understanding your skill is the number #1 priority go to a performance centre with educated staff in physical preparation/ sport science. Here is to the next generation of sport science students, have a dream then live it. Help me change the game. Cheers, Christian Woodford
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 11:14:09 +0000
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