I am confused as to the reasoning behind NOT utilizing training methods such as plyometrics, eccentrics, etc until an athlete is at an advanced training age, delaying their implementation from a point where they would benefit from those methods. If I am understanding the justification correctly, if a group of athletes is split into two groups, and one group begins plyometric training 6 months into the program, and the other begins plyometric training 2 years into the program, the group that receives plyometric training 2 years in will exhibit greater SSC performance long term? This seems counter intuitive to me. I can see how the group given plyometrics after 2 years may have greater magnitude of gains in a period of 6 months after beginning plyometric training compared to the same 6 month period after the first training group began plyometric training, but how does that shake out long term? Would athletes not benefit to a greater extent with a longer period of exposure? If athletes are not plyometric training for the first few years of their playing careers, are they under-exposed to SSC training that might reduce injury risk? Is there research on this subject? It seems that it would be extremely difficult to test this hypothesis given the length of the study period required. I'm not trying to be combative, I'm just confused by this concept I've heard several times recently.
@eamonn37
8 ай бұрын
A fair question. When I was answering this I was very much considering only very high intensity true plyometrics: drop jumps, high hurdle rebound jumps etc. I would aim for a varied and holistic athlete development approach in general and aim to use extensive methods and lower intensity skipping, bounding, hopping variations throughout development alongside traditional strength training. For the high end plyometrics (level 3 or 4 for me - which i outline on the course) I would tend to hold off on these until a young athlete has a well established training history, good movement competency and has already begun to accrue some of the easy wins from general strength training
@omchavan7506
7 ай бұрын
A good foundation of strength training increases potential for power and explosive strength. So athletes having higher strength can progress more wrt to plyometric training when compared to athletes w lower base strength. Also the fact that starting plyo training earlier, the point of diminishing returns might also be reached earlier compared to the group that starts it later...
@eamonn37
7 ай бұрын
Great perspective here @omchavan7506. I think plyomeric work can be implemented early in an athlete's long term development but I would tend to keep it in the Tier 1 / Tier 2 range that I describe in the podcast while the other general strength qualities are developing
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