So what do you think??
I hope you all enjoy the new blog look and set up.
I have tried to make it more informative, easy to navigate thru and filled with places you can go regardless what your interests are.
Make sure you let a comment or feedback
Have a great Weekend.
Dave
I love passionate coaches.
Guys that continue to look for ways to get and edge.
Anything is possible and every player can get better.
I had the opportunity to go down to do a high school clinic at Jefferson HS yesterday.
Nothing huge… 26 kids, 6 or so coaches for about 90 min.
The coaches that brought me teach at a high school but coach at a university that has played in the D. 3 national championship game 4 staight years.
I took some of their HS athletes thru a brief 90 minute workout with bands and had 12 kids out of 26 wanting to know how they can continue to train in bands. Why…. Because they felt the difference right after they were done.
On April 25 or 26th, I along with 2 other coaches are going to be showing High school coaches how to implement a year round training program for their athletes. We call if Fast Fit and Flexible.
I will be sharing exactly how you start training your athletes in bands 1 step at a time and I guarantee your kids will be faster in 4 weeks and more importantly want to continue to train.
If you are a HS coach….. You may want to consider attending FAST – FIT and FLEXIBLE
Traing Beyond the Contraction
Dave
PS.. Thanks Coach Dinks and Coach Z for being incredible coaches that care and support my efforts.
Over the past 7 months I have been slowly launching a new band
I call the “The BAND” by Performax.
It has been performing well but there is still some defect issues.
I seem to have about 1 out of every 2000 bands that demonstrates a defect.
Not bad I know but still why???
Well when a layered band is created, small microscopic air
bubbles can form in between the layers.
As the band is stretched so is this air bubble. As air pressure
increases inside the bubble it can literally snap the band if the bubble burst.
If this occurs the band literally looks like it was cut by a sissors.
Very easy to see.
Most layered bands are glued and than heated when the layering process is completed. However this post heating process is more likely to allow air bubbles to form because the layeres do not get sealed effectively.
Now if the each layer is heated as it is layed down the sealing success and subsquently potential for air bubbles is signficantly decreased. The Band By Performax is manufactured that way which may be why we are seeing less defects.
What if the band is jagged or shreaded when it breaks?
Chance are this is a band that was attached to a rough surface or over stretched.
This has happened to me and as a new band user it could very well happen to you. We all make mistakes.
If you purchase “The Band” and you have issues… Be honest and I will see what I can do to help out.
Training Beyond the Contraction
Dave Schmitz
