Abstract

When I first took on this column, I had a couple of objectives. First, I wanted to provide relevant, useful information to college strength and conditioning coaches. Second, I wanted to provide information from a variety of sources. In simple terms, I wanted to stick to the old adage that two heads are better than one. By hearing from an assortment of strength and conditioning coaches, I could provide the reader with divergent views on a variety of topics. I also knew that the work schedule of most strength and conditioning coaches is very demanding, and so to expect one coach to write an entire column was not a reasonable request. Because of this, I decided that in each issue I would pose a question that could be answered in a few paragraphs and have 3 coaches respond to the question. In that way, no one coach would have to perform too much work to put the column together. Unfortunately, even that level of commitment has been too much to ask of many of the strength and conditioning coaches I have contacted. As a result, I have formed a committee of 3 strength coaches. These 3 strength coaches will answer the question posed in each column. The downside of this, obviously, is that we lose the opportunity to hear from a variety of sources. However, the trade-off is that I now have 3 coaches who I know will be reliable in providing the Information requested. The 3 coaches making up this committee are Jeff Dahoda, head women’s strength and conditioning coach at the University of Tennessee; Ken Jones, offensive line coach/strength coach at Gardner Webb University; and Robb Rogers, strength and conditioning coach at Middle Tennessee State University. All 3 of these individuals are high-quality strength coaches who have the knowledge and experience to provide insightful responses on a variety of topics related to strength and conditioning. Textauszug