As a professional sports performance specialist, it is my job to be a resource for athletes, coaches, and parents. My company designs physical training programs that enhance athletic qualities for competitive athletes in order to maximize playing ability and reduce the likelihood of injury. Our programs improve body composition, muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular endurance, speed, agility, coordination, dynamic balance, power, etc. We also take into account the age, gender, sport, current health status and experience of the athletes we work with. Every athlete has their own journey and we will advise accordingly.
In an attempt to create a framework for training elite athletic performance, I’ve received inspiration from the writings of Dr. Tudor O. Bompa, a world-renowned expert on Periodization. Based on these writings, I have classified training into five principles that create a roadmap to high performance. These principles are physical, technical, tactical, theoretical, and psychological. In this paper, I hope to impress upon you the interrelation of all five principles and the importance of their systematic approach. Random acts of training at random times will only ever produce random results at best. Athletes put their trust in our ability to guide them in the right direction. Most of the time, they don’t even have a choice in the matter. They deserve the opportunity to thrive in the training environment we create not just survive it.
