Happy Friday. Pat Basil explains why your strongest athlete has no burst on the field, the Dodgers' Travis Smith goes viral as Team USA's hype man, and Florida's Jon Sumrall is lifting with his linebackers. Let's get into it...
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🐊 Florida Coach Jon Sumrall Lifts With His Linebackers
Florida head coach Jon Sumrall told On3's JD Pickell he lifts with his linebacker group and threw shade at his DBs and receivers: "DBs and receivers, I'm very comfortable with their racks, typically."
Sumrall backs it up—he's repping 345lb deadlifts at 43 years old with a spinal injury that forced him into early retirement as a player. He shared the numbers on The Triple Option with Rob Stone, Urban Meyer, and Mark Ingram. Sumrall hired the same S&C coach (Rusty Whitt) at every stop he's made. "I will never ask you to do something I wouldn't ask of myself." Read More
⚾️ Dodgers Strength Coach Travis Smith Goes Viral as Team USA Hype Man
A video of Dodgers strength and conditioning coach Travis Smith pacing the Team USA dugout handing out encouragement and high fives has gone viral. In the clip's funniest moment, Smith has to leap into the air to high five 6'7" Aaron Judge.
Smith has been with the Dodgers for over a decade, helping build the club's training, nutrition, recovery, and day-to-day routines. He came up through the organization from minor-league S&C roles (2012-2015) to assistant/coordinator work (2016-2018) before his current role with the big club. Smith holds a master's in Applied Exercise Science from Concordia Chicago and presents to the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society. Read More
⚡️ Why Your Weight Room Strength Didn't Transfer to the Field
Pat Basil breaks down Explosive Strength Deficit: "Ever have an athlete who could squat a house but only had a 19-inch vertical jump?" The issue is Rate of Force Development (RFD)—the speed at which you apply strength. An athlete can be very strong, but if they can't apply that strength quickly, it won't transfer to sport. The good news: RFD is highly trainable. Most effective methods are short sprints, jumps and plyometrics, medicine ball throws, and dynamic effort lifts.
Sprinting is the most explosive thing an athlete can do—no barbell exercise approaches the speed or force production of a maximal sprint. Do sprints before lifting for three reasons: max effort (athletes are fresh), potentiation (primes nervous system), and injury reduction (not asking fatigued tissue for max output). Example training week: Monday/Wednesday/Friday with sprints, jumps, and throws programmed before lifting. Read More
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