Good day Warriors Of Light! Fortunately
for much of society, the racial idolatry that has gripped many a nation
and organization is fading under its own hypocrisy. As this has been
used to divide us and to eventually conquer us, let's inject the word
and the ministry of Jesus into every interaction with our fellow man.
And let us be amazed by the results. Let's Rock!
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Training an endurance athlete can be a deceptively hard task for any track and field coach.
The
natural instinct when it comes to training any long-distance runner is
to, well, have them run. Yet, while running is of course a crucial
component to building up a long-distance runner’s endurance,
there should be much more that goes into their training regimen because
there’s a lot more nuance to being a good distance runner.
Perhaps the most crucial part of success as a long-distance
runner is building up stamina and endurance. And the best way to build
this without overworking your runners is to establish a challenging yet
doable training pace.
Having a training pace is great for a
few reasons. It improves a runner’s vVO2 max (the rate at which your
heart can pump oxygen to your muscles), conditions a runner’s lungs,
increases their top speed when competing, and makes them better equipped
for shorter races.
While finding a runner’s ideal
training pace can be a difficult task, there are few people in the world
better suited to help you do so than Houston Franks.
Coach
Franks is currently the assistant coach for LSU track and field’s
mid-distance and distance squads, in addition to being the head coach
for the cross-country team. And LSU’s distance program has flourished in
the past four seasons under Coach Frank’s direction.
The
2023 cross-country season saw Franks and the Lady Tigers tie the
program’s highest finish of third at the NCAA South Central Regional.
This came a season after leading LSU to the program’s first third-place
finish in 2022.
Coach Franks prides himself on the training pace that all of his LSU distance runners prepare for their races at. His ‘How to Find the Proper Training Paces for Endurance Athletes’
course discloses some of his best lessons on how distance coaches at
every level can help their runners find the perfect training pace that
will not only keep them prepared in a safe, efficient manner but will
also have them perfectly equipped to execute at their best when it
becomes time to compete.
Test to Get vVO2
The first part of calculating a distance runner’s ideal training pace is figuring out what their vV02 is.
As
we mentioned previously, a runner’s vVO2 is the rate at which their
heart can pump oxygen to their muscles, and is used to find their
maximal aerobic capacity value. While this sounds complicated to
decipher, Coach Franks has a relatively simple method of doing so.
Coach Franks believes the two
most effective training times/distances for calculating an accurate
vVO2 are by doing either a two-mile time trial or a 10-minute running
test.
Not only are both of these training exercises excellent for
getting an accurate vVO2 reading. But they’re each easy to do for a
large group of people. The two-mile time trial is especially easy to do
for an entire team at once because the coach can just wait at the end of
the two-mile mark and record what each of their runner’s times are.
From there, all the coach needs to do is calculate each runner’s pace per mile. This is why the two-mile run is especially easy, because it’s just each runner’s final time divided by two.
This
is how to get each runner’s vVO2. From there, a coach will want to use
that number and incorporate it to figure out what the ideal training
pace for each runner should be, depending on which race they run.
For
a runner who wants to find their ideal training pace for a 10k race, it
should be about 92% of their vVO2. 100% of a runner’s vVO2 is a great
calculator for about a 3,000m race, while 120-136% of their vVO2 should
be used for an 800m runner.
These percentages are going to vary depending on the level you’re
coaching. If you’re a high school coach, it might not be reasonable to
expect these exact percentages. But because you’ll be using each
runner’s specific vVO2, the percentages should more or less give you an
accurate estimate of what each runner’s training pace should be.
Aerobic Threshold
Coach Franks notes that a distance runner’s
aerobic threshold (a steady-state effort that the runner could maintain
for extended periods of time, where their breathing will be light and
they will not ever get exhausted) will be at around 65% of their vVO2.
Therefore, a recovery run pace after any demanding workout should be at around 65% at the slowest, but ideally would be closer to 70%.
A longer distance run training pace (that isn’t necessarily about training for a specific competition) should be at around 75% of that aerobic threshold.
If
a coach or runner wants to recalibrate whether this is an accurate
training pace, one way they can do so is by measuring their heart rate
while at their aerobic threshold. If it’s between 130-150 bpm then the runner is in a perfect spot.
Final Thoughts
An interesting thought Coach Franks had near the
end of his course was regarding the age-old debate about whether runners
should typically be training for a set number of miles or a set
duration/time.
Coach Franks believes this is going to differ depending on the athlete, coach, and/or team. But as
long as the runner’s ultimate decision blends a balance of effort,
individualism, and honesty with themselves about where they’re at in
their training journey (whether they’re competing for a specific race or
are in the offseason), whichever method they opt for should be
sufficient for succeeding.
Yes Warriors Of
Light, we are about to elect a President in just a little over a month.
However for believers our King has been with us and continues to reign
for eternity. We need not worry or be anxious for the upcoming
election. Pray before you post, or engage in any aspect of our society.
Trust God to be with you no matter what comes your way. Watch the
miracles take place in your life. Let's Rock!
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If the word of God
cannot be applied to our daily lives and how we interact with the world
then it is of no use to us Warriors Of Light. Thanks be to God and thanks be to the ministry of Jesus that is not the case. Let's Rock!
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On today's show we
relive the ND's dominate performance in the NCAA championship. When
coaches and commentators talk about "never take your foot off of the
gas", this is a prime example of what that looks like. Enjoy!
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Standing out at a basketball tryout goes beyond
just showing up. It's about having a basketball tryout plan that starts
well before the day arrives. From improving your drills to mastering the fundamentals of basketball (such as scoring and defense
techniques) preparation is key to showcasing your skills. This planning
not only involves honing your physical ability but also mastering
basketball’s mental aspect to elevate your tryout performance.
Committing
to a basketball tryout plan means diving deep into drills that sharpen
your shooting form, dribbling finesse, and overall evaluation rubric for
a standout tryout. A positive attitude towards teamwork and
sportsmanship also plays a crucial role in standing out and becoming a
valued player.
So let’s get into how you can stand out at a basketball tryout!
Preparing Physically and Mentally
Your
basketball tryout plan should require both physical and mental
preparation. Here's how you can ensure you're ready to shine on the
court:
Physical Preparation:
Conditioning: Begin with cardiovascular training to boost your strength and conditioning. It’s tough to perform well when you’re constantly winded.
Skill Development:
Dedicate time to shooting every day and practicing dribbling drills. At
the end of this article, we’ll provide you with a great shooting drill
that is sure to improve your long-range skills.
Mental Preparation:
Visualization and Mindfulness:
Engage in visualization techniques to strengthen your mental game.
Imagine yourself succeeding in your basketball tryout, and making your
preferred team. This helps manage anxiety and improves focus.
Positive Self-talk:
Regularly practice positive self-talk and read positive affirmations.
This builds confidence, which is essential for facing the pressures of
tryouts.
Nutrition and Rest:
Healthy Eating: Consume foods that provide quick energy, like oatmeal and bananas. Drink a lot of water as well!
Adequate Sleep: Get at least eight hours of sleep before your tryout, to ensure optimal energy and alertness.
By doing all of these things, you’re setting yourself up for success before stepping on the tryout court.
Mastering the Fundamentals
Remember:
it's not just about having the ball in your hands. It's about making
every touch count. Here's how you can elevate your fundamentals:
Ball Control Techniques:
o Focus on dribbling with both hands, so you can navigate the court under pressure.
o Incorporate passing drills that mimic game scenarios.
o Set daily shooting goals, aiming for consistency from various spots on the court.
Strategic Play and Coachability:
Engage in game-speed scenarios to understand the flow and transitions of a real match.
Show your willingness to learn by focusing on coach feedback.
Compete against stronger opponents to challenge and improve your skills.
By
using these strategies for your basketball tryout plan, you're not just
preparing—you're improving. It's the details that coaches notice, so
demonstrate your understanding of the game, and your ability to execute
their feedback, and display your desire to improve every day.
Showing Coachable Behavior and a Positive Attitude
In
the heart of every standout basketball player is an enthusiasm to learn
and adapt. This is what being coachable is all about—but this trait
isn't just about nodding along to what the coach says. It's about
actively engaging with feedback to elevate your game. Here's how you can
showcase this invaluable attribute:
Active Listening and Engagement:
Maintain eye contact and nod to show you're absorbing your coach’s every word.
Ask questions if you're unsure, showing you want to get it right.
Apply the feedback immediately in drills or scrimmages.
Positive Attitude and Body Language:
Keep a positive attitude, even when drills don’t go your way. A smile can go a long way.
Avoid negative body language, like slouching or eye-rolling. Coaches notice these small details.
Celebrate teammates' successes openly. High-fives and encouraging words contribute to a positive team atmosphere.
Examples of Coachability in Action:
Arrive 15 minutes early to tryouts and start warming up right away.
Be the player who dives for loose balls, communicates on the court, and always looks to improve.
Lead by example in both practice and game situations.
Embracing
these aspects of coachability not only makes you a better player but
also a more attractive prospect to coaches who are looking for team
players who add to the team dynamic.
Communicating and Being a Team Player
In basketball, communication and being a team player are pivotal. Here's how you can elevate your presence on the court:
Effective Communication Techniques:
Be Loud and Clear: Ensure your voice can be heard across the court. Use specific terms for actions to avoid confusion.
Timing is Key: Communicate early enough so that teammates can react.
Stay Positive: Focus on constructive feedback rather than blame. Encourage and uplift your teammates.
Non-Verbal Cues:
Eye Contact and Hand Signals: Use these when the gym gets noisy. They're quick, effective ways to communicate.
Team Bonding: Engage in activities that build rapport. Building friendships makes for a better team–and better tryout performance.
You
don’t need any basketball skills to utilize your voice. Coaches need
leaders, and this is your way to showcase that you’re an asset for
fostering unity and driving your team toward success.
Conclusion
Basketball
tryouts can be stressful. But by preparing both physically and
mentally, mastering fundamentals, and showcasing coachable behavior and
communication, athletes can significantly enhance their visibility and
impact during tryouts. These strategies will guide you toward a standout
performance that captures the attention of coaches and teammates alike.
And
last (but certainly not least), don’t forget to have fun! That’s why
you’re playing basketball in the first place. Think of the tryout as
another fun opportunity to play with your friends and show off the
skills you’ve worked hard to acquire.
Now go out there and show the world what you’ve got!
Steph Curry Shooting Series
If you’re looking for a drill to improve your
shooting ability before your basketball tryout, give this Steph Curry
shooting series (from breakthroughbasketball.com's Joe Haefner)
a try. Steph Curry actually practices this drill series on a regular
basis! And if it works for the greatest shooter of all time, it will
surely work for you, too.
All you’ll need is a hoop, a
ball, and a teammate, coach, or parent to work with you. Here’s how the
Steph Curry Shooting Series works:
1.Spot Up / Quick Release
The first shot starts from the wing or the corner.
You simply catch the ball, step towards the basket, and shoot it as quickly as possible.
2.Shoot Off The Dribble
This is the same as the first shot, except you add a long, explosive dribble to the basket then shoot.
3.Cut To Ball - Corner To Wing Cut
Next,
you work on shooting off a cut from the corner to the wing. In a game
situation, this could be a straight cut or a curl cut off a screen.
4.Flare or Fade Cut - Wing to Corner Cut
This
is another game-like shot where you execute a flare or fade cut. This
can be done off dribble penetration, a down screen, or a flare screen.
5.Fast Break Shooting
The final shot reflects a shot you will get off of the fast break.
Perhaps
start this drill series shooting the same shot 10 times in a row, then
move to the next drill. Then, once you’ve completed those 50 shots, go
back and add 3-5 more shots in each drill, at a different position on
the floor. You’ll rarely shoot the same shot twice in a row in a game,
after all.
That’s all there is to it! If you try this set of
drills every day for a week, you are sure to impress your coaches during
any basketball tryout.
Nice starter to the good news of the day Athletes and Warriors. I
am happy to state that while the culture of much of the world is under
enemy control; we are taking it back on brick at a time. So as you rock
for the King understand that he is the invisible force with the visible
results that we are seeing in action in every aspect of culture. Enjoy
and Let's Rock!
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Tensions are
higher than ever in the world Warriors Of Light. God put on my heart to
tell you that while who's in office (the White House, The State House,
The County Board, etc.,) we win when Jesus is on the throne of our
lives. The Hits and the good news keep on coming on The Rock Almighty!
Let's Rock!
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Every youth baseball infielder
that’s right-handed wants to play shortstop. Heck, even the left-handed
players want a chance at shortstop, too. And while every baseball coach
should give each deserving player a fair opportunity at the position
there can only be one shortstop on the field once the game begins.
But
that doesn’t mean the rest of your infield players can’t have the
ability to play shortstop. It’s any coach's dream to have multiple
capable players in the infield, who are versatile enough to play
multiple positions and willing to play any position to help their team
win games.
In addition to catchers, it always feels like
many of the best baseball coaches are former infielders. This might be
why there’s a plethora of excellent knowledge about how to develop elite
infielders, both at the youth baseball level and up through the game’s
amateur and professional ranks.
We have compiled a few of legendary infield coach Perry Hill’s
courses on this subject, which will give you all the info you need to
turn your current crop of infielders into above-average players.
Perry Hill - The 6 F’s of Fielding
Perry Hill is currently the infield coach for the
Seattle Mariners. He has spent 22 years as a Major League Coach with
multiple teams, such as the Texas Rangers, Miami Marlins, Detroit Tigers
& Pittsburg Pirates. Hill was MLB Network’s 2017 Infield Coach of the Year
after the Miami Marlins had the fewest MLB Errors that season. One
season before, the Marlins set an all-time MLB record with 28
Consecutive errorless games.
Coach Hill has also coached
seven players (Luis Castillo, Orlando Cabrera, Derrek Lee, Mike Lowell,
and Dee Gordon) to Gold Glove Awards, and earned a 2014 Best Infield
Coach award from the Boston Globe survey of MLB Executives and Coaches.
Coach Hill believes effective defense comes down to what he calls the “Six F’s”. Those are as follows:
1. Feet
2. Field
3. Funnel
4. Footwork
5. Fire
6. Follow
Coach
Hill refers to these 6 “F’s” as his “foundation”, in the same way that a
city needs a solid foundation to build anything on top of it. In other words, these 6 F’s are all crucial components of the fundamentals necessary to succeed as an infielder.
When
it comes to the first “F”, Coach Hill has a few valuable notes. The
first is that the infielder should be in a relaxed state while the
pitcher has the ball. As the pitcher’s arm moves forward, the infielder
will take a small step forward, while remaining on the balls of their feet, which will make him capable of moving in any direction at a moment’s notice once the ball is put in play.
The
second “F” is Coach Hill’s way of explaining the wide base (legs
shoulder width apart or further) that an infielder needs when fielding
the ground ball.
This wide base position enables the infielder to have the ball and glove in the same view, making a more sound and consistent infielder. In addition, having a wide base eliminates any potential blind spots and creates better balance.
Ultimate Infield With Perry Hill
Coach Hill goes into greater detail about the
“Six F’s” in another one of his courses, which is titled ‘Ultimate
Infield With Perry Hill’.
Coach Hill says that the Third
“F” (Funnel) is all about how the infielder brings the ball to their
midsection after securing the ground ball. Once the ball gets to the
middle of the body (to the belly button/chest area), the infielder should separate their hands with their thumbs down, which will automatically create a perfect angle for the throwing arm.
The Fourth “F” is Footwork. For this “F”, Coach Hill stresses that the formula to use when teaching footwork is “right to left, left to the target.”
This means that a right-handed infielder's first step after securing
the ball should be with their right foot, while their second step should
be with their left foot, which is directed toward the target.
“F” number five is Fire. This just means throwing the baseball to the target, which all infielders should know how to do.
And the final “F” is Follow. This one might be overlooked, but also may be the most important when preventing throwing errors. All Coach Hill means by this is that the infielder should follow their throw to the target after making it.
He doesn’t mean literally chasing after the throw; rather, taking a
step or two in that direction, to ensure that their arm and body are
going in the correct direction when throwing.
While Coach
Hill’s “Six F’s” might make infielding seem easy, anybody who has
actually played any of these positions knows that it takes a lot of
practice, determination, and discipline to become a good infielder that
makes few errors.
Yet, Coach Hill also notes that success in the infield all boils down to playing catch.
For this reason, it’s paramount that players take their warm-up game of
catch seriously before the practice begins. While this practice time is
important for getting a player’s arm loose, it’s also a way for them to
practice their repetitions and hone their throwing and footwork
mechanics (the “Six F’s”) with each catch and throw made.
If
the player doesn’t take this catch time seriously, not only are they
missing out on an opportunity to improve, but they could also be
developing lazy, bad habits that will translate onto the field when the
game begins. And that’s not how anybody will become a starting
shortstop.
Taking all of Coach Hill’s lessons and teaching
them to your infielders will improve their skills, and have them all be
deserving to play shortstop for your future games.
On today's show
hear from Creed frontman Scott Stapp as he witnesses over the nation.
Also hear from the priest who prayed at the rally where the first
assassination attempt took place. Oh yeah and a bunch of blistering
Christ-centered rock to make your day bright. Let's Rock!
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