If they can’t catch and pass there is no value in teaching them how to wrestle! The young athlete was receptive and hardworking, a pleasure to work with. It was his first speed session with me, and it really did need it! We went through a series of basic drills relevant to his need and […]
I recently received an email that from a great man and avid KSI fan, and I thought the content was worth sharing with you! Hi Ian, I just ordered book III. In your previous books you downplayed the role of cardio, or so it seemed. As I have got older (I’m 52) cardio has taken […]
Why I tell the world to stop doing walking lunge (especially doing the warm up) Following my post where I pleaded for the world to stop hurting themselves with walking lunges, especially in the warm-up, I was asked by the readers to explain why I said this. I treated their questions with the respect that […]
I recently came upon this 2006 letter of recommendation (From the Desk of Bill Hartman PT ) promoting and recommending a certain ‘book’. I found a number of aspects of this letter interesting, not the least the section where the letter writer stated: He lays out all the principles you’ll ever need for successful programming […]
KSI. Firstly, Bruce, we want to congratulate you for graduating from the KSI Level 1 Legacy Course! We both know it’s just a small step to mastery of the KSI way however you have shown you belong in the top 5% because you completed the course! Well done! Before we get into it we’d like […]
Directional concerns with the training of the young athlete During a recent visit to Fiji, I took the opportunity to study the conditions in which athletes are developed. Having been there before, and having been raised in a similar environment, I had certain expectations. The question was had things changed, had the influences of western […]
Watching the vision of today’s bomb explosions near the finish line at the Boston marathon brought back memories of my own experiences of terrorism (1) in Boston. Now I don’t suggest it was in the same league as the victims around today’s blast, however it was still, in my opinion – terrorism. Act intended to […]
In 1998 I released a wide range of original, innovate training concepts developed during the prior 18 years of coaching, based on extensive personal professional experiences training large numbers of elite athletes. Many of these methods have gone on to shape how the world trains. I have summarized many of these in the on-line course […]
Every day my coaches and I train athletes, and every day provides new experiences. Today one of my coaches and I were working on a few elite athletes from another country. One of them asked later how I learnt what I did. I said: “By training athletes”. Another asked how my coach learnt his skills, […]