Athlete’s Direction is a non-profit foundation based out of Massachusetts USA providing financial assistance to student athletes through training program scholarships, competition sponsorships, or equipment provisions. It is our mission to help dedicated student athletes reach their fullest potential. In this chat we speak with founders and Board Members Phil Smith and Leo Paulding about […]
Through out this article series I have sought to provide a respectful review of ‘evidence’, in answering the common thread of responses to the concepts and innovations in training I have shared during the last four decades. In Part 1 of this article series I shared my experiences in the field of paradigm shifting and […]
During our peak annual event, the only time all our top level coaches come together each year, we are involved in some phenomenal professional development experiences.One of these are our round-circle discussions that we call our ‘Huddles’. This Part 1 of a 3 part audio series gives you insights into the minds of our coaches […]
In Part 1 of this article series I shared my experiences in the field of paradigm shifting and some of the experiences I had. Not quite as fatal as the experience that the 19thCentury Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis paid. However still an eventful experience. In Part 2 of this article series I discussed the meaning […]
During our peak annual event, the only time all our top level coaches come together each year, we are involved in some phenomenal professional development experiences.One of these are our round-circle discussions that we call our ‘Huddles’. This Part 1 of a 3 part audio series gives you insights into the minds of our coaches […]
In Part 1 I spoke about the price some paradigm shifters such as Ignaz Semmelweis, the Hungarian doctor who dared to suggest that doctors were killing their patients by failing to wash their hands, paid. Without suggesting I was in his league, I gave numerous examples of how people had responded to my paradigm challenging […]
During our peak annual event, the only time all our top level coaches come together each year, we are involved in some phenomenal professional development experiences.One of these are our round-circle discussions that we call our ‘Huddles’. This Part 1 of a 3 part audio series gives you insights into the minds of our coaches […]
In the 1840s a Hungarian doctor by the name of Ignaz Semmelweis made the audacious suggestion that doctors were causing the death of their patients because they were not washing their hands before coming into contact with the patient. The doctors didn’t like this suggestion. After all, they were ‘gentleman’, and ‘gentleman’s hands were always […]
In this podcast we chat with US powerlifting legend, strength coach and founder of Spot Athletics – JL Holdsworth. With a BA in Exercise Science from Wayne State, Masters work at University of Kentucky in Coaching, a USAW Level-1 coaching certificate and well over 20,000 hours of practical experience, JL Holdsworth is one of the […]
On the morning of 12 July 2018 Coach Mike Pimentel passed away following a near two-year battle with cancer. His ‘celebration of life’ service was held recently in his home town of Cape Cod. We believe this moment should be accompanied by a few words in tribute to Mike. I first had communication with […]