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Interview on ESPN

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:13389865

Time to get physical.

I’ll be frank, one of the most common issues I am increasingly observing in the areas athletes is a lack of “physicality”. I recently heard an area scout for MLB say “Bay Area athletes have a high baseball IQ but are lacking physically”……”They easily rank behind athletes from Southern cal, Texas, Florida and parts of the East coast.”

Over the past twenty one years Ive been in this business I cant say he’s entirely off the mark. Our kids are skilled but there’s something missing physically. Rest assured if their behind at age 12 or 13 they are likely to be behind at 17 and 18 years of age.

Here’s how I define “Physicality“:

“An athlete who exudes a physical presence in their posture, movements, attitude or approach to athletic activity and competition.”

The top 5 Reasons for this growing problem:

1. Athletes are “too” technically tuned (Robotic) to where their movements are locked into narrow movement patterns only designed for their sport or position.
2. Underdeveloped physical size in primary muscle groups (shoulders,glutes, calves, biceps). Due to an absence of  proper physical training or a lack of overall physical activity.
3. Lack of gross […]
   

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