the thinker Archive

9October 18, 2011
Is Sports Practice Rationally Constructed?

Attention coaches: consider the athletes you coach and how they move during contests.
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By James "The Thinker" Smith
13October 10, 2011
Youth Sport Training Considerations

Setting the stage for sport success when it counts- begins when it doesn’t.
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By James "The Thinker" Smith
7September 14, 2011
Club Sports Conundrum: Part II

In Part I of this series, we established the problem (s): Excessive annual volumes of same sport technical-tactical practice Insufficient physical preparatory foundations and coaching qualification standards Incongruent process of long term athlete development Lack of sports physiology academic curricula in CONUS Only the most gifted athletes being the exclusive survivors/beneficiaries of the flawed system [...]
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By James "The Thinker" Smith
27August 1, 2011
Military Special Operations Physical Preparation Concepts

The paradigm of military special operations training poses an ironic problem.
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By James "The Thinker" Smith
15July 1, 2011
Ask the Thinker with Bonus Video Interview

The perceived weakness is actually fibers that are impaired from contracting.
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By James "The Thinker" Smith
3June 13, 2011
Ask The Thinker

This is why I have long since abandoned the debate over exercise selection that does not fall within the realm of special physical preparation.
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By James "The Thinker" Smith
17May 17, 2010
In Honor of Charlie Francis

It is my personal feeling that Charlie is the most important coaching figure to have emerged from the Western Hemisphere.
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By James "The Thinker" Smith
10May 6, 2010
DVD Review: American Football: Physical Preparation During Skills Camps and the Competition Calendar, by James “The Thinker” Smith

I’ll begin this review by stating, straight off the top, that James “The Thinker” Smith is a friend of mine.
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By The Angry Coach
The Thinker Discusses Olympic Lifts0September 6, 2007
The Thinker Discusses Olympic Lifts

Question 1: I’d like to thank you for all of the helpful tips, but this is where we’re going to crash. As an athlete, I’ve been performing the Olympic lifts since middle school. I use them with the athletes I train from day one and haven’t had any problems.
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