insights LIBRARY

You can write a great program. The exercises fit together flawlessly, the progressions make sense, the volume and intensity progress perfectly, and most of all, it fits like a puzzle piece right into the sport calendar. You sit back and appreciate the masterpiece, and then your athletes walk in the door. One couldn’t fall asleep last night, and they are exhausted; one is frustrated over their playing time, one is a freshman who is terrified of messing something up, and one i

In collegiate athletics, we rarely have a workload problem; we have a structure problem. Athletes are often exposed to stress that isn’t organized. o Practice o Life o Travel o Academics o Competition Then we wonder why soft tissue injuries pop up week after week. Load management isn’t about doing less; it’s about organizing stress intentionally. THE REAL QUESTION Every week, whether we acknowledge it or not, we choose one of two approaches: 1. Manage load proa