So, what do we know about our new S&C coach?

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What does he bring to the table? Will he be training more for raw power or power/speed? What do we know about this guy and is he an improvement over our last one?
 
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BigOrange15 said:
What does he bring to the table? Will he be training more for raw power or power/speed? What do we know about this guy and is he an improvement over our last one?
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Honestly, its impossible to say overall all if he is an improvement over our last one. McKeefery is a extremely well regarded S&C coach. He didn't get fired because he wasn't good at his job. He got fired because he was working for a bad head coach.

The main thing about this S&C coach that is an improvement is he and Jones have been together for 6 years. The S&C coach spends FAR more time with players than a H.C. With the recruiting season in high gear after the holidays and no bowl game, Lawson will be doing the head coaching until after the signing day. Its a huge plus that Jones has his guy in place.
 
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From watching some of UC's Weight room videos it looks like Lawson puts a lot of emphasis on resistance bands......because that works in the SEC! Not so much. But hey maybe we need to work on speed instead of throwing around tractor tires. We looked slow last year.
 
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volfan8 said:
From watching some of UC's Weight room videos it looks like Lawson puts a lot of emphasis on resistance bands......because that works in the SEC! Not so much. But hey maybe we need to work on speed instead of throwing around tractor tires. We looked slow last year.
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Louie Simmons, the world's greatest Power Lifting coach, puts a lot of emphasis on resistance bands. They were so effective for his lifters, nearly every organized Power Lifting program in the country uses them now. So maybe its an unjustified negative criticism to watch a couple of videos with them and think it won't work in the SEC because you aren't familiar with their application.

That's not to say Lawson is good. Just that resistance bands aren't proof he isn't.
 
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volfan8 said:
From watching some of UC's Weight room videos it looks like Lawson puts a lot of emphasis on resistance bands......because that works in the SEC! Not so much. But hey maybe we need to work on speed instead of throwing around tractor tires. We looked slow last year.
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Wait... Wut?
 
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BigOrange15 said:
What does he bring to the table? Will he be training more for raw power or power/speed? What do we know about this guy and is he an improvement over our last one?
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He's a speed agility guy. Our last one was strength. I think he will be working on speed over size. This is very much what Butch wants and has been what we used to do in the Fulmer/Cutcliffe days
 
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volfan8 said:
From watching some of UC's Weight room videos it looks like Lawson puts a lot of emphasis on resistance bands......because that works in the SEC! Not so much. But hey maybe we need to work on speed instead of throwing around tractor tires. We looked slow last year.
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Did you know Calvin Johnson, T.O. and Vernon Davis all use resistant band? Just to name a few get out of here with it won't work in the SEC.It builds fast twitch also which you need in order to gain speed and explosion
 
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bigOmuscle said:
They're used for building fast twitch muscle fibers. Fast twitch fibers are paramount for explosiveness. I watched their workout video and I was impressed.
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You have fast twitch or you don't. Listening to some of you is funny. "Are we lifting for strength or speed" bla bla. You train for both. You don't do one or the other. Like every s&c coach there will be programs for individuals based on position as well as a lot of team stuff. There's more than one way to skin a cat whether they use bands, chains, whatever. They will be pushing weight & getting stronger & faster.
 
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govols/cc said:
You have fast twitch or you don't. Listening to some of you is funny. "Are we lifting for strength or speed" bla bla. You train for both. You don't do one or the other. Like every s&c coach there will be programs for individuals based on position as well as a lot of team stuff. There's more than one way to skin a cat whether they use bands, chains, whatever. They will be pushing weight & getting stronger & faster.
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I understand what you are saying, but I think you missed the poster you quoted's point. I don't think he was saying that it creates fast twitch fibers, I think he was saying it trains them and makes them stronger. Not that it makes new ones. I could be wrong about that, but I think you are arguing with something the other guy isn't saying.
 
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glhal2814 said:
I understand what you are saying, but I think you missed the poster you quoted's point. I don't think he was saying that it creates fast twitch fibers, I think he was saying it trains them and makes them stronger. Not that it makes new ones. I could be wrong about that, but I think you are arguing with something the other guy isn't saying.
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It's nothing different than any other team does. All schools do the bands & chains but its not what their workout is solely dependent on. I think some people try & read too much into things they know absolutely nothing about. One S&C coach doesn't know any more than the next the difference is being able to motivate & get the absolute most out of every guy every day.
 
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govols/cc said:
You have fast twitch or you don't. Listening to some of you is funny. "Are we lifting for strength or speed" bla bla. You train for both. You don't do one or the other. Like every s&c coach there will be programs for individuals based on position as well as a lot of team stuff. There's more than one way to skin a cat whether they use bands, chains, whatever. They will be pushing weight & getting stronger & faster.
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That is far from the truth man you can develop fast twitch. You won't develop enough to go from a 5.0 40 to a 4.4 40 but I have seen people go from 5.0 to a 4.8. You can develop explosion. Your trainer lied to you man. You don't train for both heavy slow lifting builds bulk. Explosive lifting like snatches and power cleans do improve explosion. If you can't train for speed all that bs about having heart and playing with heart is even more bs cause it has no scientific basis
 
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govols/cc said:
It's nothing different than any other team does. All schools do the bands & chains but its not what their workout is solely dependent on. I think some people try & read too much into things they know absolutely nothing about. One S&C coach doesn't know any more than the next the difference is being able to motivate & get the absolute most out of every guy every day.
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I'm not a trainer or training expert, but from what I've seen as a hobbyist you are completely correct. Coaching is 90% motivation on a daily basis, and 10% intelligence. Which explains why Dooley, well, was Dooley.
 
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GBOVOLS said:
That is far from the truth man you can develop fast twitch. You won't develop enough to go from a 5.0 40 to a 4.4 40 but I have seen people go from 5.0 to a 4.8. You can develop explosion. Your trainer lied to you man.
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You can develop every muscle in your body & of course you can develop fast twitch. The content of fast twitch muscle you have is genetic though its not like you can actually create fast twitch muscle fibers you just have to get the most out of what you have.
 
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this is what he did for tiger in a year

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Does anybody remember Stallworth getting caught from behind against Memphis his freshman or soph year?

I don't know what happened that offseason, but something did. From then on, no one could catch him.
 
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