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On this weeks episode I sat down with Tyler Anzmann of TA performance. Tyler focuses on athletic development and performance, but is definitely focused on developing the throwing capabilities of the athletes that he works with. Tyler was able to increase his own Velo as he references early in the podcast to help give him a chance to extend his playing prospects after college. 

Perspectives on LTAD  flowed throughout many different portions of our discussion, and early on Tyler shares something that I whole heartedly agree with. If we can have athletes run fast, jump high, and throw in their early development, than we are on pace for a well rounded athlete. Tyler also shares that he likes to see the athletes compete and he discussed gamifying some portions of training as a natural facilitator to help drive up the competitive nature of training sessions. 

Tyler shares how he balances neurological and physiological considerations within training and how these piece amplify the affects of one another. Orchestrating the intensification process is extremely important so we discuss how to use extensive to intensive means to build the physiological resilience into structures for later intensive means. Tyler shares some of the pitfalls that athletes can fall into in regards to recovery. The high/low model was discussed within many of the perspectives presented on this episode. Tyler shares that many athletes struggle to have a true low day and often fall into the trap of making a low day more of a moderate day with moderate intensity and volume. 

The balancing act of stress accumulation is discussed throughout much of the conversation and we see that the off season is a time where High velocity can be developed at a premium. This is the time to chase those high outputs, it's not that we don't touch those qualities in season but the sport is where those qualities will be accessed most frequently at that time. Coaches can be  more generous with drop offs in the offseason with the understanding that they still have to be careful with max output days. Off season is quality development time and individuals can carry a bit more fatigue or stress from sessions. Drop offs for in season are extremely low 1-2% as we don’t expect increases in max v at that time and we don’t want to carry fatigue into later sessions.

The training stimulus can encourage power and speed development or can inhibit. Tyler shares the research and idea behind fiber shifts. one of the reasons that coaches may choose to closely monitor fatigue and drop offs is to ensure that we are working in a manner that will not shift tissue quality towards a slower/ less explosive format. Understanding the preferences of athletes can go a long way in building a program that will productively build the strengths of athletes.  Force velocity and load velocity assessments can help to inform coaches on whether athletes are force dominant or elastic in nature, By examining these qualities coaches can more naturally build potentiation into their training processes for athletes. 

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