The quadrant system; allowing creativity and structure in planning and periodisation with Daniel Bove (Director of Performance, New Orleans Pelicans)
Sep 2, 2021
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Daniel Bove, Director of Performance for the New Orleans Pelicans, discusses the use of the quadrant system as a visualisation tool in strength and conditioning training. He shares principles for periodisation and planning, managing quadrants in close game schedules, and the use of force plates in the NBA. Topics also include metabolic quadrants, plyometrics, and providing feedback to athletes during rehab.
The Quadrant System provides a visualisation tool for organizing strength work, speed work, and plyometric work in training, allowing effective integration with technical and tactical training.
Force plates are valuable tools for monitoring lower body power and neuromuscular abilities, providing insights into loading, force generation, and direction changes; however, they should be used in conjunction with other assessments and metrics for a comprehensive evaluation.
The metabolic quadrants, consisting of intensive and extensive work, are crucial for conditioning lower-minute rotation players, with intensive work focusing on explosive efforts and lactic capacity, and extensive work emphasizing aerobic endurance or high-intensity interval training.
Deep dives
The Quadrant System: A Training Philosophy
Daniel Bove, director of performance at the New Orleans Pelicans, discusses his new book, The Quadrant System, which offers a training philosophy and system organization. The Quadrant System helps organize strength work, speed work, and plyometric work, allowing for effective integration with technical and tactical training. This system can be applied to various sports and provides a practical and simple approach to training and philosophy organization.
Using Force Plates for Performance Monitoring
Daniel Bove emphasizes the value of force plates for monitoring lower body power and neuromuscular abilities. These plates provide insights into an athlete's loading and unloading strategy, as well as their ability to generate force and change direction. Force plate data can be used to profile athletes, identify weaknesses, and tailor training programs accordingly. While force plates are a valuable tool, Bove highlights the importance of using them in conjunction with other assessments, focusing on key metrics like contraction time, counter movement depth, force at zero velocity, and impulses for evaluating performance and progression.
Considerations and Challenges in Integrating Force Plates
Bove acknowledges that force plate integration can face challenges, such as athlete resistance or concerns about the frequency of testing. It is important to educate athletes and communicate the purpose and benefits of force plate testing. Bove suggests incorporating force plate testing into training sessions and using terms like 'activation' to reduce anxiety associated with testing. Additionally, he stresses the need for sensitivity when providing feedback, as not all athletes may want immediate results and interpretation of their data. Ultimately, integrating force plates in a team environment requires considering individual needs, team culture, and the demands of a busy schedule.
Principles of the Metabolic Quadrants
The metabolic quadrants, consisting of intensive and extensive work, play a crucial role in conditioning, and are particularly relevant for lower-minute rotation players. Intensive work, performed on low volume, high-intensity days, focuses on explosive efforts and a lactic capacity, while extensive work, performed on high volume, low-intensity days, emphasizes aerobic endurance or high-intensity interval training. Understanding an athlete's position and role is essential for tailoring conditioning programming accordingly, with a focus on achieving load and explode abilities specific to each player's needs.
Considerations in Programming with the Quadrant System
Bove discusses how force plates can inform programming by providing insights into an athlete's neuromuscular abilities and readiness. Asymmetries observed through force plate testing can guide programming decisions, particularly for injury prevention and rehabilitation. Bove notes that integrating force plates with training sessions and standard warm-up procedures can yield valuable data while ensuring consistency and validity. However, it is crucial to strike a balance between force plate testing and the demands of athlete schedules, team culture, and individual preferences.
This week’s guest on the Pacey Performance Podcast is Director of Performance for the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA, Daniel Bove. Daniel has previously worked for the Atlanta Hawks as their assistance strength coach, before moving on to the Phoenix Suns and then New Orleans in his current role. In line with his new book, Daniel talks about how to use the quadrant system as a visualisation tool in strength and conditioning training, including how it can be used effectively in regular, day-to-day coaching.
This includes the outputs that can be created, how to manage quadrants when games are close together, and also force plates and their use in the NBA - giving some insight into plyometrics in a sport where effective jumping is an absolute necessity. To learn all this and much more, hit the pay button now.
This week’s topics:
The use of quadrants as a visualisation tool
Daniel’s principles for periodisation and planning
How to make the quadrant system fit into everyday coaching
Creating an output using the strength training quadrant
The use of machines during slow strength training
Managing quadrants when games are so close together
What to change in quadrants depending on the opposition
The use of metabolic quadrants, and what each quadrant involves
How plyometrics fit into the quadrant system
Force plates and how they are used in the NBA
How much info to feed back to athletes regarding rehab
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