The Elevated Athlete Podcast EPISODE 20 - RICH CLARKE. ALL THINGS CHANGE OF DIRECTION & AGILITY MYTHS!
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Mar 24, 2025 Rich Clarke, a strength and conditioning coach specializing in agility and injury prevention in basketball, shares his expertise on change of direction training. He dives into the critical role of movement skills in ACL rehabilitation and re-injury prevention. Clarke advocates for a holistic approach to athletic training that combines cognitive skills with physical capacity. He also discusses an innovative master's program in strength and conditioning aimed at bridging gaps in sports education, emphasizing the need for effective communication and real-time coaching in enhancing athletic performance.
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ACL Rehab Focus
- ACL rehab requires rebuilding capacities and redeveloping technical skills.
- Focus on movement components to support load distribution and control stress for injury mitigation.
505 Drill Limitations
- Recognize the limitations of pre-planned change of direction drills like the 505.
- Use them to assess and train specific components, but understand they don't fully represent on-field agility.
Reactive Agility Complexity
- Reactive agility has varying levels of complexity, from simple temporal reactions to complex spatial decisions.
- Enhance perceptual-cognitive skills by training specific reactions with increasing complexity and deception.