Deer Park Coaches' Clinic

Headed out early in the morning to Deer Park to attend their Coaches' Clinic.  Doug Bull puts on a GREAT clinic.  Huge auditorium with comfortable seat and a great lunch wtih plenty of BBQ!!  What a speakers list he had!!!  Was sitting next to 2 coaches I really respect in Tim Swords and Garrett Taylor so I learned a little just listening to our conversations as well.   

Got to hear one of the coaches that helped form my coaching philosophy early on, Vern Gamtetta was his usual passionate self up there and I was my usual self, writing down everything I could so I wouldn't forget it when I asked him questions!! He spoke on "Game Speed' Refining Movement in Skills & Agility".  Another speaker I was excited to hear was Ron McKeefery and he delievered. This was the first time to hear him speak but I am familiar with some of his coaching and he did not dissapoint he delivered a great talk on "Hard Knox" Conditioning!! Can't wait to pick his brain in the future.  Now comes the surprise of the clinic for me and that was Dr. Brandon Marcello, PhD. the Director of Sports Performance at Stanford University and he spoke on "Training the Female Cardinal" .  He posed some great questions and delievered some better answers on differences in training male and female athletes.  Really made me think and re-examine some of my training plans and I look forward to talking more to him and doing some research on my own.  There were a few more speakers and as usual for me I took a little from each of them.

Clinics like this are wonderful to attend and I plan on making sure I am there next year!! You were able to interact with the speakers and other coaches.