Training for the Game

What exactly does sport-specific training mean? And why is it so important?

By Tim Wakeham

Tim Wakeham is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Michigan State University.

Training & Conditioning, 11.3, April 2001, http://www.momentummedia.com/articles/tc/tc1103/traingame.htm

Michigan State athletics are well known throughout the country. Because of our visibility, we receive many visits and calls from coaches regarding our strength and conditioning ...

By Jason McCarthy

In the Article “Training for the Game”, Tim Wakeham discusses the transfer from training in the gym to actually performing in the game. Wakeham states that sports specific training has been shown to provide gains in the actual game and to ensure transfer from training to the game 16 steps must be followed. If training differs even slightly from the game in intensity, environment, etc.  transfer will be diminished. These 16 steps ar...