Dr. Mike Young has given this lecture to the SOCOM division of the US Armed Forces as well as at the Train Smarter 2015 Summit hosted by the Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences. In this lecture, Dr. Young discusses the High Performance Model used at Athletic Lab sports performance training center and implemented at the collegiate, national and professional teams that they consult for.

1. Pursuit of Excellence:
Developing a High Performance
Model for Success
Mike Young, PhD
Athletic Lab
Cary, NC

3. Pursuit of
Excellence

4. Pursuit of
Excellence
Developing a System

5. Pursuit of
Excellence
Developing a System
Holistic Approach

6. Pursuit of
Excellence
Developing a System
Holistic Approach
Evidence Based Practice

7. Pursuit of
Excellence
Developing a System
Holistic Approach
Evidence Based Practice
Fundamentals

8. Pursuit of
Excellence
Developing a System
Holistic Approach
Science & Technology
Evidence Based Practice
Fundamentals

9. Pursuit of
Excellence
Developing a System
Holistic Approach
Science & Technology
Evidence Based Practice
Fundamentals
Individualization

10. Pursuit of
Excellence
Developing a System
Holistic Approach
Science & Technology
Evidence Based Practice
Fundamentals
Individualization Culture of Failure

11. Pursuit of
Excellence
Developing a System
Holistic Approach
Science & Technology
Evidence Based Practice
Fundamentals
Individualization Culture of Failure
Putting it to Practice

12. Pursue
EXCELLENCE.
Nothing else is worth your time.
~Fr. Richard Zanoni, SJ

17. High Performance is not a
magical unicorn

18. We don’t want to do
what works.

19. We don’t want to do
what works.
We want to do what
works BEST.

21. A System Based Approach

22. Holistic

24. Performance Enhancement & Injury Risk Reduction

25. Performance Enhancement & Injury Risk Reduction
Training is Therapy. Therapy
is Training.

26. Performance Enhancement & Injury Risk Reduction
Training is Therapy. Therapy
is Training.
Multi-Disciplinary

27. Energy System Balance
Performance Enhancement & Injury Risk Reduction
Training is Therapy. Therapy
is Training.
Multi-Disciplinary

28. Biomotor Balance
Energy System Balance
Performance Enhancement & Injury Risk Reduction
Training is Therapy. Therapy
is Training.
Multi-Disciplinary

29. Biomotor Balance
Energy System Balance
Performance Enhancement & Injury Risk Reduction
Training is Therapy. Therapy
is Training.
Multi-Disciplinary
Big Picture PLUS Details

30. EBP

31. THIS IS ONLYTHE START

32. WHAT IS EBP?
English, K.L. et alc (2014).What is “Evidence-Based” Strength & Conditioning? Strength and
Conditioning Journal, 34(3):19-24.

36. FUNDAMENTALS

38. Take the Focus off the “Icing”

39. And Focus On Basics

40. Make Cake so Good it Doesn’t Need Icing

41. FUNDAMENTALS
• Movement Standards
• Exercise Selection
• Equipment Selection
• Progressions
• Periodization

42. We strive to do the
ordinary
extraordinarily well.

43. Implementation
of Science &
Technology

45. Reliable, Accurate, Valid

46. Reliable, Accurate, Valid
Seamless integration

47. Reliable, Accurate, Valid
Seamless integration
Sustainable

48. Reliable, Accurate, Valid
Actionable!
Seamless integration
Sustainable

56. John Paul
INDIVIDUALIZATION?

58. USE BUCKETS
• Age
• Injuries
• Training History
• Starters / Reserves

59. Failure

61. A Template?

62. A Template?
Sample Speed-Power Session

63. A Template?
• Pre-Training Assessment
• Active-Dynamic Warmup
• Speed Development
• Power Development
• StrengthTraining w/ Auto Reg
• Cooldown
• Restoration
Sample Speed-Power Session

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