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Training Philosophy

The main priority of the Strength and Conditioning department is to keep the athletes healthy and improve performance. Programs are designed to improve movement quality in order to increase the durability of each athlete. Free weight multi joint exercises are the staple for all athletic teams who train at SMC. There is also an emphasis on explosive movements and body weight plyometric drills to teach athletes how to apply force rapidly and/or at high velocities. The coaching staff takes pride in teaching the execution for each lift or drill. Experience has shown that athletes who are educated and understand the goals behind different drills and exercises are likely to train at a higher level and with an emphasis on technique. Athletes learn many of their movement skills through speed, agility and quickness drills that emphasize acceleration and rapid change of direction. Metabolic conditioning matches the demands of the sport through the manipulation of work intervals, rest intervals, movements, and distances. Team unity, work ethic, and discipline are built into our system to help develop well rounded athletes and cohesive teams.

02/08/2023

🚨Anyone going to the Football Glazier Clinic in Las Vegas this weekend? Or living in Vegas and want to grab drinks and talk shop this weekend - reach out to me. . .
The coaches will be there:

01/19/2023

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Same step out of the blocks…
🔸Load the stance leg
🔸Hit that inside edge
🔸Tri-planar motion: pitch forward, roll & yaw to the stance leg - rotation about the perpendicular, lateral and longitudinal axes . .
Or just train to sprint like a 🤖🦾🦿 up to you 🤷🏻‍♂️

07/29/2022

Episode 2: Next Gen Performance Show with &
🔹 Update on SMC football and soccer speed training
🔹 On-field training movement and hamstring injuries
🔹 Integration of two key concepts from latest clinic: hamstrings and triceps
🔹 Staying in athletic stance - squatted
🔹 Coaching education and development
🔹 Look into episode 3 . . .
Hope you enjoy this episode as we cover a variety of sports performance topics. Some of the ideas, concepts, strategies, and methods are not mainstream in our industry so you need to go in with an open mind…as we are discussing the next generation of performance.

07/24/2022

SMC coaches back in the lab today - finding strategies to make our athletes faster . .

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Another great speed clinic w/
We’re over here playing ♟on two boards at the same time

07/10/2022

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🔊🎚Movement technique break down . . .
Sit in the bucket, switch, steer, not pushing, leverage, pelvic control…wow so much going on

07/09/2022

Episode 1: New Gen Performance Show w/ & where we will be discussing various sports performance topics ➡️ specifically addressing training programs and strategies, industry trends, how we are designing and implementing programs for our current athletes, and anything else athletic performance driven. . . .
Here we discuss the on-field training for the football and soccer teams at
✌🏼Enjoy

05/22/2022

Coaching staff improving our craft today - speed development 💥💨

04/07/2022

SMC Football testing out their top end speed. Solid results for spring baseline testing 👌🏼💪🏼🏈

04/06/2022

SMC Football 🏈 working on heavy ISO(pause) squats.

Excited to see what these guys got for max out week!

03/30/2022

Coach Hank representing on a recent podcast.

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🚨New Episode🚨Sound On

Ep 90: Matt Hank- Viewing Acceleration Through the Lens of Rotation Vs Piston Like Action, Using Constraints During Speed Training, Eliminating Drills That Don’t Have Transfer

is the Head Sports Performance Coach at Santa Monica College . Over the past 19 years as a sports performance coach Matt has continued to evolve his training methods and challenge traditional views on speed and performance training.

Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course:
www.multidirectionalpower.com

02/09/2022

at today 💪💪

01/30/2022

Strength coaches getting better today

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