“If you’re a high school athlete you better be lifting year round. You’re competing with transfer portal athletes who train 48 weeks a year. You’re a baseball player who lifts for 3 months in the off season then says “I have travel ball” or “I’m not lifting in season” you are already behind. Lifting is the X factor for baseball players” @ZachDechant TCU @IAStrengthCoach

I think the #1 issue I see with alot of the “you most condition your athletes” time of the year on X (at the high school level) is the fact it seems coaches assume if they are not doing some sort of formal conditioning program that the kids are not getting it. Also…99% of people are not using a heart rate based test to know…so they are just throwing a dart at a board and guessing levels anyway. I’m not anti conditioning in any way. But I got news for you (based on heart rate max drop testing done with multiple sports over three years)….most of what you are trying to do right now is probably pointless. If your athletes plays multiple sports, train all summer, attend 7-7, play AAU games etc etc. You are 100% doing those post practice “conditioning” drills to make you as a coach feel better not necessarily helping all the athletes. Do what you think you gotta do…none of my business because every situation it different. Most of what you will mistake for “out of shape” is really dehydrated fatigue….🤷‍♂️ Complaining about kids playing AAU and Club sports year round then saying those same athletes will somehow be in better shape if you just do some more 50-70% if maxV running makes ZERO logical sense.