[LEFT]Vern Gambetta is the president of Gambetta Sport
Training Systems in Sarasota, Florida. He was the
conditioning consultant for the U. S. Men’s 1998 World
Cup Soccer team and has worked with MLS teams
including the Tampa Bay Mutiny, the New England
Revolution, and the Chicago Fire. He has served as
Director of Conditioning for the Chicago White Sox
and Director of Athletic Development for the New York
Mets. In basketball he worked with the Canadian Men’s
and Women’s National teams and the Chicago Bulls.
Vern has been a conditioning advisor to collegiate
teams, including soccer and swimming. From 1977-
1982 he headed the women’s cross country and track program at UC Berkeley. His
cross country teams won three Region 8 titles and finished in the top ten at
Nationals four consecutive years. In 1982 his track team placed 2nd at Nationals.
Vern served as the first Director of the TAC Coaching Education Program, an
innovative program designed to upgrade the standard of track and field coaching in
the U.S. Vern also served on the Advisory Editorial Board of the IAAF technical
journal, New Studies in Athletics and was the editor of the TAC technical journal,
Track Technique from 1980 to 1988. He edited the TAC Coaching Manual, Vol. I and
II, and has authored six books and over 100 articles on training and conditioning.
His most recent book, published in 2007 is Athletic Development – The Art
and Science of Functional Sports Conditioning.
Vern received his BA from Fresno State University in 1968 and his teaching
credential with a coaching minor from University of California Santa Barbara in
1969. In 1973-74 Vern attended Stanford University and obtained his MA in
Education with an emphasis in physical education.
As an athlete he was a member of the football team at Fresno State. As a post
collegiate he competed in the decathlon…
Mission Statement
To follow the functional path to “Building the Complete Athlete” or if the athlete is
injured by “Rebuilding the Complete Athlete” The Gambetta method is based on the following functional path
principles:
Dynamic Postural alignment and balance are the foundation for all training.
Train movements not muscles.
Train fundamental movement skills before sport specific skills.
Train core strength before extremity strength.
Train with body weight before external resistance.
Train joint integrity before joint mobility.
Train synergistic muscles before prime movers.
Train strength before strength endurance.
Train speed before speed enduranc[/LEFT]
General Areas covered
• Understanding the stages of Growth & Development,
and progression as it relates to stages
of Growth and to stages of Development
• Fundamental movement skill as a basis for
specific sport skill
• Chronological, biological & training age
• Movement mechanics as it applies to the development
of sport specific speed
• Learn how to design biological age appropriate
training.
• Coaching – Building Champions in Sport & Life
• Guru or Coach
• Cutting Edge Athlete Development. • Functional Sports Conditioning – Vern’s internationally
recognised method for training dynamic
movement.
• What is core stability and how does it impact
performance in sport.
• How does core stability fit into the chain of
performance
• How are weaknesses identified before injuries
occur and how can the core be trained in a
sport specific, functional manner
• What is plyometric training?
• Establishing when and how to introduce plyometric
training into training programs
• Identifying athletes who are ready for plyometric
training.
• Progressing the intensity and volume of plyometric
training – a step by step competency
based progression to manage adaptation and
prevent injury.
From the U Canbetcha CV: ““In basketball he worked with the Canadian Men’s
and Women’s National teams and the Chicago Bulls.””
Anyone know the facts behind the Chicago Bulls broad claim? Did he do the strength and conditioning program for the entire team? or just tie their bootlaces for them. Is this guy just another bullshitter with a graduate diploma in self promotion, or is he tops in his field?
I know that Al Vermeil did hire him for some work with the team, but he did turn around and go to the Canadian National Basketball federation and tell them that he was the head strength coach for the Bulls (a coach that I know was there when he made the claim).
Not sure why people feel they need to lie about stuff like that. I certainly don’t go around telling everyone I was Marion Jones’ coach (even though it was in the papers around the world for about two days).
He worked as an assistant to Al Vermiel for a short time and left with some bad feelings on Al’s part after Gambetta undermined Al with the White Sox. I remember when he got a job presenting to BBall Canasa, he was listed as the head S and C coach for the Bulls. Al was enraged and called BB Can demanding a clarification but bureaucrats up here ducked him and never took any more of his calls!
