Is anyone thinking of going to this conference?

[Highlander]

@T-Slow

Just as an update, so far the conference has been enjoyable, but the presentations have been very, very general overall. The big boys aren’t getting very detailed at all, and appear quite wary of giving specifics. I understand there is a wide level of coaches in the crowd, but more detail would be nice.

The CSCO people have me extremely wary.

They seem to have a bunch of therapists and strength coaches that seem obsessed with finding and correcting imbalances. They keep using the words “functional” and “specific” and it is freaking me out! They also keep citing literature that bases things on non-elite sprinters, or in one instance they used Anson Henry, a fine sprinter but a 10.19 man on his best day, as the prime example. I’m sorry but 10.2 is NOT elite.

Oh, and they love single-leg everything, “because sprinting is a single leg activity.” Unsettling.

Am I paranoid?

The whole FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT honestly I do believe is just hype. As Al Vermeil told me, “its a fad that has a catchy BUZZWORD attached to it”.
Another thing just like you said you find unsettling is the phrase SPRINTING IS A SINGLE LEG ACTIVITY. HMM, since when? Id love to hear more opinions about this.