Ok - Disagree with you here.
Awesome set of video’s you posted up, they help heaps with diagnosis of what you need to concentrate on.
1 - Learn what is causing your Hammie injuries - looking at the video’s, i’m leaning towards tight Hip flexors and Thighs - either or both of Lack of ROM and Knotts.
2 - Back mechanics - in certain frames when pausing, not only is your back rounded, your entire body position looks like your sitting in a chair… This is not a lack of strength, but tightness and not know how to Hold your Core Body Posture when under load.
3 - Hip Height - You have Zero. Your entire Torso holds still and the arms/legs are rotating around the Torso. Your power has to start from your Torso and radiate outwards - currently your power is all coming from your Limbs. Extra gym strength wont fix this with Barbells etc.
4 - Your arm mechanics - your elbows are pocking out to the side like chicken wings, ready to attack the guys ears in the lane beside you…
Before any extra Squatting strength, speed endurance or general fitness will help you, you need your mechanics fixed. I’m sure you’re aware the Forums make it nearly impossible unless your constantly video taping etc.
You either need to find a specialist coach, even for a week or two.
Or, get that camera, camcorder out, and in GPP, don’t progress from one exercise to the next until it looks good on film. A 12 week GPP with a 6wk SPP will do better than 6wk GPP done wrong followed by 12wk Spp.
You have a full yr to get ready, forget about a triple periodization this yr, go for a Double.
Thanks for your help, I work 12-15hrs a day and don’t care much about my performance anymore. My main focus is making sure my athletes are ready for combat and preparing for my upcoming combine training - we are trying to get most of our big name guys to stay around campus…
Let’s get back to your post. Number 1 is solved, I know what the issues were and they were all my fault. I didn’t have much control with a lot of things last season which lead to many of the injuries. Number 2 I am not changing, it’s how I run and when I have made changes they didn’t work. Number 3 is from all the hammy injuries, if you look closely in the vids towards the end I was still limping etc. You try running fast with 6 hamstring injuries and groin issues and your mech will suck. I do agree with the arm mech.
I got to spend some time recently with a relatively prominent coach known for his field events prowess and he corrected me on a lot of acceleration mechanics and I immediately could tell the difference in feel and power applied. Don’t know if it immediately corresponded to faster times BUT the same mechanics focus did correspond to further jumps when we went over to the jump pit. Nothing esoteric or weird just common sense, simple cues and ideas focusing on one thing at a time. I also noticed a lot of the dings and tightness I normally feel in every workout were almost nonexistent when I was executing at what he felt was close to ideal mechanics.
They want the coach gone. His first season ever there ending with a loss. QB instability, impotent offense, bonehead in game moves. You know all that pressure spills over into the team. It is constant 24-7 everywhere on radio, newspaper, etc. down there. Constant.
