Summary of Nick Winkelman's The Language of Coaching

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#1 The NFL Scouting Combine is a yearly event that takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, two months before the NFL Draft. Over the course of three grueling days, an average of 330 of the country’s top prospects are invited to complete an extensive battery of physical and mental tests.

#2 I had the privilege of working with the coaching elite’s of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Luke Richesson, Darryl Eto, and Joe Gomes. I saw the immense responsibility each of them had, and how they tirelessly worked to improve the program year after year.

#3 I was a chronic over-communicator, which led to me providing my athletes with so much information that they would not be able to remember it all. I was also unaware of what my athletes were focusing on.

#4 The NFL Combine is a testing ground for athletes, who must endure two days of intensive interviews and medical assessments. From drug testing at daybreak to meetings at midnight, athletes have their character tested, knowledge assessed, and health screened.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669394693

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#1

The NFL Scouting Combine is a yearly event that takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, two months before the NFL Draft. Over the course of three grueling days, an average of 330 of the country’s top prospects are invited to complete an extensive battery of physical and mental tests.

#2

I had the privilege of working with the coaching elite’s of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Luke Richesson, Darryl Eto, and Joe Gomes. I saw the immense responsibility each of them had, and how they tirelessly worked to improve the program year after year.

#3

I was a chronic over-communicator, which led to me providing my athletes with so much information that they would not be able to remember it all. I was also unaware of what my athletes were focusing on.

#4

The NFL Combine is a testing ground for athletes, who must endure two days of intensive interviews and medical assessments. From drug testing at daybreak to meetings at midnight, athletes have their character tested, knowledge assessed, and health screened.

#5

The technique my athletes used to achieve their improved performance had not changed. From this observation, I asked why they were able to perform with improved sprint technique during training but unable to perform at the same level during the Combine.

#6

Motor-skill learning is the process of adapting to changes in a skill, and it is a process that takes place over time. It is not limited to just athletes, but can be applied to any skill that requires adaptation.

#7

The 3P Performance Profile is an individualized athletic profile that is used to prioritize the athletic qualities that, if improved, will help the athlete turn their aspirations into abilities. It was developed to quickly identify the limiting factors that influence the performance of a given movement.

#8

The first P, position, asks the question, does the athlete have the required mobility and stability needed to effectively perform the movement. Put differently, can the athlete get in and stay in the body positions associated with the motor skill.

#9

Power, the second P, asks the question, does the athlete have the required strength and power qualities needed to effectively perform the movement. Any ballistic movements that require an athlete to project their body in a specific direction would qualify as a power-dependent pattern.

#10

The third P is pattern, and it asks the question, does the athlete have the required coordination needed to effectively perform the movement. By definition, coordination is inextricably linked to the position and power categories.

#11

The three Ps of performance are position, power, and pattern. They are measured output of a motor skill. Applied to our DBs, we are interested in the position, power, and pattern that influence performance on a 40-yard dash.

#12

The coach must understand how the car and driver are interacting to achieve the measured outcome performance, and identify where service is needed. It is not unreasonable to think that DB 1 adopts a choppy sprint pattern due to an inability to generate large forces quickly, while one could speculate that the reason DB 2 adopts this sprinting style may have to do with an inability to achieve and maintain the required flexion and extension at the hip.

#13

The 3P Performance Profile and the car and driver analogy have served to provide a practical framework for developing motor patterns and their physical dependencies. When we discuss motor learning, we must recognize that there are physical factors that have a material impact on coordination.

#14

The differences between performance during practice and performance during a future practice or competition are due to the fact that the structural adaptations that result from improvements in position and power are far more stable than the neural adaptations that result from changes to the pattern.

#15

An athletic performance coach is working with an athlete on Olympic lifting. The