As strength and conditioning coaches we often stick to that label, but I do very little strength coaching and almost no conditioning coaching at all. The vast majority of what I offer to both teams and private clients is power and speed work. Speed work can often be mistaken for just sprinting, and that’s where the premise of this piece comes in- is he (or she, I work with all sports, genders and typically ages 10-40) really that slow? Or do they just process the game slowly in real time?
For all of the ‘defensive genius’ labels thrown on Manny Diaz, his defense was on far too many offensive draft picks’ highlight tapes at the 2021 NFL Draft.