187. Stories from Boo Schexnayder on return to play, specificity and variation, and +40 years in coaching track and field

Finally, the world knows why Boo Schexnayder is called Boo... From coaching track and field, to strength and conditioning, to variation vs specificity, and return to play, Boo has the stories to teach some powerful lessons from his +40 years in the field.

4:14 Coolest story: being perfectly content coaching high school football, rejecting multiple college football offers, then a bad principal inspired him to leave and accept a college track coaching offer and the rest is history

9:14 Biggest lessons from being mentored by Dan Pfaff and shadowing him at LSU

18:32 How Boo got into return to play and reflecting on "the level of intensity you achieve is the level of performance you can expect"

40:33 Variation vs specificity, learning motor control from Dr. Richard McGill, and reflecting on "variation increases transfer but decreases performance" and "the struggle to attain mastery is what makes improvement"

55:06 What about current training technology has both exceeded and disappointed his expectations

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ufXrcmqxMAI

Where to find Boo: @BooSchex (Twitter), https://www.sacspeed.com/wp/ , https://www.ascenttrackclinics.com/

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