134: Jeremy Frisch on The Essentials of Skill Acquisition and Play in Athletic Performance | Sponsored by Simplifaster

Today’s episode features sports performance coach Jeremy Frisch. Jeremy is a leader in training young athletes, and has developed a training style revolving around play in favor of robotic or overly specific work for this population. Jeremy is the owner of Achieve Performance Training in Clinton, Massachusetts. Prior to that he served as a strength coach for Holy Cross, working with basketball, soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball, field hockey, tennis and track and field. He was part of the panel of coaches on episode #100 of the podcast, talking about the injury and burnout crisis in youth sports today related to a lack of play in tandem with early sport specialization and over-coaching. For today’s podcast, Jeremy gets into the nuts and bolts of his own system with his youth athletic populations. We get into the roots of the skill acquisition and diversity that allows young athletes to become elite performers later in life, as well as concepts that can help adult athletes have more rewarding and effective training. It’s very easy to have tunnel vision with older athletes, not considering where they have been at points in their development. As Jeremy talks about his program, it’s easy to see that athletic development is absolutely a long-term process, and there is a lot of fun to be had along the way. Many times, play and fun is the answer to breaking out of a rut while staying healthy. Today’s episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster.com, supplier of high-end athletic development tools, such as the Freelap timing system, kBox, Sprint 1080, and more. View more show notes at Just-fly-sports.com/podcast-134-jeremy-frisch/