2019Dad posted:Joe, this is great stuff. One question for you: when? To elaborate, did joemktgson have those quarterly goals (for skills, strength, speed, school) all through high school? When did he start lifting seriously? When did he create a digital presence (Sophomore year?)
Everything you suggest makes perfect sense, just wondering about timing.
- We started collaborating on goals, strategies, tactics and corresponding measurements when he was in middle school. It took late in his HS career until it rooted in his cranium.
- Lifting started when he was 12, but the first year was focused on the correct lifting techniques (light, light, light), band work, and plyo work. It wasn't until he was 13 when weights were added, and even then we ramped up carefully. But because of this infrastructure, he was able to accelerate the amount of weight so that he was lifting with varsity players during his first freshman semester. That carefully planned lifting schedule worked.
- Digital presence: right after his freshman year and before the summer season. There was sufficient content after his freshman year to warrant a digital mechanism.