Physical Preparation with Mike Coval - Robertson Training Systems

Mike Coval is a gym owner in Ann Arbor Michigan, and a guy who is doing some amazing work with his young basketball players. He’s also a former IFAST intern, and I couldn’t be more excited to have him on the show.

In this episode Mike and I are going to go in-depth into his training. We cover everything from his assessment process, to his training programs, and even specifics with how he conditions his guys.

I’m telling you – Mike absolutely crushes this interview and I think you’re going to love it.

Let’s do this!

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Here’s a brief overview of what we covered in this show:

What originally got Mike into the world of physical preparation.
An overview of his gym, and the types of athletes he’s working with.
Why Mike is so passionate about the sport of basketball, and what it’s meant in his life.
His elevator pitch to parents who are interested in sending their kids to train with him.
What a standard training session looks like, and what he’s putting emphasis on to get his athletes healthy, strong and efficient.
His thoughts on vertical jump training, and the first thing he’s doing to improve an athelte’s vertical jump.
His thoughts on speed and agility work for basketball, and what he’s doing training-wise to help his athletes become faster and more explosive.
What Mike is doing year-round to build better conditioning for his basketball players.
The BIG Question!
A really fun lightening round where we talk training music, books, his favorite basketball player, and one piece of advice he’d give to aspiring basketball strength coaches.

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