Training The Delivery Limited Athlete

A Comprehensive Guide To Training Interventions & Tools

When working with delivery limited athletes I break their training down into a few different sub-categories including foundations, general adaptations, tier one energy system training interventions, and tier two energy system training interventions. Starting with foundations, these are what I tend to consider to be prerequisites that need to be met before someone can start performing high volume or intensity training. Though reductionist, the three types of foundations I consider are movement capabilities, coordination, and breathing. If an athlete cannot comfortably perform all of the relevant movements for their sport, they lack coordination in said movement patterns, or they have trouble breathing with movement appropriate mechanics they need not spend time hammering out intensive energy system training. There is no sense in climbing all the way up a tree to pick the hardest to reach fruit when you can easily reach overhead and pick a few apples without exhausting much time or ener…