About this episode

Josh Bray discusses the complexities of athletic development, including endurance training, the role of games, and the importance of adaptable movement.

In this episode, Josh Bray discusses how endurance training shaped his coaching perspective, the role of games and hidden intention in athletic development, and how roughhousing and free play build adaptable movers. He also explores bucketing athletes as elastic, muscular, or hybrid, using force-plate data without overcomplicating the process, balancing readiness with meaningful training stress, and employing open-ended prescriptions that let athletes self-regulate volume while preserving intent, quality, and engagement. Today’s episode is brought to you by Hammer Strength.

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