Cory Schlesinger is the Director of Performance and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Phoenix Suns.
Before the league, he was the Director of Basketball Performance at Stanford University. In his time on The Farm, he revolutionized in-season strength training for collegiate student-athletes with a method that is now internationally recognized.
Prior to joining the staff at Stanford, Schlesinger spent three years as the Director of Basketball Performance at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, two years as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Santa Clara University, and two years as an assistant at Campbell University.
Schlesinger also played basketball at the collegiate level, which brings his experience to over 14 years in higher-level basketball as a player and a coach.
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Today's Topics Include:
00:00 Introduction
4:00 Coaching/Education History of Cory (Wake Forest, Carolina, Olympic Training Center, Santa Clara, UAB, Stanford, PHX Suns)
12:30 The Cyclical Nature of College Sports vs. Professional Sports
15:00 “I am their assistant through strength.”
17:30 The Playoffs are a Completely different season. (The Opportunity to REALLY Train)
22:00 Isometrics and Training Long Limbed Athletes
27:30 Maserati with a Honda Civic Engine
29:00 What is a real strength for athletes? Finding Exercises that Carry Over to Sport?
32:00 Hardware vs. Software (Playing to gain athleticism)
39:00 You Just Aren’t Strong Enough…Diminishing Returns of Strength with Outliers
43:30 Apples to Apples and Force Development (Hillbilly Force Plate)
46:00 Assessments of Skill or Output (Force Velocity Curve Tool)
53:20 Video Analysis and Data-Driven Decisions
57:00 More Competition than Preparation (Load is Load and Using Machines)
1:03:00 Explore Outside your Bias and Feed Them What They Need (Sam Fails Isometrics..)
1:05:50 Microdosing Training and Mitigation of Stress (Feeder Workouts)
1:15:00 Mel Sif and Dave in a Hot Tub and Periodize your Recovery
1:23:00 High-End Athletes are Survivalists and Strength Coaches As Exceptions to the Rule
1:27:50 Just Wait Until you are 30…(Buddy Morris Fucked Me Up)
1:32:00 Building Buy-In and Connecting with your Athletes/ Building Culture is VITAL!
1:53:00 Conclusion (Here comes the Rain)
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