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craigepo · 12-31-2013, 16:24

A pretty interesting article about how Stanford's football trainer looks at a lot more than just bench press and 40-yard-dash training.

"Turley pays particular attention to his players’ Functional Movement Screen scores. The F.M.S. is a durability index, what Turley calls “a predictive, quantitative analysis of quality of movement.” That is the first test he conducts. It evaluates seven movements and scores players as balanced, functional, overpowered, dysfunctional and injury prone. It shows if a player executes a movement better with his left leg than his right, pointing out asymmetries."

I have always found it tough to work out with an eye to achieving everything; strength, endurance, flexibility, core, balance, etc. Interesting to see this idea at a big-time Division I football program.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/sp...it_th_20131231

12-31-2013, 16:24	#1
craigepo Quiet Professional Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Southern Mo Posts: 1,541	Functional fitness and Stanford football A pretty interesting article about how Stanford's football trainer looks at a lot more than just bench press and 40-yard-dash training. "Turley pays particular attention to his players’ Functional Movement Screen scores. The F.M.S. is a durability index, what Turley calls “a predictive, quantitative analysis of quality of movement.” That is the first test he conducts. It evaluates seven movements and scores players as balanced, functional, overpowered, dysfunctional and injury prone. It shows if a player executes a movement better with his left leg than his right, pointing out asymmetries." I have always found it tough to work out with an eye to achieving everything; strength, endurance, flexibility, core, balance, etc. Interesting to see this idea at a big-time Division I football program. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/sp...it_th_20131231 __________________ "And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods?" Thomas Babington Macaulay "One man with courage makes a majority." Andrew Jackson "Well Mr. Carpetbagger. We got something in this territory called the Missouri boat ride." Josey Wales
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