Contents

Visit our Store

Trusted by professional athletes worldwide, 1080 Motion helps you maximize performance with cutting-edge resistance training technology.
Shop Now

Episode 1: Scott Salwasser

Salwasser
Share this

Summary

Coach Salwasser covers the effect on the central nervous system of various modalities of speed training and how those translate to the weight room. He also discusses the neurostimulation of speed “days” and how often to train them for maximum transfer to the field and weight room.

Scott Salwasser is now the Head of Strength and Conditioning for football at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas (an update from the podcast). Scott came to Texas State after a successful run as the Director of Speed and Power at Texas Tech University. He also served as assistant strength and conditioning coach at UC Berkeley in Santa Clara, California. Scott completed a master’s in science and kinesiology at UC–Sacramento in 2006. He has an extensive and successful background in the area of speed and energy system development for American football athletes.

Coach Salwasser covers the effect on the central nervous system of various modalities of speed training and how those translate to the weight room. He also discusses the neurostimulation of speed “days” and how often to train them for maximum transfer to the field and weight room. Scott gives his insights on using video to evaluate speed days the same way sport coaches use it for practice.

In this podcast, Coach Scott Salwasser discusses with Joel:

  • His philosophy of “being a track coach for the football program.”
  • His training variations for athletes, which depend on the strength of the athlete and specific needs of their position.
  • His training periodization for football and the protocols used during various blocks of the training schedule.
  • His plyometric program, as well as the use of special strength and competition sprinting to develop game speed in football players.
  • The use of sleds and how to vary load percentages based on player position and in-game needs.
  • How to develop and use speed stations.

Podcast total run time is 51:03.

Keywords: football, plyometric, periodization, speed development

Author

  • Mark Hoover

    Mark Hoover works for SimpliFaster in a coaching and technical consulting capacity and is the Director of Athletic Performance at Metrolina Christian Academy in Indian Trail, North Carolina. Coach Hoover started his career coaching football at both the high school and NCAA levels. After spending nearly 20 years in the dual role of sport coach/strength coach (including 11 years as a head football coach), he made the transition to full-time strength and conditioning in 2015.

    Coach Hoover holds bachelor’s degrees in communications and physical education and is fully certified in K–12 social studies and physical education. He is currently pursuing an MS in Exercise Science. He is a USAW Level 1 and 2 Certified Advanced Sports Performance Coach, as well as an NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist.

    View all posts

Leave the first comment

Salwasser
Table of Contents

Episode 1: Scott Salwasser

Share this

Scott Salwasser is now the Head of Strength and Conditioning for football at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas (an update from the podcast). Scott came to Texas State after a successful run as the Director of Speed and Power at Texas Tech University. He also served as assistant strength and conditioning coach at UC Berkeley in Santa Clara, California. Scott completed a master’s in science and kinesiology at UC–Sacramento in 2006. He has an extensive and successful background in the area of speed and energy system development for American football athletes.

Coach Salwasser covers the effect on the central nervous system of various modalities of speed training and how those translate to the weight room. He also discusses the neurostimulation of speed “days” and how often to train them for maximum transfer to the field and weight room. Scott gives his insights on using video to evaluate speed days the same way sport coaches use it for practice.

In this podcast, Coach Scott Salwasser discusses with Joel:

  • His philosophy of “being a track coach for the football program.”
  • His training variations for athletes, which depend on the strength of the athlete and specific needs of their position.
  • His training periodization for football and the protocols used during various blocks of the training schedule.
  • His plyometric program, as well as the use of special strength and competition sprinting to develop game speed in football players.
  • The use of sleds and how to vary load percentages based on player position and in-game needs.
  • How to develop and use speed stations.

Podcast total run time is 51:03.

Keywords: football, plyometric, periodization, speed development

Author

  • Mark Hoover

    Mark Hoover works for SimpliFaster in a coaching and technical consulting capacity and is the Director of Athletic Performance at Metrolina Christian Academy in Indian Trail, North Carolina. Coach Hoover started his career coaching football at both the high school and NCAA levels. After spending nearly 20 years in the dual role of sport coach/strength coach (including 11 years as a head football coach), he made the transition to full-time strength and conditioning in 2015.

    Coach Hoover holds bachelor’s degrees in communications and physical education and is fully certified in K–12 social studies and physical education. He is currently pursuing an MS in Exercise Science. He is a USAW Level 1 and 2 Certified Advanced Sports Performance Coach, as well as an NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist.

    View all posts

Leave the first comment

Trending Resources

A high jumper in mid-air arches over a yellow bar during a jump. Text overlays the image: Building a Better High Jump: A Review of Stride Patterns – Noah Kaminsky.|Bar chart comparing 1st

Building a Better High Jump: A Review of Stride Patterns

Five female athletes in matching purple track uniforms and a male coach stand together and smile for a group photo. Text over the image reads: “How We Got Our First Sprint Relays to State in Program History.”.|Five female athletes in matching purple uniforms with yellow designs and numbered bibs stand smiling with their arms around each other. A man in a purple hoodie stands on the right. They are indoors on a gym floor.|Four young women in matching athletic uniforms smile and pose together on a sports field

How We Got Our First Sprint Relays to State in Program History

Text on a desk background reads: Science

Science, Dogma, and Effective Practice in S&C

A smiling bald man with a beard is shown next to the Rapid Fire Powered by SimpliFaster logo, with text reading Episode 16 George Greene on a white and black background.

Rapid Fire—Episode #16 Featuring George Greene: Holistic Athlete Management

Contents

Browse By Topics