VISION STATEMENT
To gain recognition as one of the best athletic performance programs in NCAA Division III by providing outstanding coaches, proven methodology, and emphasizing the longer-term development of athletes participating in Carleton College Athletics..
PHILOSOPHY
The goals of the Carleton College Athletic Performance Program are as follows:
1. Physically prepare athletes for the demands of their sport’s practice and maximize their readiness on the field.
2. Increase fundamental movement capability to support sporting performance
3. Improve the general and specific athleticism of Carleton athletes by using the principles of Dynamic Correspondence and the SAID principle.
In short, the goal of the Carleton College Athletic Performance program is the long-term development of the general athletic qualities of Speed, Strength, Agility, and Power of our athletes while being cognizant of the ever-present demands of practice and academics and the stress they provide.
DYNAMIC CORRESPONDENCE AND THE S.A.I.D. PRINCIPLE
Dynamic Correspondence
This concept emphasizes that all exercises for specific sports be chosen to enhance the required sport motor qualities/movement patterns in terms of several criterion which include
- The amplitude/direction of the movement
- The accentuated region of force production
- The dynamics of effort
- The rate and time of maximum force production
- The regime of muscular work
This theory proposes that the strength displayed in the execution of a given movement be referred to only in the context of that given task. Moreover, sport movement tasks are specific and goal-directed and the enhancement in their execution should also be treated as such. Because of this, exercises could be evaluated based on the type of transfer that they may possess in relation to the degree of skill-performance increase. After this is established, exercises and/or training techniques can further be classified into categories such as general physical preparation (GPP) or special physical preparation (SPP).
S.A.I.D. Principle
Specific
Adaptations to
Imposed
Demands – You are what you repeatedly do. The Organism will adapt to the stressors imposed to it.
ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE STAFF
Marcus Pearson - Director of Athletic Performance
Erik Manning - Assistant Director of Athletic Performance
EXERCISE VIDEOS
Videos are available via the Carleton Athletic Performance YouTube Channel found
HERE.
INCOMING FIRST-YEAR STUDENT-ATHLETE LIFTING PROGRAM
Disclaimer and Lifting Cards (PDF)
Percentage Charts (PDF)
LAIRD STADIUM WEIGHT ROOM & SPEED TRACK
