Today’s episode features Jeff Moyer, owner of Dynamic Correspondence Sports Training in Pittsburgh, PA.  Jeff has been a multi-time guest on the show, appearing as a solo guest in two shows, and on three roundtables.  His expertise includes elements such as Soviet training systems, motor learning, skill acquisition, pain reduction and reconditioning.  Jeff is highly driven by learning and is continually on the cutting edge of the industry, yet is also highly practical and results driven in his coaching and training.

ACL injury prevention, and injury prevention in general, is a massive portion of the job of a sports performance coach, yet, it is important to ask, is a good injury prevention program any different  in nature than a good performance training program? Jeff Moyer has gotten tremendous results, not only in the injury rates of his athletes, but also in the speed by which he assists athletes in their return to play.  Jeff has been known to help athletes get back on the field, 5 and a half months after ACL surgery, but the tools he uses to do so are not far removed from his primary philosophy on strength training, biomechanics and performance.

In today’s show, Jeff takes us inside his methods when it comes to a deeper look at ACL injury factors, as well as how his reconditioning and rehabilitation program mirrors his performance program elements.  We also get into some essential details of some unique weightlifting elements, plyometric training, as well as his use of the “Total Motion Release” system, which harnesses the cross-over effect in the brain to help athletes move and function better

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Timestamps and Main Points

3:50 Jeff’s take on promoting a training program specifically as an “ACL Prevention Program”

11:50 How Jeff is developing athletes from a perceptual standpoint, that can not only improve performance but also with the potential to reduce injury

19:50 Key performance indicators in change of direction that can keep athletes healthier and performing better

25:15 Philosophy of training tempo in weightlifting, as well as utilization of the 1x20 program and other training means that are useful in a reconditioning setting

36:50 Jeff’s take on plyometric and jump training, and how it compliments his lifting program

38:50 A look inside Jeff’s rapid-reconditioning program, working reconditioning alongside, ACL rehab

47:40 Jeff’s use of the Total Motion Release System in reducing pain and improving performance, and discussing the power of the cross-over effect in the brain

 “There was a perceptive aspect to the (ACL) injury, and defensive players were more likely to tear their ACL than offensive players”

“I think it’s crap to say that we have a prevention program and a rehab program or whatever, I think they are all one and the same (performance and prevention).  I think a prevention program is something that doctors pitch to make money”

“That’s how I do my workout, 50% of it is weights, and 50% is the perceptual side”

“I want the outside leg being the leg we plant and cut off of (in change of direction)”

“Our training and rehab program are similar, we both start on 1x20; exercise selection is a missing conversation I don’t hear a lot when other people talk about 1x20, they just talk about sets and reps”

“I find that the kBox is more joint friendly than traditional barbells”

“Not early on in a training career is eccentric training important, you should look more to general strength”

“The first thing (in an injury) is I seek to fix what is being protected.  Scars can be very disruptive to fascia or meridian lines”

“That is a cheap and easy tool to use (in rehab) just go lie on the grass a half hour a couple of times a day”