Taylor Burns

Thursday Three

Happy Thursday!! Here are three quotes that have been rattling around in my brain a lot lately. "Accept your mediocrity. No one's really that great. You know who ends up being great? The people that just put tremendous amounts of hours into it. It's a game of tonnage." - Jerry

N=1 The Case for Individualization

Writing highly specific, detailed programs takes a lot of effort and time, but the athletes that I work with deserve nothing less. A "cookie cutter" or "one-size fits all" approach is flat out a disservice to the athlete. Now, in certain settings where the coach to athlete ratio is extremely

Erik Sabrowski Makes MLB Debut!

An athlete I've had the privilege of coaching and training for the past twelve years made his boyhood dream a reality last week.  He pitched 1.1 scoreless innings with 2 strikeouts for the Cleveland Guardians last Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals. Erik Sabrowski's first MLB strikeout!#ForTheLand pic.

Random Thoughts on Planning & Program Design

Today's post is going to be a brain dump of sorts on some of my thoughts regarding program design. The inspiration of this post came from this excerpt from Tim Caron's textbook Strength Deficit. "There's an anti-periodization group out there. No doubt it's increasingly difficult to plan and prepare with

Coaching Strategies: Why You Should Prioritize a Broad Skillset

Today I want to outline four major reasons it's important for a coach (whether it's on the skill side or fitness side) to diversify their skillset in order to succeed in their career. 1) In order to be a great specialist, you need to be a great generalist first. I

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