Seahawks Announce Changes To Strength & Conditioning

The Seahawks made a number of changes to their strength and conditioning and athletic training staffs this offseason, moves Carroll hopes will help his players “be the best they can be.”

“It was opportunity for us to kick-start a new look at all of the areas that have to do with performance,” Carroll said. “We think philosophically it was going to be important to open up to the newness. I think we've fit it together in a way we can see things a little bit differently than we have in the past and just try to take us further into the understanding of what it takes to help our guys play at their best. It's a real simple thought—we're trying to help these guys be the best they can be, and everybody contributes to that. We thought that a new start and an upgrade in philosophy and the approach, counting tremendously more so on the performance guys who have a ton of information for us that we can include to our assessments and evaluations and care for the guys. All of that. We're off to a really good start. There's a lot of energy about it. Guys are really mixing well. [urltargetblank]https://www.seahawks.com/news/five-things-we-learned-from-seahawks-coach-pete-carroll-at-the-2019-scouting-com[/urltargetblank]

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Jville":2fiupire said:

The Seahawks made a number of changes to their strength and conditioning and athletic training staffs this offseason, moves Carroll hopes will help his players “be the best they can be.”

“It was opportunity for us to kick-start a new look at all of the areas that have to do with performance,” Carroll said. “We think philosophically it was going to be important to open up to the newness. I think we've fit it together in a way we can see things a little bit differently than we have in the past and just try to take us further into the understanding of what it takes to help our guys play at their best. It's a real simple thought—we're trying to help these guys be the best they can be, and everybody contributes to that. We thought that a new start and an upgrade in philosophy and the approach, counting tremendously more so on the performance guys who have a ton of information for us that we can include to our assessments and evaluations and care for the guys. All of that. We're off to a really good start. There's a lot of energy about it. Guys are really mixing well. [urltargetblank]https://www.seahawks.com/news/five-things-we-learned-from-seahawks-coach-pete-carroll-at-the-2019-scouting-com[/urltargetblank]

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.......... unfortunately, I'm not all that clear on what all that means other than they are on not locked in on a specific ritual. Maybe it's about tailoring programs for each position and individual. Anyone want to speculate?

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chris98251":qg7k7dbo said:

We have had a rash of injuries the last few seasons, we are great at rehabing and recovery, our problem is preventing them in the first place.

Remember that Holmgren had a simular issue, we were always losing guys in Summer Camp and he made a change as well, it seemed to help. Maybe too long and the guys tune out these guys also.

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sdog1981":13007og4 said:

chris98251":13007og4 said:

We have had a rash of injuries the last few seasons, we are great at rehabing and recovery, our problem is preventing them in the first place.

Remember that Holmgren had a simular issue, we were always losing guys in Summer Camp and he made a change as well, it seemed to help. Maybe too long and the guys tune out these guys also.

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Exactly the team has had a lot of preventable injuries over the last few seasons. Pulled mussels and tears can be prevented in most cases with a good strength and conditioning program. Look at all the players last season that got hurt during the preseason with "pulls" "tweaks" and "some soreness"

Here is a story from 2016 talking about how the Patriots avoid a lot of these types of injuries.

https://www.si.com/edge/2016/08/18/hams ... d-patriots

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