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Matt Rhea, PhD

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2 years

No sense in delaying. These guys are on it! #SECCHAMPS

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

There’s a difference between being skinny, weak, fragile & being lean, strong, resilient, and TOUGH! Smitty has proven himself beyond doubt. Never missed workouts, always practiced, no excuses, full respect @DeVontaSmith_6

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3 years

An NFL scout told me this week that he’s never seen anything like our practices. The speed. The effort. The competition. “It’s no wonder this place spits out NFL studs every year”. It’s no accident. Future first round picks battling every day in practice making each other better!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

Seeing @Landon_2012 split squat today reminded me of videos like this that prove he is not normal. Not only is he extremely athletic, he attacks every day and every challenge like no one I’ve seen.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

When you stop viewing the weight room as a place to break down athletes and start viewing it as a place to build them, your perspective on stress shifts from excess to optimal.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

Something I’ve been pondering today.... In the last 10 years I have been a part of 3 undefeated football seasons (Logan High School 2011, IMG Academy 2016, Alabama 2020). Aside from incredible coaching and very talented players, here are a few similarities that I noticed:

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

I’m going to need to dig deep into the toolbox for @davellis10 by the time he’s done here. Great energy and athleticism from all of @IndianaFootball for a Monday lift this late in the season.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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2 years

Love my Alabama guys and grateful to Coach Saban for the experience. They won’t even notice I’m gone but what an experience for me! Looking ahead to new challenges but I’ll be cheering for @AlabamaFTBL this fall. #RollTide

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Me coming out of the tunnel with our dudes 👀 @AlabamaFTBL

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Congrats to Mac, DeVonta, and Najee for all being in the top 5 in Heisman votes. Incredible feat! Young players take notes. Great teammates. Hard workers. No drama. Happy for each other. Just want to do whatever the team needs for us to win. Role Models. #RollTide

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

If you decide to do extra training on rest days, you can never complain about workload during heavy training sessions and cannot blame others when you burn out. Empty the tank and then recover as hard as you trained.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

His 5 TDs in 2 games are impressive but here’s the play that prompted a call from a friend who is an NFL scout. @ohthatsNajee22 hit his fastest speed of the game (21.7 mph) on this play. Effort matters and it gets noticed!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

One step closer! Roll Tide!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

@ENeal73 demonstrating a dynamic coordination plyo. Really good athlete.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Everyone talks about peaking at the end of the season when you’re playing for a championship. But it’s usually just hype. Want to see what it looks like in power data when done right? Avg power in 4 lifts from June 8 to Jan 5. In-season programming at its best @UA_CoachBallou

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2 years

Being process driven means that your mindset is the same whether you win or lose. Winning is certainly more enjoyable but the focus on improving, innovating, and building never changes.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

We’ve got some absolute warriors on this squad. Thankful that we got to play this season and so happy for our players. #RollTide

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

2 years

Five players in two years finishing in the top 5 in Heisman voting. These guys and their incredible teammates doing unprecedented things! @_bryce_young @will_anderson28 @DeVontaSmith_6 @MacJones_10 @ohthatsNajee22

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

All who work in athlete care and development lose sleep worrying about our athletes. Whether it’s an ACL, head or spine injury, disease, or serious illness, we do all we can to make sport as safe as possible despite all of the risks. And we won’t let up now. #LetThemPlay

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

Dear sport coaches, if you know more about S&C than your S&C coach then you hired the wrong one. I’ve actually never seen it happen though. Let them do their jobs! We work for arguably the best of all time and he’s never told us how to do our jobs.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

Good morning beautiful. Happy Monday morning!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

@DeVontaSmith_6 is a lock. If there’s an award/trophy, he’s winning it. If there’s a workout he’s 15 minutes early for it. Earned everything he’s getting and deserves 10x more.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 months

Alabama fans…R-E-L-A-X You got the right successor. It’ll all work out!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Lifting on Monday like we lost on Saturday. Good sign! #RTR

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Someone put a top 20 ranking on @AlabamaMBB ....NOW!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

Favorite part of my job is when an athlete wants to know why we are doing something a certain way. And an educated answer does more for buy-in than any amount of bravado.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Two biggest problems I continue to see in high school weight rooms: 1- excessive focus on strength 2- excessive reliance on bilateral exercises.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

One thing that really irritates me about covid paranoia is the apparent thought that we know nothing about how the body responds to viruses. We do. And there’s a lot of people much smarter than me working in this area.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

Personally, I’d like to see more graduation gowns and fewer smedium polos in S&C. More skilled programming and less fake hype. Less squatober and more crack a freaking book open once in a while.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

2020 💨

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

High stakes. High pressure. High expectations. Love my job!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Only 10% of our total training volume is directed at strength adaptations (although power-focused work does build some strength) and 90% of our speed development is done in the weight room. The “just build strength” crowd is as far off as the “just sprint” crowd.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

2 years

The weight room is a factory where we help build athletes not a chop shop where we try to break them down.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

5 years

Coaches, Speed training and conditioning are not the same. Athletes getting plenty of rest and recovery between sprints is sign #1 of a good speed session. If you can’t stand seeing your athletes resting that much, turn your speed training over to someone who can.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Good to see @ohthatsNajee22 back in T-Town for a bit. What’s on the schedule? Speed training and hanging out with mom! Companies better be lining up with endorsement deals for this guy! He’s a good one.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Process over product….whether you’ve won or lost 18 straight, the focus should always be on the process.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

I love it when an athlete comes in talking about how sore they are, and then hits a new power PR on a lift. Just because you don’t feel optimal doesn’t mean you can’t perform well.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

You know you work in a high performance environment when this is your elevator to and from work. Can’t wait to get back in there! #RollTide

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Ahhhhh. July means fireworks and the start of top speed cycle. While everyone ramps up their excessive conditioning, we just keep getting faster. They don’t hand out rings for beating the conditioning test!⚡️⚡️⚡️

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

I don’t think anyone really understands how difficult and painful this rehab was for Trey. I gained a deeper respect for his physical and mental resiliency during this process. And seeing how happy @gsell_jeremy was for him after his TD tells you how much it means! @6sixGod_ 📈

Trey sanders

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3 years

It took everything I had to get to this point... trust in God🙏🏾

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4 years

When we interviewed, my youngest son was out of his mind excited. Said I had to get a photo with Coach Saban. At the end of the day I mentioned it and Coach agreed to it. Jokingly he said “Wait, I have to stand up or he won’t be able to see me over all the rings”. 😂 #RollTide

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Game week.....FINALLY! Let’s Roll Tide🧨

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3 years

Signs that you’ve stumbled across a speed guru…if seen, turn and sprint in the opposite direction (will be the best speed work you get that day)

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

You get out what you put in. Practice, workouts, school, everything in life. Two athletes can do the same workout but, based on energy, effort, and/or intent, get very different results!

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@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Are we satisfied winning every other year or are we willing to commit to the process that builds champions every year?

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2 years

The longer I do this and the more data I see, the less maximum strength correlates to athletic performance or injury risk at all levels. Industry is way too focused on maximum strength!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

When @will_anderson28 showed up I told him I wanted to call him the Black Panther but he’s too big so I’d have to call him the Hulk. Or he could really impress and I’d invent a new superhero just for him. He has...so let me introduce you to THE BLACK HULK! Great guy, big future!

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3 years

There’s much more than just speed that makes Alabama WRU, but considering the fact that 2019 had 4 first round WR picks, and our average top speed this year in Scrimmage 1 was .4 mph faster than 2019 tells you how serious these receivers are to carry on that tradition. ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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2 years

So I was already excited about this new gig with the @Saints but after meeting @camjordan94 at the combine, now I am totally fired up! 🦾

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3 years

Too many people just want to hear things that make them feel great. Not many want to hear the critical things that will help them become great. We have to be comfortable with critical evaluation to consistently improve.

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3 years

First Saturday since June without work. Got some catching up to do.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Best things about working in a high performance environment: 1- No is never the answer 2- Must bring your best everyday 3- No one wants to be the weakest link 4- Innovation is not only expected, it is encouraged and rewarded 5- Personal agendas must take a back seat

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

We would make great strides in the S&C world if coaches would accept the fact that the best way for athletes to train may not be the way the coach grew up training or the way the coach likes to train her/himself. Flexibility in methods and evolution of time highly recommended.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

My sons help us with data extraction and management so when they meet players it usually sounds like this: “Hey, you’re Najee Harris. Your split jump power is in the 99th percentile”. Proud dad!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

Six months in. Been the most challenging circumstances of our careers but I think the guys have been amazing despite the challenges. Huge credit to our players for how they have handled these circumstances. Ok, story on the photo....

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Amazing player, quality person, great teammate, and the BEST nickname in all of sports. Congrats to the Slim Reaper!

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3 years

Alabama's DeVonta Smith is the AP college football player of the year 🏆 He becomes the first WR to win the award since it was established in 1998.

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3 years

S&C/Sport Science is a service oriented work. We are here to serve our athletes, not the other way around!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

I like this guy @QueRobinson23 . Comes up after the workout today and tells me pick a number between 1-50. I said 49. Does 49 pull-ups. Might want to limit range to 1-25 next time my man!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

Productive Saturday morning speed data mining expedition. Speed database now over 700 college and pro players over last 10 years. Over 25 of the top 50 speed profiles in the database are currently on this @AlabamaFTBL roster. 👀

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Now all of a sudden myocarditis is an “unknown” possibility? I eluded to it in a paper I published in 2009 about sudden cardiac death among athletes. It happens after most infections. We watch for warning signs all the time. Screening now is very good. Nothing new here.

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3 years

Athletes, your body is your best investment. Workouts, practice, games are withdrawals. You take money out to put it to work. Sleep, nutrition, regeneration methods are the deposits. Put in more than you take out but you better take out enough to build for the future!

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3 years

Still amazes me that even with a bachelors degree, two masters degrees, and a PhD (all in areas related to S&C), and 15 years of experience, I would not be considered qualified to work in college S&C without a specific certification.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Great win but hurting right now for @D1__JW . A detour but the final destination hasn’t changed! Praying for you!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

Head coaches/ADs/GMs, you need to start expanding your searches for S&C Coaches beyond your own network. There’s some great coaches out here that you’re missing because you insist on only hiring people you know..or that come recommended by a buddy that you owe a favor.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

Those three, led by Landon’s 765 lbs, squatted a combined 1885 lbs today (full depth). So yeah I’d say monsters is an accurate depiction. And for our S&C followers...yes strength continues to climb despite less than 10% of our volume actually targeting it.

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Trench Monsters #Bama

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3 years

Someday I am going to teach a sports performance grad class…no book…no articles…just actual data on elite athletes and real world experiences. Every day I learn something new from my athletes. So fortunate to work with these guys!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 months

Couldn’t think of anyone better to follow the 🐐! Wow…..

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@AlabamaFTBL

4 months

Welcome Coach, @KalenDeBoer 🔗: #RollTide

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@MattRheaPhD

4 years

A couple of Utah boys out here in Alabama. @cameronlatu doing work!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

No one has mastered the art and science of power development like @UA_CoachBallou . 2000 watts in a speed squat is a very high number. In June we had 1 guy hit that. In July: 16. This week, 37 guys went over 2000 watts. Incredible energy and effort from our players! #RollTide

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3 years

Edge rusher doing edge rusher things. @will_anderson28 makes just about everything look easy. Not bad for his first try at this single leg variation.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

@AlabamaFTBL ‘Time Lost to Injury’ in 2020 was 49% lower than NCAA average. This is one of my favorite stats to look at in football for two reasons: 1- Player availability is the #1 determinant of success in sports. Mentally tough, driven, resilient athletes drive team success.

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4 years

You can’t say you trust the process and then complain about the process. Buy-in is more than a slogan, it is full commitment.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Miss Katie started last fall as an intern and now totally runs the data lair. And she doesn’t mind the trenches. Data people...you’ve got to get on the floor and actually see the data coming in. #sciencerules

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@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Some of the best people I’ve ever worked with in the best facilities I’ve ever seen!

Alabama Football

@AlabamaFTBL

4 years

Bama Sports Science: Episode One Athletic Training Room and Rehab #BamaFactor #RollTide

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2 years

Some athletes and coaches think dedication is getting up at 5AM for an early morning workout. True dedication is going to bed at 7PM so you get a good 10 hours sleep the night before.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Business trip #11 ⏱

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Impressive workmanship from our machinists to create a custom flywheel platform for our large athletes. Literally #builtbybama I love working at a place where great people spring into action to overcome any challenge we identify. Now we just need some athletes to break it in!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Me watching the commitments come in today! @AlabamaFTBL #RollTide

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Want to see what happens when athletes fully commit and S&C/Sports Med/Sports Sci fully integrate? Power just keeps going up. @UA_CoachBallou killing in-season programming.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

I get a lot questions from football and track coaches about ways to improve athlete development. Here’s my answer: -track coaches need to learn how to better use the weight room -football coaches need to learn the difference between conditioning and speed training sessions

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

The process of tailoring training to each athlete in group training sessions starts with assessments and ends with tracking/adjustments. In between it’s all about organization. The more you can manage, the greater development you’ll see in your athletes.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

I am not worried about imitators. No way someone can do us better than us. True innovators may pose a competitive threat but I like our chances there.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

I keep hearing this notion that nothing new has been discovered in S&C in the last 50 years. That’s absurd. It’s been 48 hours since me and @UA_CoachBallou found something new and we are already getting antsy because it’s been that long. Innovate and evolve....every day!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Currently picking up about 4% power improvement every week so we will certainly make good use of three extra weeks!🦾

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Love this guy! @6sixGod_ not cleared to run yet but doesn’t mean we can’t do some resisted marching to get ahead. Love having him back in with us. I appreciate how hard @gsell_jeremy works to get guys back training with their teammates as fast as possible. Keep working Trey!

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

4 years

Every year for the past 5 I’ve had options to go to professional sports, but it’s hard to beat a great college campus and environment. Finally got a chance to walk campus today before heading north.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

Data from last year supports past finding that improvements in strength up to 1.7x BW (back squat) contribute to increased speed regardless of weight. For power in unloaded jumps, finding the same ratio applies for athletes <250 lbs.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

@MattRheaPhD

3 years

Being great at your job doesn’t have to be all consuming. In fact, if you have to spend every waking hour focused on your job, you’re really not that good at it. Be thorough, be efficient, be innovative, be balanced.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

Great foundation laid in the off-season. Reduced stress in May for fresh legs in June. Biggest increases in speed and power coming in the next 10 weeks. Locked and reloaded! @AlabamaFTBL

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

A lot of people asking me about kids running track. If the kid likes it, do it…or baseball or tennis..whatever. But better be in the weight room too or they’ll end up under-developed. If don’t like track, run fast in training or 7v7. You’ll gain just as much football speed there

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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2 years

Don’t tell me how bad you want to win and then only bank 6 hours of sleep at night.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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2 years

Great athletes outwork average ones. Elite athletes recover better than the great ones.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

As I have previously stated, strength does not appear to be a limiting factor for speed above 1.7x squat/body weight. That should not be interpreted to mean that strength is THE limiting factor below 1.7x. It only accounts for 24% of the variance in speed even at that point.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

Trusting the process isn’t good enough. You have to be 100% committed to 100% of it to reach the top.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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4 years

Synergism between sports medicine, S&C, and sport vital to athlete development. We use a power profile (bottom) to track and target outcomes. Get to @AlabamaFTBL and sports med shows us a graphic they have been using (top). Yeah I see great collaborations ahead with @makennahsdad

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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Being elite is optional. Doing all of the back breaking, ball busting, annoyingly methodical things to get there isn’t.

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Matt Rhea, PhD

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3 years

Don’t be the guy that comes to the lift on Friday complaining about being sore and tired and then shows up on social media Saturday doing extra work and talking about grinding!

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