Todd Wright Is The Best In The Business

I heart Todd Wright, we’re lucky to have him.

Interesting story about how he was a bartender and got fired because the lady that owned the joint figured he’s never follow his path if he just served drinks all day. I mean, that a fine path in its own right, but he definitely would have been wasting some real potential.

Your post and my comment and still no mention of the S&C for the f- – -ball team. We’ll see how long that lasts.

All that’s missing is a 5 lb gold chain around his neck and an EXPLOSIVE POWER instructional DVD series…

Lucky indeed. That guy works his ass off.

He should train the oline for Mack!!

How do we not win every game?

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I think it lasts as long as your own post.
 
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Yep. He does. And is one of our primary recruiting assets. Make no mistake – he’s the guy teaching workshops. Most S&C guys in college sports are the ones taking them.

Milksteak,

Trips Right is working on some North Korea strength propaganda to get us believing we can!!!

can we clone him and get rid of mad dog? how is our strength and CONDITIONING coach obese?

Please no propaganda, I might just buy in again. I hope this year instead of losing all the games on the back half of our schedule we lose all the games on the front half. That makes it less past-the-event-horizon crushing, imo.

His approach & structure look like a Blue Angels pre-show planning and de-brief session. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a trainer take his job, and the mundane nature of weight training, so seriously and professionally. I was so damn lazy growing up that I HATED the weight room – but if I had a guy like this around ….

Remember that time Todd Wright was watching Oprah, and he learned that some foods are ‘sometimes foods’ and some foods are ‘anytime foods’? Like the episode of Sesame Street when Cookie Monster learned the same lesson.

Does that require a sub to view? I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a vid to play on it, and I have no prob with esecpn.3 or jason.tv or any other vid sources that I can think of… if it’s a sub deal, it would be nice if they put up a message so you know… maybe they do and my browser filters it out.

As a recent convert to kettlebells and other MMA type workouts I can tell you they are awesome tools for building functional power, flexibility and endurance. They are also viewed in some quarters as sort of cutting edge but only if you have your head up your ass.

Todd Wright is the fucking man and has been for a long time.

I have backed off a bit on the Mad Dog hate just because since about the time Dick Tomey was here Texas has really been a great finishing team. Sure we throw bodies at teams that are outmanned, but there has to have been some improvement in conditioning also.

Maybe that fatass is delegating or something.

I can tell you this, I dont think there is any program anywhere who couldnt learn a few things from Todd Wright. Has the guy even been invited to share market intelligence with the football program?

- J’Covan Brown is in shape. He looks like he has dropped about 15-20 pounds, easy. If he dropped some immaturity baggage as well, we’re in good shape. I’m pulling for this guy.

Cool. Some indication he’s maturing, ipso facto.

We’ll podcast with Trips this week and get his less than sanguine view about this team’s prospects.

Nice – reminds me of the training regimen that the Rice football team is using these days, which was highlighted during our game.

I would love to have him training football.

And let’s not talk anymore of Mad Dog or the football team on this thread.

I had a chance to talk to Todd while I was in grad school in the Kines dept, and some of my classmates interned with him. He does a great job of staying on top of current research and trends with other S&C coaches. He’s a humble and open to new ideas guy when a lot of strength coaches are not. It also helps that he’s intelligent and organized, which again…

What’s always impressed me about the guy is that he understands that his job is to produce basketball players, not bulky guys who play basketball.

Tex Long said:

October 8th, 2010 at 11:05 am

Does that require a sub to view? I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a vid to play on it, and I have no prob with esecpn.3 or jason.tv or any other vid sources that I can think of… if it’s a sub deal, it would be nice if they put up a message so you know… maybe they do and my browser filters it out.

I had to watch it using Internet Explorer, video didn’t play in Firefox.

Sort of off subject, but I saw Gabe Muoneke the other day. That dude is a shell of his former self. He’s super lean. So lean that I told my friend I couldn’t believe that guy used to be intimidating.

I had to watch it using Internet Explorer, video didn’t play in Firefox.

FWIW, it did for me.

Can Todd Wright teach offensive spacing principles or free-throw shooting?

Crap.

Anybody have info or insight on Dex? Yes, he lost a lot of weight, but he never got to the point where he could play a full game, and his condition was pretty harshly criticized at the combine. What was the deal there?

Dex has shed 25 lbs since the vegas summer league and seemed more nimble in the first preseason game for Miami. I remember quite a few rejections by the rim late last season. Not sure why he seemed to hit a wall there with us.

What happens OCt 15th? Practice?

I’m hopng to scrape together the money to do some Kettlebell training this winter. Everyone I’ve spoken with whose done it has been blown away.

Good find.

Does not require a sub to view. Does require Microsoft Silverlight. Does require not being on a mac.

Was he our S&C last year?

“That’s what this game is about, being able to control your body in 3 planes of motion. The good ones have a way to control their space. The great ones dominate their space. "

Love that quote. Perfectly sums up basketball and what is needed in training for it.