Post Season Training

The weeks right after a season are where bodies get repaired and the base for the next training cycle is laid. New Orleans Saints strength and conditioning coach Dan Dalrymple details a complete post season training regimen for football players, organized around a joint-by-joint approach to mobility and stability that runs from the foot and ankle all the way up to the forearm.

What you'll learn

• How to maximize the transition phase from an in-season program into a post-season program, and what the goals of that phase are
• The basic premises for an athlete learning to come back to balance
• Identifying and eliminating weaknesses, enhancing performance, managing injuries and building a championship mental attitude
• Why a joint-by-joint approach improves mobility and stability, and why structural stability is needed
• Stability work including resistance exercises, planks, ankle rotations and movements that stabilize the knee
• The role of overall strength and strength endurance in the post season plan
• How to effectively rehabilitate an injury
• Stabilizing the foot and ankle, then stabilizing the knee through the posterior chain and squat variations that make the knee dominant
• Hip, core, shoulder, upper back and forearm exercises that improve both mobility and stabilization

Who it's for

High school and college strength and conditioning coaches, along with head coaches who write the post season plan themselves. The joint-by-joint material applies to every position on the roster, not just the front.

About the coach

Dan Dalrymple served as head strength and conditioning coach for the New Orleans Saints and has produced a set of football training sessions for AFM Videos covering lineman development and post season work.

Every exercise is broken out into its own chapter so you can pull up a single movement as you build the program.