Wintrich Earns His Keep?

From the TV, if seemed like BSU wore down and started getting pushed around as the game progressed. I did not detect that on our side of the ball. Imaginations? Better conditioning? Better subbing?

If just for the miracle aspect, yes he has. Let's see how we do against a top 10 team on the road.

True. Maybe what we made up for in endurance, we gave up in strength, Bc we weren't pushing around BSU until the 4th Q.

But worth it? Absolutely. Omer was using outdated methods.

In the Nebraska game we sure looked better conditioned. the cornhuskers were cramping up all game long and I never saw that on our side of the ball.

Cougs_Rule wrote:
True. Maybe what we made up for in endurance, we gave up in strength, Bc we weren't pushing around BSU until the 4th Q.

But worth it? Absolutely. Omer was using outdated methods.

Criddle was talking about BYU's conditioning and Omer/Wintrich yesterday on the radio. Criddle said Bronco has always been a "ballistic lifts" guy--lots of max weight lifts, presses, squats, etc. with lots and lots and lots of running for conditioning. Coach Omer ran the conditioning program, but per Criddle he was only implementing what Bronco wanted to see. Only after 10 years of seeing guys playing at less than 100% with lower back issues and other injuries/nagging issues coming out of the weightroom did Bronco finally decide to give the cutting edge a try. Apparently one catalyst was being told "nope" by Britain Covey who told him part of the reason was he did not want to risk a stupid, needless weightroom injury like his older brother had at BYU under Omer. That was a prize in-state recruit going somewhere else to avoid the risks of BYU's conditioning program.



Wintrich focuses on explosive plyometric exercises that come as close to possible to replicating the types of movements the players will be making on the field so that they are exercising those muscles in the same way they will be used. He has each player using a sleep pattern monitor, so if you only got three hours of sleep you are exercised differently than if you get 7+ hours of sleep to avoid overstressing your body's ability to recover for the next day.



The biggest endorsement for Wintrich's methods has come from Bronco and the players. After both Nebraska and BSU Bronco, Hine, Mangum, Kurtz, and Warner, among others have specifically mentioned Wintrich's training as making a difference late in the game.



It'll be put to the test Saturday as we watch our D go up against UCLA's HUNH offense.

The proof is in the pudding. How many leg injuries did we have last year to this point? Whatever he has changed has obviously started to show positive results!