[quote]Affliction wrote:
The point is, many roads lead to Rome, as other have mentioned.
Let’s say both Louie and Charles decide, this athlete is not strong enough. He needs to Olympic-style back squat (high-bar, below parallel) 500lbs. to reach his vertical jump goal, as that style of squat has one of the highest dynamic correspondences to vertical jump. Let’s call this 500lb. back squat the target training effect, or TTE.
Louie decides to implement methods A, B, & C to realize the TTE. So;
A + B + C = TTE
Charles decides to implement methods X, Y, & Z to realize the TTE. So;
X + Y + Z = TTE
As you can see, they are both right.
Take this a step further, whichever athlete was able to realize TTE with least cost to the bioenergetic systems and most orthopedically sound means, wins. So in layman’s terms, the athlete who had the least stress and the least opportunity for injury, i.e. least total cost to the organism, wins.
Now, obviously we can debate endlessly and post studies for both sides about which exercise, the power snatch or the box squat, is easier to teach, more orthopedically sound, etc. Again, many roads lead to Rome. If you guys are looking for the “right” answer, be prepared to keep looking.
Just realize that as a “coach”, it is well within your responsibility to not only realize the TTE - but to realize it efficiently. An athlete’s (and your) greatest commodity is time.[/quote]
In other words, just get the most bang for your buck. 