Coach Vern Gambetta on Movement & Human Development

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And so the conversation is with Vern Gambetta. Some of you might know his work and some not. And the opportunity here is to learn from somebody who is a true innovator, who shape shifted the field of athletic development based on his insights and his diligence and his ability to be open to learning and to push as far as he possibly could go.

So Vern is the author of seven books on athletic development and speed. He's an exceptional coach. And so that's part of what this conversation is really about, is how does he coach, how does he bring people along the journey of growth? And he's done it for a long time with many of the best in the world. And we want to understand how he understands how humans grow, period. And it just so happens that he happened to specialize in the domain of athletic development. But the art, as I've come to understand Vern, is really about growth for humans.

So that's really why I wanted to interview him, is because he's an innovator. And he understands the process of growth. And I hope what becomes very clear in this conversation is that he has a central question that he's been trying to answer for a very long time.

And I hope that all of us have a central question in our life, maybe one, maybe two.

But his is, what does it take to be the best in the world? That's really cool. Okay, so we get into the nuances and the weeds of that. But it is not lost on anyone at the beginning of this conversation that obviously there's work. There's work that has to be done. And that's not just for them over there or those naturally gifted people, you know, on the the ridge line somewhere else. That's for me. That's for you. That's for all of us. Is the laser focus to be able to adjust and pivot to the internal and external obstacles that come our way.