Ronnie McKeefey Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for The University of South Florida believes that sport specificity goes too far when exercises that are prescribed place undue orthopedic stress on the body and are not principled based. The coach must know the type neuromuscular adaptations the athletes need during the particular time of the year whether it is off-season, pre-season or in-season this is important because as a coach, one does not want to stress the neuromuscular system. The principle of specificity is also important for Strength and Speed coaches when designing strength and speed programs to their particular sport. Therefore, before training specifically to enhance particular sports movements always evaluate the athlete first.
EXAMPLE OF SPECIFICITY PRINCIPLE HOW TO
This goes back to an important rule of coaching which is, "Know your athletes." This is important because if a strength and speed coach wants to work on a vertical jump for a 15 year old female volleyball player and she does not have the lower body strength to handle the eccentric load of landing or she does not know how to land she could injure herself.
EXAMPLE OF SPECIFICITY PRINCIPLE PROFESSIONAL
As a strength and conditioning professional one must know if the movement patterns as well as the methods of the training will lead to neuromuscular or metabolic training adaptations to their specific sport. For example, if an athlete wants to become stronger one must lift heavy weights and if an athlete wants to jump higher one must jump. What this means is that if an athlete wants to perform better at a particular event or skill they must train specifically for that particular skill. (Kramer et al., 2002) discussed the principle of training specificity and explained that the training responses elicited by a given exercise mode are directly related to the physiological elements involved with coping with the specific exercise stress. Specificity of Training principle is one of the most utilized training principles used by exercise professionals today.
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