Basketball Strength Training With Xavier S&C Coach Andy Kettler

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It took awhile to reconnect with Andy Kettler mostly due to that good old pandemic Closed doors and stop signs red lights and masks However I was finally able to get a mutual date on the ASAP Athletic Strength And Power calendar with the veteran strength conditioning and sports performance coach I have seen him on several occasions including at the West Virginia Mountaineers where he worked his program for legendary basketball coach Bob Huggins Not only in Morgantown but I tracked him down in Indianapolis Indiana for an ASAP Final Four Podcast at the Lucas Oil Stadium A few years following that mission Coach Kettler found himself in Louisville Kentucky as the strength coach for the Louisville Cardinals Then opportunity to work under Head Basketball Coach Sean Miller got him packing to head up Interstate 71 North to Cincinnati and Xavier University as their Head Strength And Conditioning Coach for Men s Basketball The Xavier Strength and Conditioning Center has recently been refurbished and is the perfect size facility to train elite basketball players Coach Kettler can even swing open their giant open air windows and if your a visitor to the facility there s no question as to where the weight room is Just follow the music as you can almost see musical notes coming from those windows Speaking of music it s loud and if you happen to be an audiophile you ll love the high quality-high fidelity sound emanating from the master sound system Kettler likes it loud He want the players to learn to communicate during loudness as if their in the raucous Xavier Cintas Center that s just down the hallway from the training center In the podcast Coach Kettler and I discuss the strength training methodologies that he employs how the program is configured and why he trains his players to develop a mentality and a tenacity that encourages physical and mental toughness His program is not for the meek When a player steps foot into the facility he better be ready to get hit from all angles This is about as far away from Planet Fitness as you can get In fact when I walked in and took notice of one of his guys I assumed that Xavier University had re-instituted their football program A few of the players in this group looked like decent size defensive backs so I decided it would be best not to challenge any of these guys in a game of H-O-R-S-E nor one-on-one just in case things got a little salty Here s the ASAP Basketball Strength Training Podcast with Coach Andy Kettler that will also soon make a debut in YouTube video form so coaches can see the training demeanor and with pics of the facility mixed in This podcast is brought to you by the following strength and conditioning businesses They outfit the top training centers with great service and Spec Athletic The Sports Flooring Professionals Kevin Cassidy The Bill Jacobs Power Company Call Coach Jake for any weight room facility need From the Ground Up TRX Suspension Training Call the TRX Director for Team Sports Tim Bourke Click here to visit this podcast episode