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In a Quality Control type of analysis, you MUST be able to make measurements. Quality Control programs don't assure the best results, but, QC programs allow one to test, measure, analyze, attempt to control the inputs, retest, measure, analyze. So, you are on the way to a QC program, with the resultant potential of better results...don't let nay-sayers sway you away from your efforts. Exactly. My athletes have reaped the benefits of this approach for many years.
Interestingly, the first coach I ever saw who approached training in a really QC / 6-Sigma way was my wife. She coached a basketball team in Chicago for a few years after we first met. I watched her turn bench-warmers into really valuable players with some regularity. It was impressive to see someone with no scientific training at all (she is a graphic artist) apply evidence-based methods to athlete training.
I recently wrote an article on evidence-based coaching for my blog,
check it out here. It was pretty popular with the Wattage list crowd.
Also, there is an excellent article on
evidence based coaching here, which Andy Coggan turned up some years ago. It is worth reading.
FWIW,
Philbert
Dr. Philip Skiba
Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes now available on Amazon!