Master Class: Joe Kenn’s Block Zero And The Tier Training System

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Your Master Class Coach/Teacher – Joe Kenn 

Coach Joe Kenn MA, CSCS RSCC*D SCCC MSCC PN1

A 30+ year coaching veteran on the Private, High School, College, and Professional level, Joe Kenn is a proven leader in the field of athletic performance. His highlight achievement, voted on by his peers, was being named the 2015 NFL Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year.

Coach Kenn is presently the Vice President of Performance Education for Dynamic Fitness and Strength based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (http://www.mydynamicfitness.com).

Coach Kenn’s role includes overseeing the educational content that is created for the site, as well as being a brand ambassador for the company.

Recently, Coach Kenn completed a nine-year stint at the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. During his time, the Panthers earned three consecutive NFC South titles, four play-off appearances, a NFC Conference Championship, and a place in Super Bowl 50. He coached 33 Pro Bowlers and 14 AP All Pro athletes during his stay in Carolina.

Coach is a highly sought-after speaker and has published numerous materials. His book, The Coach’s Strength Training Playbook (Coaches Choice) is one of the most popular books worldwide in the field of strength and conditioning. Coach Kenn has authored 2 eBooks, Push, Jump, Punch A Developmental Process for Teaching the Power Clean to Athletes (HARD COPY) and The Coach’s Strength Training Playbook for Football. He is recognized for developing the Tier System Strength Training program as well as the Block Zero Concept, the pre cursor for Long Term Athletic Development.

Coach Kenn has been a part of over 30 publications from numerous journals and magazines. They include but are not limited to, The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Strength and Conditioning Journal, Journal of Human Movement, Muscle and Fitness, Men’s Fitness, Training and Conditioning, and Powerlifting USA. He has also presented at 60 plus events over his career both stateside and oversees.

Coach Kenn and his wife Angela are co-owners of Big House Power Competitive Athletic Training (http://www.bighousepower.com). A web based company designed as an educational outpost for coaches and athletes. Coach Kenn also does consulting and hosts clinics from his private facility in Clemmons, NC. Coach Kenn is considered one of the most decorated strength and conditioning coaches in the history of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He has won both the Collegiate (2002) and the Professional (2013) Strength and Conditioning Coach of the year awards. He is the only member to have accomplished this feat. Among his other awards, he was also named the NSCA Big West (1998) and Mountain West (2000) Strength Coach of the Year.

He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a Registered Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Emeritus Status (RSCC*E), a Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC), and a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach (MSCC). He earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Health and Sports Science from Wake Forest University and a Master’s of Arts in Education from Boise State University.

Coach Kenn has led the strength and conditioning departments of Boise State University, University of Utah, and Arizona State University. He has been responsible with overseeing the athletic development of over 30 different sports. Before specializing in football, Coach Kenn spent his early years working with numerous Women’s sports. He has also worked at Pine Crest Preparatory School, Wake Forest University, University of Louisville, and Big House Power Competitive Athletic Training. Coach Kenn has competed in powerlifting, strongman, and highland games.

 

Joe Kenn’s ‘Block Zero and the Tier System’ – MASTER CLASS

In this Master Class presentation, Joe Kenn will share with you the latest versions and updates on his strength & conditioning famous and revolutionary ‘Block Zero’ and ‘Tier System’.

The Block Zero concept is an organized training plan where you assume the athletes relative training age is zero (no weight room/training experience). Typically youth athletes start with Block Zero or older athletes that do not have a training background. It’s also a way to assess new athletes.

By understanding the developmental and maturation process of our athletes, the Block Zero program provides base fundamentals for athletes entering a new training program. By exposing your athletes to Block Zero training, it gives them an introductory strength training program designed to lay the foundation for those athlete’s future training.

Block Zero daily setup follows a four-part design targeting athletic position, jumping mechanics, stabilization, and relative strength:

• Athletic position – the foundation for a large portion of future movements: jumping, landing, squatting, any type of hip hinge.
• Jumping mechanics – emphasized early to promote mastery of the power position and landing position prior to plyometric training. We have found that the mastery of jumping and landing mechanics has resoundingly positive effects on the early stages of teaching the power clean.
• Stabilization – built through the programming of isometric holds.
• Relative strength – developed through the use of bodyweight exercises and isometric holds.

Tier System—Athletic-Based Strength Training

Coach Kenn defines five key components of athletic-based strength training within the Tier System:

• Training movements rather than body parts
• Whole-body training sessions versus split training sessions
• Explosive versus nonexplosive movements
• Variety
• Tempo

All five components are essential in the process of designing a tier program.

The Tier System has four main functions:

• Rotate the order of exercise based on movement.
• Implement a variety of movements to train in numerous planes within a microcycle.
• Prioritize movements based on big movements and functional movements.
• Control volume by exercise order and emphasis on specific strength developed.

During this all-new Master Class, Coach Joe Kenn will dive into the updates to the system that he has made over the years to these to systems. He is going to cover:

Part 1 – Developing a Block Zero Training Program Major Touch Points  – Why Block Zero? – History  – What should it include?  – How the industry has changed my stance on Block Zero and when it is a viable option for adolescents and youth athletes

Part 2 – Overview on the Tier System Strength Training Template Major Touch Points  – History  – The value of whole body training in athletics  – Why it was developed?  – The thought process behind the vision  – The most important factor in decision making process – The Exercise Pool!  – How to develop your training cycles