Yeah. You can pretty much take the functional training out of it and just realize that there has been a trend to apply protocols from the world of rehab across the board to all sorts of athletic training. The ideas being if it's good to rehab an inury it must be good in general. Anyone who thinks that doesn't know thing one about thing one.
I mean I've even heard of football players getting "unstable surface training". Now that is great to return an injured ankle to function but football players play on STABLE GROUND. What gives. Are they training to play in earthquakes? You even see articles telling you to SQUAT on those half balls! Let alone curl 15 pounds. Absolutely ridiculous. Training is specific. Like you say, you do the thing and you get good at the thing. The further away you get from the thing the less carry over to the thing.
With the personal trainer industry I think there is a tendency to want to look cutting edge and like your are using "advanced" techniques. Clue....if you are a beginner, or to a large extent any level, if a trainer has you doing plyometrics the first day they train you....find a new trainer.
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