Brandon and Joel are joined by Mike Kamal, the Assistant Athletic Director for Strength and Conditioning at Merrimack College. We dive into a variety of topics mainly focused on the processes that went into Coach Kamal growing the Merrimack program from a Division 2 program that he ran by himself to the Division 1 program he and his almost double d…

This week Ryan Gipson joins the gang to talk ego, expectations and echo chambers in strength and conditioning. Ryan is a strength coach at Joint Base Lewis-McChord working alongside AC.By Joel Reinhardt & Andrew Cormier

AC and Brandon discuss a variety of topics but mainly focus on how they went about shaping the internship program at UMass to be as valuable as possible to everyone involved. Check it out!By Joel Reinhardt & Andrew Cormier

We're back! In this week's episode we chat about what we've been up to since we last published!By Joel Reinhardt & Andrew Cormier

This week's guest is Paul Jackson. Coach Jackson is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Utah State University Football and, in our opinion, one of the highest performers, if not the highest performer, in our field based off of his body of work at Ole Miss and South Carolina. We talk about how he fosters a high-performance environment in tr…

This week's guest is Michael Zweifel, the owner of BBA Performance. We have a great chat about recognizing great movement skills, where to start when introducing variability into training, and how his mock football season went in the fall. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Ju…

This week's guest is Dr. Ken Clark. As you can imagine we talk all things speed. We start with promoting front side mechanics and move into wearable resistance and stiffness at the foot/ankle complex. A great episode! https://www.kenclarkspeed.com/ Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive …

This week we have Brandon Wickett on for the second time and talk about how he is utilizing our new Hawkin Dynamics force plate to maximize training. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!!…

This week's guest is Adam Feit. He is the Coordinator of Physical and Mental Performance and an adjunct professor at Springfield College. We talk about building and promoting autonomy in athletics with both student-athletes and coaches along with some other great topics! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for a…

This week's guest is Bob Alejo. He is the Senior Assistant Athletics Director for Performance and Student Athlete Welfare at Cal State Northridge. We have a great chat about how he approaches his role, how his background as a strength coach prepared him well for the role, and also the lessons he learned from being around the Moneyball Oakland A's. …

This week's guest is Adam Ringler, Strength Coach and Sports Scientist for the University of Colorado. We dive into all things athlete data during this episode. Collecting, organizing, engaging the athletes you're collecting the data from, and ultimately ensuring that real change is made based off of the data collected. Make sure to head over to ht…

This week's guest is Austin Jochum. He is the owner of Jochum Strength and Strength Coach at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. We chat developing an app for his business, qualitative versus quantitative measures, and the importance of athlete perception during open or closed activities. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprin…

We are joined this week by Nick DiMarco. He is the Director of Sports Performance at Elon University. We chat about overarching principles that Nick leans on when running his department and fostering a high performance culture with his assistants as well as how he goes about balancing structure and creativity in a collegiate setting. Make sure to h…

This week's guest is Scott Kuehn. He is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning for Arizona Football. We have a great chat about how to build a sustainable and actionable data monitoring system in a sport environment. We also dive into lessons he gleaned, both good and bad, from his time at William & Mary. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprin…

This week's guest is Joey Bergles. We have a great chat about doubling down on what you find most important in a program and how to best organize for a large athlete to coach ratio! Hope you enjoy! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all prod…

This week's guest is Brandon Wicket. He is an Assistant Sports Performance Coach at UMass who oversees Men's Ice Hockey, Baseball, and Women's Tennis. We chat about stepping in as a new coach in an already high performing organization and the value of our specific experiences as young coaches. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw…

This week's episode is with Keir Wenham-Flatt. We have a great chat about systemic issues within sports performance and collegiate athletics as a whole. Hope you enjoy! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!!…

This week we have a great chat with Scott Salwasser, Assistant Football Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of South Carolina, about how a constraints based approach has influenced his thoughts on linear sprinting, how he approaches sprint work for offensive and defensive linemen, and his approach to late stage, on-field rehab. Make s…

This week's guest is Josh Washington, the Sports Performance Coach for UMass Men's Basketball. We have a great chat about his journey to UMass, initial steps he focuses on when starting a new job, and how he approaches training the basketball athlete. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusi…

This week's guest is Jamie Pasquin, the Men's Basketball Strength and Conditioning Coach at Monmouth University. We have a great chat about the value of self-awareness as coaches when it comes to understanding our own personalities and behavior tendencies. Check it out! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for ac…

This week's guest is Jordan Nieuwsma, the Associate Director of Sports Performance at Elon University. We have a great chat about his collaboration with sport coaches, particularly men's soccer and tennis, as well as how he organizes plyometrics into an 8-vector system. Really great stuff from Jordan! Jordan's YouTube Page Make sure to head over to…

This week AC and I expand on our SimpliFaster Q&As that we did in the last few weeks while also providing some insights on return to activity notes that we are seeing! https://simplifaster.com/articles/team-sport-speed-andrew-cormier/ https://simplifaster.com/articles/game-speed-injury-prevention-joel-reinhardt/ Make sure to head over to https://ww…

This week's guest is Steve Reinhardt. Along with being Joel's dad, he is the VP of Product Development for Quantum Computing, Inc. We have a great chat about how supercomputing is being utilized in a sports setting and other ways for it to potentially be used. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to ou…

This week's guest is Eric Donoval, the Director of Sports Performance for Wyoming Football. We discuss the benefits of a record/rank/publish system for both high performers and low performers as well as how his staff organizes and communicates their data science in order to best collaborate with the football staff. Make sure to head over to https:/…

This week's guest is Joel Smith of Just Fly Sports. We discuss his personal and professional evolution that led him to where he is at now in his career, what parts of Speed Strength he'd love to update, and the value of adding games and free play into training environments. Make sure to check out his book Speed Strength, it's an incredible read! Ma…

Our guest this week is Pete Remmes, Athletic Performance Coach for Indiana Football. We talk about putting athletes in advantageous situations so they can express truly high outputs as well as collaboration with sport coaches to ensure transfer of training onto the field. Hope you enjoy it! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.co…

This week's guest is Michael Zweifel, owner of BBA Performance in Dubuque, Iowa. We talk RPR, skill acquisition, and the tailoring of representative environments. We both came out of this one with great notes and learned a lot. Hope you do as well! https://www.building-better-athlete.com/ https://emergentmvmt.com/ Make sure to head over to https://…

No guest this week but we hope you enjoy the two of us going through some questions we received from listeners on Instagram! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!!By Joel Reinhardt & Andrew Cormier

Great chat this week with Fergus Connolly. We dive into the importance of the operations team in helping athletes prepare for performance and other overlooked aspects of an organization that play a big role in pushing towards high performance. Check out Fergus' new book here! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up …

This week's guest is Terrence Kennell. He is the Strength and Conditioning Rehab Coordinator for the Houston Astros. TK gets into the value of a principle based approach to the rehab process, what professions he draws from outside of sports, and the value of being put in challenging situations early in your career. Make sure to head over to https:/…

This week's guest is John Parenti, the Director of Sports Nutrition for the Miami Dolphins. We talk principles in nutrition, working with varying ages of athletes, and helping athletes form a sustainable routine. Hope you enjoy it!By Joel Reinhardt & Andrew Cormier

This week's guest is Andy Ryland. He is the senior manager of education and training for USA Football. We dive into prep for contact, which Andy is well known for, and we also go down the skill acquisition rabbit hole where Andy has some incredible thoughts. Hope you enjoy! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up fo…

This week's guest is Jim Wendler. He is the creator and author of several 5/3/1 training system books. Jim currently owns and operates jimwendler.com while serving as the Football Strength Coach at London (OH) High School. Our talk goes all over from the important of consistency in training to the origin of some of Jim's life and training principle…

Lucky to have John Garrish as this week's guest! John is the Director of Athletics Performance and Development as well as the Head Track and Field Coach at North Broward Prep down in South Florida. We talk galloping and misconceptions about sprint mechanics among other things! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up…

This week's guest is Dr. Nicole Gabana. She is the new Director of Sports Psychology at the University of Massachusetts. She brings great insight on the value of sports psychology and what it can bring to the athletes! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store…

This week's guest is legendary, 11-time National Champion men's volleyball coach at Springfield College, Charlie Sullivan. His insights in the episode can be applied by any coach in any sport! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!…

This week's guest is Ryan Banta, Head Track and Field Coach at Parkway Central High School in Missouri and author of The Sprinter's Compendium. Go Buy Sprinter's Compendium Here!! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!!…

This week's guest is the MadMan himself, Kurt Hester. Kurt is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Louisiana Tech Football. Check out his book, Rants of a Strength and Conditioning Madman, at the link below! https://www.amazon.com/Rants-Strength-Conditioning-MadMan-Hester/dp/1096791722 Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw…

For our first installment of Freestyle Friday, Joel Reinhardt lays out how UMass Football utilizes the Catapult GPS system to help maximize their practice planning. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!!…

This week we are joined by Gabe Sanders, the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Boston University. We touch on several topics all the way from what Gabe wants in his assistant coaches to overloading different aspects of sprinting. Hope you enjoy it! Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to o…

This week we welcome Bob Chesney and Chris Grautski, the Head Football Coach and the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football at the College of the Holy Cross. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!!…

We are joined this week by Greg Carrasquillo. He is the Director of Sports Performance at Nicholls State University. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!!By Joel Reinhardt & Andrew Cormier

In this episode, Coach Holler, Andrew, and Joel talk through and brainstorm ideas for implementing a Feed the Cats system in soccer. http://trackfootballconsortium.com/ Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!!…

This week's episode features Zach Dechant. Zach is an assistant strength and conditioning coach at TCU working primarily with the baseball team. His book Movement Over Maxes can be purchased at the link below! https://www.movementovermaxes.com/ Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Spri…

We are joined this week by Tony Holler, Head Track and Field Coach at Plainfield North High School and Co-Founder of the Track Football Consortium (link to TFC below). Coach Holler talks about his use of RPR in the episode so we've provided a link to their site as well. https://www.reflexiveperformance.com/ http://trackfootballconsortium.com/ Make …

We are joined this week by Nick DiMarco. He is the Director of Sports Performance at Elon University. Make sure to head over to https://www.sprint-jump-throw.com/ and sign up for access to our exclusive Sprint Jump Throw Thorne Store. 25% off of all products!!By Joel Reinhardt & Andrew Cormier

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