Best TSG Hoffenheim Podcasts (2024)

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Sascha Hartel & Ludwig Ruf (TSG Hoffenheim): Monitoring Maturation in a Bundesliga Academy 37:03

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Sascha Hartel is the Head of Performance at TSG Hoffenheim He is responsible for Performance Diagnostics in the Professional Teams, Youth Teams (Male & Female), also Adler Mannheim (Ice-hockey) and Rhein-Neckar-Löwen (Handball). He also leads the team of S&C coaches as well as sharing responsibility for dat strategy and innovation. He is a consult…

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Kevin Shattock (The Grammar School in Leeds): Cathedral Thinking 54:10

11M ago54:10

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Kevin Shattock is currently working towards his professional doctorate (DProf) at Leeds Beckett University, exploring a biopsychosocial approach to athlete development. He is the Head of Athletic Development at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) and possesses over twenty five years’ experience of sports coaching, sports science support, strength & …

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Sam Boylett-Long (UKSport Institute): What makes an elite rower? 52:57

1y ago52:57

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Sam Boylett-Long has been an accredited S&C coach with the UKSCA since 2012. Since completing his MSc in Human Performance in 2015, Sam has worked with a number of Women's Football internationals during his 4 year spell with Reading Women.In January 2020 Sam began working with the GB Rowing team providing S&C and sport science support, leading vari…

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Glenn Hunter (Podium Analytics): Making Sport safer for kids. 45:37

1y ago45:37

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Glenn is a specialist in research and innovation in Sport related health, and winner of the International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy HvU Award for outstanding achievement in this field. He is a chartered physiotherapist and the former Head of Science and Medicine and Performance Innovation in athlete health at UK Sport, and the senior consu…

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Ray Zingler (Zingler Strength): Developing Hammers. 56:28

1y ago56:28

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Ray Zingler is a Strength Coach, Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Author. He is the Owner of Zingler Strength & Conditioning, LLC., an Industry Leader in Performance Training for athletes, busy professionals, and military personnel. Ray is recognized as a Certified Physical Preparation Specialist and has been serving the Metro Atlanta, Georgia area si…

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Kate Shilland & Fran Taylor (Performance Canteen): Cutting through the social media nutrition noise. 44:09

1y ago44:09

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Kate Shilland and Fran Taylor are Registered Sports and Public Health Nutritionists (AfN). Kate is a Performance Nutritionist with over 10 years' experience working with athletes, of all levels across various sports. She has helped a number of athletes, including teens, achieve National & World Champion status in a variety of sports. She has been w…

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Dr Sinead Holden (University College Dublin): Osgood-Schlatter's: Risks, Rehab and Return to Play. 50:37

1+ y ago50:37

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Dr Sinead Holden is an Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Science in UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. Her research interests are in optimizing musculoskeletal health and development during adolescent growth, with a view to understanding and preventing overuse and loading - related injuries and their consequences…

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Dr Philip Graham-Smith (Aspire Academy): Single Leg Training - Not as easy as you think! 49:18

1+ y ago49:18

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Dr Philip Graham-Smith has a long and established career as a biomechanist working in academia, professional sport and industry. He is currently Head of Biomechanics & Innovation at Aspire Academy in Qatar and was formerly Head of Department and Associate Head of School for Business and Engagement at the University of Salford. Phil is a Fellow and …

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Toby Edwards (Australian Cycling): The role of speed in the success of junior AFL athletes. 43:15

1+ y ago43:15

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Toby Edwards is currently a Strength & power scientist for Australian Track Sprint & BMX Race athletes as well as a Strength and conditioning coach and researcher interested in all things strength, speed, and power development. He had key involvements in podium performances at the 2022 World Championships and Commonwealth Games. He has experience p…

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Simon Brearley (Cranleigh School): Why S&C coaches need to understand common injuries in youth. 1:03:35

1+ y ago1:03:35

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Simon Brearley is the Head of Athlete Development & Rehabilitation at Cranleigh School and a consultant strength & conditioning coach with England Golf, and the European Tour Health & Performance Institute (official providers of science and medicine services on the DP World Tour). In this episode Simon discusses: The evolution of the program at Cra…

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Tom Green (St Peters RC High School): What can S&C learn from School Teachers? 47:51

1+ y ago47:51

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Tom Green is the Head of Athletic Development at St Peters RC High School and holds an undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Strength and Conditioning (S&C) as well as being a qualified teacher. Outside of his role at the school, Tom works with the UKSCA to support the delivery of S&C within schools and for Catapult as the Youth Research Reviewe…

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A Preview of the Scotland Workshop 11:52

1+ y ago11:52

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In this episode we provide a preview of our upcoming LTAD Network workshop with Rob Anderson & Jared Deacon on the 25th & 26th February at the Engage Sports Centre, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. We cover: Who the workshop is aimed at and how it will benefit their coaching of young athletes. Who will be leading the workshop, their experienc…

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Tom Clough (Ulster Rugby): Lessons in Leadership 41:38

1+ y ago41:38

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Tom Clough has spent the past 20 years negotiating the trials and tribulations of working in professional Rugby League & Rugby Union. Learning from mistakes he made as a coach, as well as the adversity of clubs going through administrations and relegations through to the highs of promotion. Tom now works as the Head of Athletic Performance at Ulste…

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Kay Kay Keung (Hong Kong Powerlifting): Optimising concurrent training in Powerlifting and Military Boot Camp 55:41

1+ y ago55:41

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Kay Kay Keung has a Kinesiology background including coaching, fitness testing, clinical skills and research in the United States (North Carolina) and Hong Kong. She is experienced in coaching a wide range of clients from hospital outpatients to competitive athletes and is passionate about working with individuals and teams to become the fittest, s…

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Richard Husseiny (Men Behind Sport): Helping those behind the scenes in sport. 52:04

1+ y ago52:04

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For over 16 years, Richard Husseiny worked as a performance coach in high performance sport, with some of the best organisations and athletes in the world - from Great Britain and China. This included supporting teams in preparation for two Summer Olympic Games – London 2012 and Rio 2016 – and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. In 2015 he gav…

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Jessica Spendlove (Registered Dietician): Progress over Perfection 48:21

1+ y ago48:21

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Jessica Spendlove is one of Australia's most respected and experienced Sports Dietitians. She has accumulated more than 30 seasons working with various professional team sports, world record holders, Olympic athletes and many corporate organisations, schools and active adolescent athletes. Over the last decade, Jess has worked with many professiona…

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Joe Eisenmann, Rich Clarke & Lee Taft: Agility - Zigging and Zagging. 57:59

1+ y ago57:59

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Joe Eisenmann hosts this roundtable discussion with Rich Clarke and Lee Taft on Agility. They discuss: What is agility? How to train perceptual and decision making skills. Training change of direction and agility with closed and open drills. How and when to implement and program using various methods. Testing and evaluations agility. To learn more …

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Julie Gooderick (University of Chichester): Building an excellent School S&C Program. 47:14

1+ y ago47:14

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Julie has been a UKSCA accredited coach since 2009 and has led successful programmes within schools and universities for over 10 years. Julie frequently consults on the initiation of many schools S+C programmes, and advises on content, infrastructure and viability. Julie is a member of the UKSCA board of directors and is a lecturer at Uni of Chiche…

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Crofton Alexander (Anglia Ruskin University): Creating a pathway for coaches. 51:23

1+ y ago51:23

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Crofton Alexander has been an Accredited S&C coach with UKSCA since 2008 and L2 BWLA coach since 2006. He started his career at London Wasps Rugby Cub in 2006 and was responsible for the physical development of a number of the squad's up and coming talent such as Christian Wade, Sam Jones, Eliot Daley and Joe launchbury as well as leading the recov…

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Angela Jackson (Physiotherapist): Why are kids getting stress fractures? 56:03

1+ y ago56:03

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Angela Jackson is a Chartered Physiotherapist who has spent the last 35 years seeking to understand why some young athletes get injured, yet others don’t. Her determination to educate young athletes on reducing their injury risk, has fuelled a career that has taken her from Canada, to working with national teams, clubs and schools across many sport…

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James Baker (LTAD Network): The Youth Physical Development Model 59:56

1+ y ago59:56

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In this episode Tulshi Varsani is joined by James Baker as they discuss the Youth Physical Development Model. To learn more about the LTAD Network check out www.ltadnetwork.com or follow on Instagram: @ltadnetwork or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ltadnetwork . You can keep up to date with Athletic Evolution via our www.athleticevolution.co.uk …

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Rob Anderson (The Athlete Academy): Helping young athletes develop healthy habits 53:16

1+ y ago53:16

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Rob Anderson created Athletic Evolution to provide best practice in the athletic development and coaching of young athletes. He is dedicated to improving the quality of athletic development training delivered to young athletes. Rob previously lead the Youth Athletic Development for the Scottish Rugby Academy in both the Caledonia and the Borders & …

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Ali Jawad (Paralympic Silver Medallist): Lessons in Overcoming Adversity 47:36

1+ y ago47:36

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Ali Jawad is a 4x Paralympian, 2016 Paralympic silver medallist, 2014 World Champion, 2 time Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist at 2014/18, PhD candidate and Co-founder of Accessercise. In this episode Ali discusses: Growing up as a double limb amputee. How "getting dragged to the gym" started his career in Paralympic powerlifting. His meteoric ri…

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Lee Taft (The Speed Guy): Reimagining Youth Sports 57:40

1+ y ago57:40

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Lee Taft, known to most simply as “The Speed Guy”, is highly respected as one of the top athletic movement specialists in the world. In the last 30 years he has devoted the majority of his time training multi-directional speed to all ages and abilities. He has spent much of this time teaching his multi-directional speed methods to top performance c…

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Noorin Gulam (Team England Weightlifter): Doing it your own way. 1:13:12

1+ y ago1:13:12

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Noorin Gulam took part in her first weightlifting competition just six weeks after starting the sport - and she hasn't looked back since. Gulam began lifting in her GCSE PE lessons and soon developed a talent and love for the sport. She was crowned 2022 British Champion in the 49kg weight class and holds the British Records with a 73 Snatch, 89 Cle…

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Shannon Archer (Team Scotland Gymnast): Winning the 1st ever CWG Medal for Scotland 36:16

2y ago36:16

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Shannon Archer made her senior Commonwealth Games debut at Gold Coast in 2018 which saw her finish 10th in the Individual All-Around event. She also achieved 5th in the Vault final and competed in the Team Event helping the team secure a 5th place finish. At the 2022 Birmingham Games, Shannon claimed Scotland's first ever individual women's Commonw…

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Jess Grimson: (Team England Beach Volleyball): Being a 2 time Commonwealth Games Athlete. 45:49

2y ago45:49

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Beach volleyball was the hardest sport that Jess Grimson ever tried and that struggle for mastery has driven her to a second Commonwealth Games. Initially bound for a college soccer scholarship in the USA, the Leeds star spiked for the first time aged 13 at the behest of her pioneering P.E teacher. The four-time British champion reached the quarter…

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Jake Henry (Scotland 7's): From Rupture to Rugby 7s at the Commonwealth Games 44:51

2y ago44:51

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Jake Henry is a professional rugby player, recently representing Scotland in Rugby 7’s at the HSBC World Series and the 2022 Commonweath Games in Birmingham. In this episode Jake discusses: The challenge of being a student athlete. The Highs and Lows in his career so far. How he dealt with being injured and going from "the bunker to the gym and bac…

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Kelly Fillingham (Scottish Hockey): Right Player, Right Time, Right Opportunity - The Brave Academy. 47:52

2y ago47:52

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Kelly Fillingham is a Performance Coach and Coach Developer. She is currently employed by Scottish Hockey as the West Regional Development Manager and the Head of Scottish Hockey Girls Emerging Talent Squad, as well as leading on the BRAVE Academy Program. She is also the Director of 360 Hockey. In this episode Kelly discusses: Her hockey career, p…

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Training the Adolescent Female LTAD Chat: Erica Suter, Elisabeth Oehler & Joe Eisenmann 1:08:15

2y ago1:08:15

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This episode is a recording of the LTAD Chat on Training the Adolescent Female, hosted by Joe Eisenmann with guests Erica Suter and Elisabeth Oehler.Erica Suter is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and has a Masters in Exercise Science and Sport Performance Enhancement. As an athlete, she pcaptained the soccer team at Johns Ho…

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Professor Mark De Ste Croix (University of Gloucestershire): What does the research say? 1:01:49

2y ago1:01:49

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Professor Mark De Set Croix has published over 100 articles and presented at over 100 conferences across the globe. He works predominantly in football, identifying injury risk via screening and implementing prevention programmes. A key focus of his work is to help coaches develop their understanding of prevention strategies. After undertaking his t…

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Speed Development LTAD Chat: Tony Holler, John Garrish & Joe Eisenmann 1:08:16

2y ago1:08:16

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This episode is a recording of the LTAD Chat on Speed Development, hosted by Joe Eisenmann with guests Tony Holler and John Garrish. Tony Holler is the track coach at Plainfield North High School outside of Chicago, Illinois. Tony retired from teaching chemistry after 38 years in the classroom and has 40 years of coaching experience in American Foo…

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2022 LTAD Network Conference Preview with James Baker 39:59

2y ago39:59

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In this episode, the LTAD Network Podcast takes a slightly different turn as I invite James Bakerto give a preview of the upcoming 2022 LTAD Network Conference, taking place on July 9-10th at Hartpury University. In this episode we cover: The benefits of Live events vs Online events. What audience the LTAD Network Conference is designed for. An ove…

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Aimee O'Keeffe (Manchester United Women): Why fuelling properly matters for health and performance in the female footballer. 49:27

2y ago49:27

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Aimee Ellen O'Keeffe is a Performance Nutritionist at Manchester United Women's team and owner of Committed Nutrition Ltd, her own private nutrition coaching company. Aimee is passionate about the female athlete, particularly breaking down barriers to fuelling and changing attitudes towards carbohydrates. Aimee has carried out a lot of research sin…

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Dr Liz Durden-Myers (PE Scholar): Is it about us or about them? 52:40

2y ago52:40

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Dr Liz Durden-Myers is a physical education researcher and teacher educator with over 15 years' experience within education across the primary, secondary and higher education sectors. She is currently a Senior Lecturer In Physical Education at the University of Gloucestershire & Bath Spa University, Managing Director & Co-Founder at PE Scholar & Sc…

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Dan Howells (Collaborate Sports) Helping people become better versions of themselves 45:07

2y ago45:07

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Dan Howells is a high performance coach, with a career spanning over 15 years of work in elite sport, both in the UK and the USA. Dan is a certified Strength & Conditioning coach and has worked with: Olympic and Paralympic Programmes, US and GB Ski Team, English Institute of Sport, Wasps Rugby Club, England Rugby 7s, Team GB Rugby 7s (2016 and 2020…

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Ashley Jones (Rugby S&C Coach): what makes a great coach? 1:10:19

2y ago1:10:19

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Ashley Jones is a rugby strength and conditioning coach who has worked at the highest levels of the game for the last 30 years across 4 continents. He was involved with the physical preparation of the Crusaders (Super XV competition), New Zealand All Blacks, Australian Wallabies, Panasonic Rugby in Japan, Edinburgh Rugby in Scotland and the Samoan …

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Dr Sean Cumming (Bath University): An idiot's guide to Growth, Maturation and Biobanding 56:23

2y ago56:23

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Dr Sean Cumming is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Bath, as well as a consultant for the Premier League, Football Association, Lawn Tennis Association and Bath Rugby. In this podcast Sean discusses: The differences between Growth, Maturation, PHV PWV. How these differ between males and females. The effect matur…

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Dan Noble (Noble Sports & Performance): Getting connected 52:10

2y ago52:10

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Dan Noble is the Director of Hockey at Upper Canada College and Former Director of Athlete Performance & Development at The Hill Academy. He is also the Director of Performance at Oshawa Generals and Halifax Thunderbirds as well as the owner of Noble Sports & Performance. He is an Athletic Development Coach, Speaker & Consultant who works with athl…

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David Johnson (West Ham United Academy): Can we reduce the affect of Growth Related injuries? 50:22

2y ago50:22

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David Johnson is an Academy Sports Scientist at West Ham United and previously Academy S&C coach at AFC Bournemouth. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Bath investigating Training Load in Academy Footballers. He holds an MRes in Health and Wellbeing at The University of Bath and a BSc Exercise and Sports Science graduate from Manchester Met…

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Dr Sean Cumming (University of Bath): The latest research on Growth & Maturation 1:07:41

2y ago1:07:41

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Dr Sean Cumming is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Bath, as well as a consultant for the Premier League, Football Association, Lawn Tennis Association and Bath Rugby. He previously provided "An idiot's guide to Growth, Maturation and Biobanding" in Season 1, Episode 11 of the podcast. In this episode Sean discu…

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Pratik Patel (Former NFL S&C and Nutrition Coach): Cutting through the confusion. 58:01

2y ago58:01

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Pratik Patel is the former Director of Performance Nutrition and Assistant S&C with the New York Giants in the NFL for 4 years. Prior to that, Pratik was the Director of Sports Nutrition at University of Oregon, Sports Dietician at Michigan State and interned at the Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals. In this episode Pratik d…

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Joel Brannigan (Northumbria University): Commit to consistency. 1:07:34

2+ y ago1:07:34

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Joel Brannigan is an experienced coach and manager, having worked in strength and conditioning since his retirement from professional rugby in 2004, with a career that say him playing for Edinburgh, London Welsh RFC and Newcastle Falcons RFC and representing Scotland at international level. Accredited in 2007, Joel has worked with success across a …

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Sophie Pidcock (Brisbane Boys College): Helping teenage boys make better decisions. 51:08

2+ y ago51:08

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Sophie is the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Brisbane Boys’ College in Australia. She has spent many years working in the youth athletic development space and also has experience in a professional sporting capacity. Her current role at Brisbane Boys’ College sees her responsible for the implementation and continued improvement of sport sp…

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John Noonan (Noonan Performance): Navigating your career using the Family, Fulfillment and Finance model. 48:04

2+ y ago48:04

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John Noonan is a performance coach, lecturer and business owner, he has over 15 years experience working with youth, senior and international athletes across various professional sports including Olympic medalists and National champions. In 2018 John founded his business Noonan Performance were he now works as a performance coach consultant to elit…

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Mike Boyle (MBSC): Programming 101 1:09:30

2+ y ago1:09:30

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Michael Boyle is the co-owner of Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, and the co-founder of Certified Functional Strength Coach. Boyle is also one of the worlds’ foremost educators in the areas of performance training, personal training and athletic rehabilitation. Boyle has been involved in training and rehabilitation with a wide range of athlete…

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Matt McInnes Watson (Plus Plyos): The tier system of plyometrics. 1:10:07

2+ y ago1:10:07

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Matt McInnes Watson is a performance coach and specialist in track and field, speed, power and plyometrics. Matt is the owner of Plus Plyos, a coaching business that provides plyometric programs and education. He is studying for a PhD in Plyometrics whilst teaching in the United Arab Emirates and coaching athletes from the U.K. and U.S. In this epi…

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Derek Evely (EvelTrak): The importance of building your own coaching framework 1:26:09

2+ y ago1:26:09

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Derek Evely has taken a career path unique in Olympic sport. As an athletics coach, he has coached professionally at all levels along the developmental continuum and is widely regarded as a foremost expert in both youth development training / programming and elite training methodology. As a coach he has produced three World Junior Championship meda…

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Des Ryan (Setanta College): Recruiting, Managing and Retaining a High Performance Department. 59:59

2+ y ago59:59

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Des Ryan works for Setanta College as Director of Coaching & Performance. Des is one of the leading youth coaches and performance managers in sport and a world-renowned practitioner and speaker in the field of youth athletic development. At Setanta College, Des will contribute to the Colleges mission to be recognized in Ireland and Abroad as a lead…

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Elisabeth Oehler (EO Performance): Coaching the sport of weightlifting to children. 44:39

2+ y ago44:39

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Elisabeth Oehler is a strength coach who worked for the German Weightlifting Federation from 2017-2020 as manager of the youth department and later Head of Talent Identification. She's a licensed weightlifting coach (high performance) by the German Olympic Sports Confederation and holds several qualifications in youth development and strength & con…

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