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Justin Gatlin, Strength Training for Explosive Sports Just ahead of the World Championships in Beijing, here’s a rebroadcast of the two-part interview with Dennis Mitchell, Justin Gatlin’s coach, first aired on February 15 last year. Both Gatlin and Mitchell have attracted much criticism and both have been sanctioned for violating doping regulations. Mitchell addresses these […]

S&C training; diets for resilience & recovery Good news ­ one of our favorite guests is back ­the head strength and conditioning coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, Tim DiFrancesco. Similar to our first interview, last year, Tim and I cover a wide range of topics, everything from talent identification, over-training, the wonders of an […]

Mindfulness, mental toughness, sports psychology Brent Hogarth is a young sports psychologist doing research as well as work on the sidelines in the area of mindfulness for athletes. He also runs the website mindandsport.org >Sports Coach Radio is a series of weekly in-depth interview with world-class sports coaches, leaders and scientists, hosted by Glenn Whitney, a […]

Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer Teri McKeever is one of the leading swimming coaches in the world and has been guiding some of the very top women in the sport. In addition to heading up the USA Women’s Team in London, which took home 15 medals, Coach McKeever also served as assistant […]

Jet lag, athletes & seasonal affective disorder (SAD) Minimizing the effect of jet lag and optimizing performance using light therapy — this week’s guest is an expert. Toine Schoutens develops lighting technology, lamps and special wearable visors, and applies them to enhance the performance of world-class swimmers, soccer players, rowers, gymnasts and many others. If […]

Over-training, performance enhancement, protein & recovery Creatine: It’s the go-to nutrition supplement for almost every high-performance athlete. But how much do you really know about it? Dr. Rick Kreider is the director of the Exercise & Sport Nutrition Lab at Texas A&M University and one of the world’s leading experts on creatine and other sports […]

Growth Mindset, coaching expectations & outcomes (re-broadcast) Carol Dweck is one of the world’s most influential social psychologists. Her research is of vast importance to coaches and how they praise and criticize their athletes. Carol is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and an expert on how a person’s thought patterns and belief […]

Track & field, explosive sprinting; jumps; master coaching It’s a great pleasure to have master coach Dan Pfaff back on the show. He’s one of the very most accomplished coaches in track and field, having worked with over 49 Olympians, including nine medallists, most recently helping Britain’s long jumper Greg Rutherford win a gold medal […]

Olympic Gold Medallist; Road Racing Pioneer It’s not often we can feature someone credited with starting a revolution. But it’s true of this week’s guest. In this case it’s the fitness revolution of long distance running. Legendary Olympic Gold Medallist in the Marathon, crusader for ridding sports of illegal drugs, tireless road racing ambassador and […]

Mindfulness in sports, breathing, recovery When it comes to injury and recovery, running expert Michael Sandler has been through the valley of the shadow of death and back again. He’s had several bone-crushing life threatening accidents and fought his way back to health and fitness. Once an elite distance athlete, he’s now a coach and […]

Positive coaching for young athletes Our guest this week is Martin Toms, senior lecturer in Sports Coaching at the University of Birmingham in the UK. He’s one of very few people in the world who can call themselves a “sports ethnographer.” I looked the word up and it means someone who systematically studies people and […]

100 marathons 100 days in a row Ultra endurance, extremely fast recovery, mental toughness – we’ve got it all in this interview. Daren Wendell recently ran across America – 29 miles a day, 100 days in a row. A lot easier said than done. Yes, it’s kind of the Forest Gump thing except Daren isn’t […]

Performing under pressure; handling anxiety This week sports psychologist and mental toughness expert Rob Bell joins us. He’s got a huge depth of experience in golf, distance running and swimming and works across a wide range of other sports. He’s also served as a caddy in numerous top PGA events which gives him a unique […]

John Amaechi, gay athletes, sports coaching psychology We’ve been looking forward to having John Amaechi on the show for a long time. He’s a gentleman, a scholar and a retired world-class basketball player. He’s best known for having been Britain’s most successful NBA player, with starting roles at the Cleveland Caveliers, the Orlando Magic and […]

Mental toughness, improving focus, emotional self-management and dealing with extreme pressure Our guest this week is Dan Abrahams, a young and successful sports psychologist in the U.K. A former professional golfer and PGA golf coach, Dan is the lead psychologist at England Golf. He also works extensively in soccer – or football as it’s often […]

Talent Identification & Skill Development We’re happy to have Joe Baker back on the show. Joe is a sport scientist at York University in Toronto, Canada. He has a PhD and specializes in human skill acquisition, and talent identification and development. We go around the houses several times in this interview, talking about nature versus […]

Rest & Recovery; Boosting Performance With Better Sleep Sleep. It’s one of the final frontiers for improving sports performance. Substantial gains are available to those who can improve sleep quality and consistency. The amazing thing is that some of the world’s best athletes of all time weren’t great sleepers. Imagine what they could have achieved […]

Mile, 1500m, Sebastian Coe rivalry It’s an honor to have on the show this week one of the legends of middle distance running – Steve Cram, a man who set world records, in the 1,000 meter, 1,500 meter and the mile, all in 1985. He was also among the top 800 meter runners of his […]

Power of Visualization and Mental Preparation Sports psychology this week, with one of the country’s leading practitioners. Dr. Jim Taylor has been a consultant for the United States and Japanese Ski Teams, the United States Tennis Association, and USA Triathlon, and has also worked with world-class athletes in cycling, track and field, swimming, football, golf […]

Track 200m and 400m, athletics, sprinting Speed endurance. One of the most physiologically challenging of athletic pursuits. It combines explosive velocity with the ability to hold onto a high intensity when your lungs are crying out for mercy Jimson Lee is an expert on speed endurance, particularly in track and field, including the 200 meter […]