Elitefts Sports Performance Podcast

Mark Watts is The Director of Education at elitefts™ and the NSCA Ohio State Director. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the College of Professional and Applied Studies at Urbana University. He has a Masters Degree in Exercise Science & Health Promotion from California University of PA and a Masters Degree in Elementary Education from Clarion University of PA. Watts has worked with athletes in over 20 different sports at the Division I, II & III levels for over 15 years as a strength & conditioning coach at places such as Denison University, The United States Military Academy at West Point, Allegheny College and Clarion University. Watts competes in both powerlifting and strongman competitions. He is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and is a USMC veteran.

Bob Alejo Assistant AD/ Director of Strength & Conditioning North Carolina State University Topics Covered in the Podcast How Coach Alejo got started in the industry How the game of baseball has progressed Communication with Athletic Trainers and Physical Therapists Abdominal Injuries  in Baseball Baseball Players vs Throwers Tommy John's Epidemic... A different take Total body strength is the best way to increase bat speed More resiliency in younger arms Innings thrown vs pitches thrown Monitoring the Bullpen Baseball is performed from your toes to the ends of your fingers Assessments Approach athletes like they're damaged goods Its not a one day deal Go to Exercises There is no exercise you should avoid Pressing overhead for overhead athletes Finding the Research About balance more than movement Variances between the In-Season Training High Intensity during the season Decrease the slope of the decline by lifting heavy If you can't gain strength at the rep range how can you maintain it? Low Volume

Joe Hashey Synergy Athletics Fitness Business Empire   Topics Covered in the Podcast How Joe got started   4 Knee Surgeries.... and a lot of questions The Start of Synergy Athletics Transitioning from only athletes to the adult population Psychology of completion   What do need to know to start the training process   What the athlete wants and what the parents think they need The responsibility of college preparation Using communication with coaches as a learning experience   A general look at the training philosophy   Concurrent Periodization with High School and College Athletes Repetition method to prepare for Max effort and dynamic effort Training Athletes vs training lifters Athletes need to know, like, and trust you Understanding bar speed    Relationship Building Three phases: Individual, family, community Referrals vs giving back What athletes really need   Appropriate recovery Sleep cycle Travel Teams Nutrition Not a work-ethic issue.... at all   Teaching skills related to the business word

Fred Eaves Director of Wellness and Athletic Performance Battle Ground Academy Topics in this Podcast Topics Covered in this Podcast How Coach Eaves got started in the profession Taking over a New Program Assessing the situation  Identifying roadblocks Exceed expectations Under-promise over-deliver The Multi-Sport Athlete Over-specialized and under-generalized The correlation between the number of sports played and injury rates The throwback kid: physicality, mentality, and resiliency The benefits of competing in other sports year round Assessments Block Zero (Wildcat) assessments The Dynamic Movement Screen Relative strength Movement quality Scheduling 8-period rotating schedule Tier System for everyone Regressing non-athletes in class Wildcat, white, grey, gold, blue programs Technique then Velocity then Load Counter-culture what the world tells us Do more of what they are not getting In-Season Adjustments with the Tier System Manipulating sessions, volume, and intensity In-season: keep high intens

Mark McLaughlin Physical Preperation Coach Owner of Performance Training Center Topics Covered in this Podcast Mark's Journey Catastrophic injuries in youth athletics 3 cases that got Mark's attention to research training Individual Training to Volunteer to Facility Owner Assessments Extensive medical questionnaire Subjective information form athlete: What are your goals Omegawave assessments Warm-up and performance testing Sports Specific Conditioning Strength Assessments How much time are they willing to train? Balancing the athletes schedule with training Number of games, fitness level, particular team or coach Communication with Sport Coaches Educating parents and the athletes to avoid The Training is only one part of it Recovering is a crucial aspect Recovery need s to be individualized and personalized Recovery becoming natural Avoid glycolytic and lactic environments Allowing athletes to recover naturally HRV Fight or Flight vs. Rest and Relax Training Youth Athletes Ban AAU Basketball and y

Chris Doyle Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Football University of Iowa   Topics Covered in This Podcast How Coach Doyle got started Strength & Conditioning and Football Same characteristics lead to success for any coach Sport Coach - Strength Coach Relationship Biggest area of concern with 1st year players Be on Time, Listen-learn-apply, and work hard Teach athletes how to think Counter the recruiting process Adopt the team mindset We create habits and our habit creates us Teaching the program Assessments Hybrid to FMS, back to a hybrid assessment Commonalities of Corrections The stack joint approach Basic Off-Season Template The mistake of peaking everything at once 3 phases of the off-season Speed Training set-up Higher exposure, shorter volume Competitive Speed work. Measure it, rank it, post it Exercise Selection Exercises must be: ground based, multi-joint,  and three-dimensional Five different levels in the program Block Periodization with older athletes In-Season concerns Two

Evan Marcus Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Minnesota Vikings Topics Covered in this Podcast How Coach Marcus got started Getting an edge in athletics D3 to DI Meeting Rock Gullickson Not just Xs and Os but communicating with Athletes Challenges at coaching at the professional level. No matter what level, coaches are there to help athletes Character Development Your assessments, the biggest issues you face with athletes Don't assume anything Breaking everything down to its implest terms Communication with private sector coaches Player would preferably train with former college coaches Expectations with more buy-in Communication with the Medical Staff Point A to point B Overall goals for the players Training before and during OTAs Working with professionals Knowing what to expect "Go-to" exercises with progressions and regressions Giving freedom to choose exercises Focusing on movement speed for older athletes In-season training Maintain = good enough Being the strongest during the season T

Tobias Jacobi Strength & Conditioning Coach Assistant Football Caoch Teacher Strong Rock Christian School Topics Covered in this Podcast The Journey The family sacrifice Gong from a a head position Dealing with being let go Being humble and You cannot be successful without an ego in this profession Becoming a better coach by fitting in with other coaches The transition from college to high school The multi-sport athletes Parents vs sport coaches Getting kids strong in limited time As little specialization as possible Consistency is king Box Squats for all athletes Chris Doyle and programming Assessments for athletes Coach Jacoby's 5 Specific Assessments What a typical training week looks like What Coach Coach Jacoby wants all his athletes to talk with him Taking pride in your last name Implementing a leadership program Communicating with Sport coaches and parents Face-time is vitally important Have the best interest of the athlete in mind E-Mail is the devil Get out of the weight room If the only time

Mike Boyle Mike Boyle Strength & Conditioning   Topics Covered in this Podcast The Beginnings How Coach Boyle got his Start Having Mike Woicik as a roommate Appointing himself as the BU Strength Coach Training Training for Hockey Getting strong is getting strong regardless of sport Why there is a steroid problem in Track & Field Defining strength in an unconventional way Unilateral Training for Sports The Bilateral deficit research The influence of Mark Verstagen How a coach defines strong vs what is strong for their sports Youth Training What we are doing wrong The Matheny Manifesto The 10,000 Rule Greg Rose's Cyclone Circuit Basic Motor Qualities Early Specialization Soccer in Brazil and Baseball in the Dominican The number 1 problem in youth sports....the parents The responsibility of the strength coach Staff Development Pick the Right People Get people that want to work Educating through a solid set of resources Book club for professional development Making the coaches do the workout Advice for Yo

Ted Perlak Assistant Athletic Director for Strength & Conditioning University of Delaware How Ted Got Started in Development of Your Staff Sport Coach Relationships Starting Over of as a New Coach Durability Five Things every coach wants and every athlete needs Adjusting the facility Communication at the beginning of the year to add buy-in The lost art of technique Not what you emphasis it what you tolerate and what you allow Its about Progress The Four "Knows" of Programming Why you Eat the Frog First Fitting exercises in the Training template Back to Front Approach The Conjugated Tier System under Prilepin's Table Training Schedules Two 2-Week Microcycle Collision vs Contact vs Non-Contact Sports Preparing for Practice Using Velocity Based Training In-Season SS Yoke bar and Chains for squat progressions Expecting the Worse to be surprised Nutrition with Athletes The added benefits of Velocity based Training What is the biggest challenge with Freshman What Coach Perlak does to make himself a better coac

Cory Schlesinger Assistant Director of Sports Enhancement for men's basketball University of Alabama-Birmingham Topics Covered in this Podcast  The Nautilus Checklist A Strength Coach at age 19 Intern to Director The advantage of being an assistant General and Foundational Strength Noon ball to a new job The Coyote Kettlebell Club with Dan John Primal Movements - Motor Skills Movement for Body Awareness Complexes for multiple modalities Assessments for basketball players Joint by Joint from the ground up Don't need to be a genius to see dysfunction Modifications by height Olympic Lifting Variations for taller players Multiple squat variations the Wingspan Phenomena; Training Spiders Off-Season = Should be most variation Changes in the culture of Basketball Physicality can dictate the way players play The beauty of the younger sport coach The Southern culture in basketball Players are not education and it's not their fault Technology in sports performance Technology reinforces what you already know How weigh

Frank Wintrich Director of Football Sports Performance Brigham Young University Topic in this Podcast How Coach Wintrich got startedAssessmentsOlympic LiftsHigh Low SequencingIn-Season TrainingTechnologyThe ABCs Advice for Young Coaches The Frank Wintrich File Provides the BYU football program with integrated short and long term physical preparation training. A highlight of this training is the implementation of the multi-year system of training known as P.A.D.S. This program incorporates a holistic approach to the development of athletes, ensuring the mastery of one skill before moving forward with the development of a more advanced skill. Training begins with developing the minds of athletes through the utilization of the Self Aware Athlete program. This educational resource teaches athletes how to understand their bodies in order to better provide for their everyday physical and emotional needs. Performance Program Principles dictate athletes train safely, with a focus on strength development along with sk

Topics Covered in This Podcast Luck is where preparation meets opportunity The biggest changes Eric has seen in Baseball Assessments for athletes Communication with coaches Do no harm, do no good? Educating athletes Best scheduled scenario for In-season training This may not be bad, but is there something better? Emotional separaration of Traits of Elite level players Torso Injuries in Baseball. Why? Theres what you know and what you can implement - Mike Boyle Eric Cressey's "Bang-for-our-buck" exercises Deadlift tips for athletes. Speed Training for Baseball Replicating & Simulation versus carryover on the field The importance of Staff Synergy The Law of Repeated Exposures The best advice for young coaches How to reach Eric, upcoming events The Eric Cressey File Eric Cressey is president and co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, with facilities located in Hudson, MA and Jupiter, FL.  A highly sought-after coach for healthy and injured athletes alike, Eric has helped athletes at all levels - from yo

Gary Schofiled Heade Strength & Conditioning Coach Greater Atlanta Christian School NSAC Southest Regional Coordinator Topics in this Podcast How Gary Schofield got started.From D3 Baseball to the NBAThink different to make a difference High School Strength & Conditioning in the SoutheastWhat a typical day looks like Adapting the training for athletes that are in-seasonMonitoring Athletes at the High School LevelWhat gets measured mattersThe role of an Educator in a Physical Education SettingFive Premises for Every High School Strength CoachWhat does a High School plan look likeThree factors when developing a plan.Speed and Agility Progressions for AthletesRest & Recovery is the best thing I have added to my program 4 phases of Agility Training4 Phases of Linear Speed DevelopmentSports are not played for sport; sports are played for scholarshipsThe Criticism of CrossFit. Why?Coaches Rock, Experts Rule Can’t have impact without ConnectionCoach Schofield’s Biggest influences Coach Schofield on Twitt

Power Athlete John Welbourn, Luke Summers, Cali Hinzman, Tex McQuilkin, Bobby Goodfellow Topics in this Podcast 1. How did Power Athlete get started: From he NFL to training athletes2. What is the most important takeaway for attendees of a seminar3. The challenge of teaching lifters to be athletes: the missing link of movement4. The mental barrier of training being the test5. Starting position determines success on the field and the weight room6. Adapting training to the population and their goals7. Key component of the warm-up (targeting the population and the movements). 8. Addressing demands and Opportunity: Scaling across a population 9. ACL injury prevention strategies: Identify injury mechanisms, 4 factors10. Performance Perspective Cueing11. Coaching cues and addressing weakpoints for the Olympic Lifts12. Emotional, tactical and mechanical cues13. Using the Olympic lifts as a means to an end14. Common mistakes with the Olympic lifts and strategies to fix them. 15. Violence in the Pull and Using Strongm

Ross Bowsher, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, Arkansas Tech University Topics in this Interview How Ross got started in the professionNetworking through powerliftingMentors that allow their assistants to grow"You can make it other ways"Training is training no matter where you areMotivating athletes: "You have to want to have to train”Running a DI program at the DII levelWhy hasn’t small schools adapted this model?Trusting your assistant by trusting who they learned fromVelocity based trainingUsing Force plate to determine strength & speed qualitiesWeak point training at the highest levelBrian Mann is the man using VBT for preparednessKnowing your athletes: jousting preparedness by bar speedDeveloping high force at slower speedsDifferences in technique based on body typesFrom Charlie Francis to Dwayne Carlisle; From the weight room to the field.The speed work and the weight room are marriedWorking with ThrowersWeak Point training with throwersThe Law of Individual differencesYou have to survive it

Brian Thompson, PhD Associate Professor of Exercise Science and Sport StudiesDirector of Strength and Conditioning Springfield College Topics in this Podcast How Brian Got StartedManaging the Duel RoleThe Springfield Curriculum; 3 major componentsWhat are the key requirements for every studentLooking in the MirrorAdvice on InternshipsHow does Coach Thompson evaluate graduate assistantsCoach Interactions with AthletesThe responsibility of carrying the torchCoaches reacting to criticismScheduling teams in the small school settingTraveling to China and observing trainingAssessmentsPrograming TemplatesWhat you should know by the time you earn your BSThe role of Nutrition in CoachesAdvice for young coachesHow to reach Dr. Thompson Brian Thompson, PhD Associate Professor of Exercise Science and Sport StudiesDirector of Strength and ConditioningOffice: ATES 206Email: bathomps@springfieldcollege.eduPhone: (413) 748-3495 Courses Taught Advanced Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditio

Evan Simon Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach Oregon State University   Topics in this Podcast The JourneyThe most important aspects of arriving at a new school and implementing your program Big 10 - Pac 12 Stigma Goals of the Winter phase An overview of the winter program individual differences with speed components Using Prilipen’s chart to adjust volumerotating auxiliary movements Indicator Movements Olympic Lifting Overhead Lifting Manager of StressAssessments of athletes mobility concerns with prehabilitation Spring Ball considerationsStaff development (advice for young coaches 2 ways to get jobs demanor and coaching cuesHow can people reach Coach Simon Evan Simon Bio       Courtesy: Oregon State University Athletic Communications Release: 12/23/2014 Evan Simon was appointed Oregon State’s head football strength and conditioning coach in January of 2015. His duties include the development, implementation and monitoring of all strength and conditioning aspects of the B

Loren Landow Founder of Loren Landow Performance Director of Performance Enhancement - Steadman Hawkins Institute Denver Topics in this Podcast Mentally Preparing for the NFL Combine: 8 Weeks for 2 tenthsThe training structure for combine prepPositional and Individual Differences when teaching combine drillsThe Biggest Mistakes athletes makes widen changing directionsWhat athletes do wrong on lei near acceleration startsThe Best strength training exercises for Speed and AgilityThe Overlooked quality of Deceleration TrainingHow Brendan Schwab got Loren started training MMA fightersPreparing Cat Zingano for her fight against Ronda RouseyThe Misconceptions: Why Strength & Power training is so important for MMAThere is no off-season in MMA. the organization of a training campTraining when bodyweight is a factorHow Loren got into sports performance and who were his biggest influences. The best advice Loren would give to young coachesThe best way to follow Loren The Loren Landow File Loren received his bachelor

Interview with John O'Sullivan, Founder of Changing the Game Project Topics in this Podcast What motivated John to start the Changing the Game Project   The role of a Former Athlete, Coach and a Parent   Formal Education for Youth Sports Coaching?   Project Play   Playing games vs practice   The US Developing a slow players on the field   Early Specialization: The Race to Nowhere   The Trickle down effect of early competition   The Role of Physical Education with Youth sports   Naperville, Illinois PE Program   Group Dynamics of Gender Roles   The 7 Cs of High Performance   Are we communicating to the right people?   Social media and Youth Sports   How to reach John O'Sullivan   The John O'Sullivan File John started the Changing the Game Project in 2012 after two decades as a soccer player and coach on the youth, high school, college and professional level.  He brings to the table a wealth of practical, hands on knowledge garnered through years of working with players and their families on sport specific dev