High School Strength Coach Podcast | Strength & Conditioning | Performance | Training | Athletics
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 176 ratingsHigh School Strength Coach Podcast. The top high school strength coaches in the nation, the best exercises, the best drills, the latest in strength & conditioning research, all the tools and guidance you need are here at the high school strength coach podcast! This podcast is for you, the high school strength coach that needs new and fresh training ideas to help their athletes reach their highest potential! so get ready to be inspired, and motivated to become the best strength coach you can be for your athletes. This is a weekly podcast for High School strength coaches that want to increase their level of knowledge in the field, and maybe do not have time to go to all the clinics and conferences but they have time to listen while working out or driving to work.
Hello, my name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching. Thanks for checking out the website. It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes. This is why I created this podcast. I hope you find it useful and valuable!
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HSSC 61: Paul Kolody Hunterdon Central Regional talks Red Devil Strength in New Jersey
March 17, 2017 08:00 - 46 minutes - 63.5 MBI talk with Coach Paul Kolody fron Hunterdon Central Regional high in New Jersey. I spoke with Coach Kolody at the NHSSCA conference and he was a great coach to catch up with. Lots of great things going on at HC that I had to have coach on and talk about. We talk about his programming , scheduling, movement exercises and all the other exciting things going on with his school and some upcoming conferences going on in his area that are going to be epic. Paul Kolody earned his Bachelors of Sc...
HSSC 60: How to be a Flexible Strength Coach with Garson Skelton Harker Heights Texas
February 22, 2017 09:00 - 56 minutes - 78 MBI talk with Garson Skelton from Harker Heights High school out in Texas. Had a chance to talk with coach over the weekend at the National high school strength coach association national conference down in Atlanta. Coach Skelton has a unique situation he is in being located right next to Fort Hood and having to deal with Military kids coming and going all the time. He needs to be ready for new athletes all the time at varying training ages. We talk about programming, motivation, being flexibl...
HSSC 59: Building a program with Travis Lombardozzi Brunswick Blue Devils Ohio
February 10, 2017 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBI talk with Travis Lombardozzi from Brunswick high blue devils in Brunsick Ohio. Very excited to share this one with you. Coach Lombardozzi gives some great insights into his program and has some really good takeaways that you can use with your own program and athletes. Some topics we discuss are how to create your program from scratch, how to great relationships with admins, board members and other funding resources, using heart rate training tools, how to know if your programming is workin...
HSSC 58: Shawn Powell talks Cannon School Cougars Strength & Conditioning
February 03, 2017 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBI talk with Shawn Powell from Cannon School located in Concord North Carolina. If you are from the southeast region you may know of coach Powell and his background and it is a pretty cool one that a lot high school strength coaches haven’t had the chance to experience. Coach Powell brings a lot of knowledge in coaching to the high school level, but he says he is always learning and wanting to better himself and his program everyday. There are lot of great nuggets of info in this one, so you ...
HSSC 57: Tyler Weddle talk Shiloh Christian Saints programming and motivation
January 27, 2017 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBI talk with Tyler Weddle from Shiloh Christian high School located in Arkansas. Coach Weddle runs a great program and Shiloh is known for state championships not only in football but other Olympic sports as well. Lots of great things going on there. If you want to check out the football site, go to Shilohchristianfootball.com. Coach Weddle enters his third season at Shiloh Christian. He graduated from OBU in 2012 with a B.A. in Kinesiology. In August of 2012, Coach Weddle joined the Unive...
HSSC 56: John McKenna Notre Dame Irish Strength and 32 years of coaching
January 19, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBI talk with John McKenna and get some valuable nuggets in this episode. Coach McKenna has so much knowledge and experiences and is very valuable to the strength and conditioning community. He loves the field and wants to not only get his athletes better everyday but also make the industry for high school strength coaches better as well. John McKenna is in his 18th season as Athletic Performance Director at Notre Dame High School, and has been a strength coach and football coach for over 3...
HSSC 55: What is the NHSSCA? with Gary Schofield. This is EPIC! #beoriginal
December 05, 2016 01:31 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBI talk with Gary Schofield in this episode about the new NHSSCA which is the National High School Strength Coaches Association. This new association is going to be epic and a huge game changer for the high school strength coach. There is going to be so much value given from this new association. The website is nhssca.us and check out the NHSSCA Facebook page as well! Don't forget Natcon 2017 located at Greater Atlanta Christian School in Atlanta. With a special guest appearance of ??? Ok I g...
HSSC 54: Ponderosa Mustangs Strength Program with Patrick Nolan in Colorado
November 23, 2016 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode I talk with Coach Patrick Nolan from Ponderosa high school in Parker Colorado. Coach Nolan is a strength coach for both a sports performance center and Ponderosa Mustangs. He has got a great program implemented and makes sure that each athlete is developing the way they should be with movement first. Before his current position he was the head strength and conditioning coach at Glenbrook South H.S. in Glenview, IL. And he was also a sports performance coach at TCBOOST Spor...
HSSC 53: How to train young athletes w/ Cody Ellet Broken Arrow Tigers in OK
November 16, 2016 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBI talk with coach Cody Ellet from Broken Arrow high located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Coach Ellet has some amazing facilities and the admins and parents of that district are definitely on board for the tigers. Lots of good topics we discuss like programming for tiger athletes, training tools he uses, speed and agility workouts, mobility drills, and recovery as well. Lots of good insight into his program. Cody Ellett has been the director of Strength and Conditioning for Broken Arrow Publ...
HSSC 52: John Garrish North Broward Prep in Florida talk lifelong training for athletes
November 10, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBI talk with Coach John Garrish from North Broward Prep in Florida. Coach Garrish has a movement based approach program which means movement precedes strength. He really wants to make sure that strength is not loaded on top of mobility deficiencies as you will hear him talk about. He really has a passion for coaching and having a huge impact on the athletes he coaches to succeed later in college sports or in life. We talk about Hockey in Florida, the new facility coming, athletic development,...
HSSC 51: Trinity Rocks Fundraising for the weightroom with Michael Snyder Louisville Kentucky
November 04, 2016 09:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBI talk with Coach Michael Snyder from Trinity High in Louisville, Kentucky. He coaches at an all boys schools with all kinds of sports available to the athletes like bass fishing, archery, bowling, lacrosse, rugby, hockey, as well as all the traditional sports. In this episode some topics include, why coach Snyder is a strength coach, lessons he has learned, his school schedule, programming, fundraising, and advice to a new strength coach. Very cool interview and coach Snyder has some great ...
HSSC 50: Matt Cates trains The "Want To Athletes" at Penn High Kingsman Strength Program
August 31, 2016 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBMatt Cates from Penn High school talks about the Want to, the have to, and the can't do athletes. And how do you coach each athlete differently. Penn High is located in Mishawaka, Indiana. This is one interview you are going to want to listen to again and again because Coach Cates has so many great ideas on training. Tons of great stuff that can be implemented with your athletes. Another great topic we talk about is the seniors role in being a leader for the rest of the team and other athlet...
HSSC 49: Erik Hansen the big picture of strength & conditioning programs Cate Rams California
August 24, 2016 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBErik Hansen from Cate school Rams located in Carpintaria, California. Coach Hansen is in a little bit different situation than most high school strength coaches since he works at a prep school , is the swimming coach, and lives on campus too. Cate school is a top 50 school in the nation for prep schools and focuses on academics for their students but with coach Hansen and the other sport coaches there, they have a great athletic program as well. They may have a small school population but th...
HSSC 48: "One Brick at a time" Shane Trotter Mansfield Tiger Strength in Texas
August 17, 2016 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBI talk with coach Shane Trotter from the Mansfield Tigers located in Mansfield Texas. You may have heard of coach Trotter since he is an outstanding strength coach for the Tigers program and is also a writing contributor to many different places on the internet. He has several articles in on Stack.com website, Startingstrength.com and also Breakingmuscle.com too. He also has his own website with a lot of great info for the high school strength coach. . It is called amatuerstrength.com You ...
HSSC 47: Sam Ordung is changing lives one athlete at a time. Hillsboro Burros Strength Tennesee
August 03, 2016 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBIn this episode I talk with coach Sam Ordung from Hillsboro high located in Nashville, TN. The Hillsboro Burros are a growing program in Nashville and Coach Ordung is the mastermind behind it all. He has changed and influenced a lot of athletes lives for the better at this inner city school. Coach Ordung has a pretty unique situation and a very busy life and coaching career. Sam received his BA from the University of Nebraska, his Masters in divinity from Vanderbilt divinity school and is ...
HSSC 46: Tony Stewart North Scott Lancer Strength in Iowa builds the whole athlete
July 27, 2016 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBTony stewart from North Scott high school in Iowa. Coach stewart has been coaching for while now and knows how to get that energy and drive out of his athletes to do big things. He really takes it slow when he starts to train 6-8th graders to ensure success later on. He also has a great program he uses when they first enter into Lancer strength. He also gives some great tips and techniques on how to test athletes without having to use expensive tech like Omega Wave. Coach Stewart has an awes...
HSSC 45: Raising money with Doug Gle Traverse City Central Trojans in Michigan
July 20, 2016 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBDoug Gle from Traverse city central Michigan has tons of great ideas and thoughts on training the high school athlete. He has a ton of knowledge and experience. As one topic we discuss is how he raised over $100,000 for equipment and supplies through grants and fundraising for his facility. Very cool stuff. Coach Gle has taught life science, physical science, environmental science, science nutrition and physical education. He is also the strength and conditioning coach as well as coaching f...
HSSC 44: Tiger Strength in the Midwest is competitive with Coach Scott Meier
June 29, 2016 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBI talk with Scott Meier from the Farmington Tigers located in Farmington Minnesota in the Midwest. Farmington high is in one of the toughest conferences in Minnesota and Coach Meier knows he has to have his athletes ready for every sport because of this high level of competition. Coach Meier has a lot of great things to share in this interview and he goes into depth about the tiger strength and conditioning program and I am sure you will be able to pull more than a few nuggets of info out of...
HSSC 43: How to train high school athletes with Cal Dietz, Jeff Nichols, Brandon Lilly, Ron Mckeefery, Adam Nelson, Aaron Ausmus and Daniel McKim
June 15, 2016 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBCal Dietz, Jeff Nichols, Brandon Lilly, Ron Mckeefery, Adam Nelson, Aaron Ausmus and Daniel McKim talk about training the high school athlete. What exercises should they be doing, what should they be competent at when entering college, what are mobility drills to perform, how to fix the deadlift, bench, and squat and many more. I got some pretty great answers and every coach had differing opinions on training which is always good so that you can gain a new perspective on training. I hope you...
HSSC 42: Mark Hoover Panther Strength talks APRE and Velocity Based Training
May 26, 2016 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBMark Hoover from Panther Strength talks APRE and VBT training in Monroe, North Carolina at Piedmont High School. Coach Hoover has done some updating to his program and has some interesting insights to share into his programming. He has implemented the APRE readiness program and has also been training with some Velocity Based programs too from Bryan Mann. Mark Hoover is a 1996 graduate of Hiram College (OH) and received his teaching certification from Edinboro University of Pa in 2000. His...
HSSC 41: Boilermakers Strength- Adam Vogel trains and tracks athletes with new tech
May 18, 2016 08:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBAdam Vogel from Bradley Bourbonnais high school located in Bradley Illinois has a great program with some pretty unique features to the school and the athletic department. He also has some exciting things going on there with some cool new tech he is using too. Catapult sports has helped him really get the most out of training. I also talk to him about his nutrition and mobility programming as well. This is a great episode with some great takeaways so make sure you try and catch them all. ...
HSSC 40: Summer Stong 9 features top speakers and athletes with Bert Sorin from Sorinex
May 13, 2016 20:53 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBBert Sorin, who is the owner and president of Sorinex exercise equipment located in Columbia, SC talks about Summer Strong 9. Do you want to be around other like minded coaches and athletes? This is the clinic of the year! This is such a great clinic and there is so much to learn there and better yourself as a strength coach for your athletes. The speakers are amazing every year and as you will hear, the speakers, coaches and attendees come from all walks of life, and there is so much to lea...
HSSC 39: Bryan Pulliam at Athens Academy Spartan Strength of America Award
May 11, 2016 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBCoach Bryan Pulliam from Athens Academy has a highly successful program and recieves awards for it from the NSCA. His dedication to the program is awesome and it really shows in the structure and organization as well as the culture that he has there. There is great emphasis on strength and condition there and a huge buy in from administrators as well as sport coaches. Coach pulliam drops some great knowledge bombs in this episode so rewind and listen again if you have too. Coach Pulliam g...
HSSC 38: The Godfather of High School Strength & Conditioning Kevin Vanderbush Ben Davis, Indianapolis
May 05, 2016 20:32 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBCoach Kevin Vanderbush from Ben Davis High located in Indianapolis , Indiana. Coach Vanderbush is one of the very first or possibly the first full time strength coach to make such a huge impact at the high school level. Since starting the program at Ben Davis in 1984, the success has only gotten better and better every single year from his program. He has some amazing things to share an there are so many gold nuggets and takeaways in this episode that you just might want to listen to it agai...
HSSC 37: Dragon Strength Training in Iowa with Brian Lutter
April 27, 2016 08:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBCoach Brian Lutter from Johnston High school located in Johnston Iowa talks Dragon Strength & Conditioning. Coach Lutter has been with Johnston high for 11 years now and has really built the strength program to what it is today. The program has come a long way and it shows in the athletes there. Every athlete is getting better and improving athletic performance while decreasing injuries. Coach Lutter takes nothing for granted and just wants to train athletes and just do something to get them...
HSSC 36: Texas Football and Strength Training with Denton Guyer Wildcats and Coach Kyle Keese
April 20, 2016 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBCoach Kyle Keese from Denton Guyer High school located in Denton Texas trains the Wildcasts to get better everyday. If you know anything about the combination of Texas and football then you know that it is big business and this also includes the strength and conditioning programs there too. At Denton Guyer they take this very seriously and have had great success in the 10 years they have been open as a high school. Coach Keese has done a great job of getting all athletes involved and also ke...
HSSC 35: Pleasant Valley Spartans go hard in Iowa w/ Strength Coach Ryan Arnold
April 06, 2016 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBCoach Ryan Arnold from Pleasant Valley High School located in Bettendorf, Iowa trains all athletes and makes each one better every day. Coach Arnold has an outstanding program, and he has a great assistant coach staff as well as he uses a lot of college students that are wanting to be strength coaches from a few of the surrounding universities. He also has a tremendous way to motivate his athletes, and it has helped with the overall success and culture of the athletic department. Ryan Arnol...
HSSC 34: Dan Stevens strength coaches at two high schools; Thomas Worthington and Worthington Kilbourne
March 23, 2016 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBCoach Dan Stevens is a superman strength coach as he is coaching and juggling two different strength programs in Columbus Ohio. He splits time with both schools in the district and is able to work with athletes and non athletes and help everyone get just a little bit better every single day. He is part Cardinal and part wolf and obviously stays in beastmode the whole time to be able to accomplish this task as a high school strength and conditioning coach. Lets just say that lots of high sch...
HSSC 33: Carroll High Chargers Strength & Conditioning Indiana with Nico Tigulis
March 16, 2016 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBCoach Nico Tigulis from Carroll High school located in Fort Wayne Indiana has a big program with Charger Athletics. This is another episode with another great coach from Indiana. Coach Tigulis trains both athletes and non athletes and they have really bought into the program. Coach Tigullis is also a football coach too, so he is able to really be hands on with the football players too. The chargers have had excellent sports season since implementing a strength program and are looking to get ...
HSSC 32: WeBo Stars Strength program with Jayme Comer in Indiana uses tech to track athletes.
February 24, 2016 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBJayme Comer from Western Boone High school located in Thorntown, Indiana. Webo high school as they refer to it is just outside of Indianapolis. Coach Comer has some really exciting training programs going on there and almost all athletes are able to work with coach comer since he trains at least 90% of athletes that step on the court or field. He also has a really cool piece of tech he is using to track his athletes too so I can’t wait for you to hear it. Jayme Comer is in his second year ...
HSSC 31: JENKS, OK, Championship Trojan Strength & Conditioning with Jordan Johnson
February 17, 2016 17:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBCoach Jordan Johnson has a huge program at Jenks High school located in Jenks OK. If you are from that region like Texas and Oklahoma then you probably know where Jenks is and what its all about. Jenks has an outstanding football program. The Trojans just won their 4 state championship in a row and they have won 16 total state championships throughout the years. Their athletic program is really strong and Coach Johnson is right in the middle of all of it.. He has been at Jenks since 2012. Co...
HSSC 30: Deer Park Strength Program in Texas with Coach Doug Bull trains 900 athletes!
February 10, 2016 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBDoug Bull trains 900 athletes and has an extraordinary program at Deer Park Strength in Deer Park Texas. You may have heard of Deer Park high and Coach Bull before since he holds a really big high school strength coach clinic every January for the past 6 years and it has grown bigger every year. Coach Bull came from the college ranks and really has a lot of experience with training athletes. His journey is pretty unique and since being at Deer Park, he has created a great strength program th...
HSSC 29: Coach Rob Brokaw and the Archbishop Bergan Knights Strength Program in Nebraska
February 04, 2016 01:06 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBCoach Rob Brokaw from Archbishop Bergan high school is located in Fremont Nebraska. Coach Brokaw has done an outstanding job at his school and even though it is a smaller school he is really making huge improvements in the sports performance of the athletes there. A really awesome thing we will talk about is the High school strength clinic that is coming up this April and he has some big name speakers coming. He had a ton of success last year with it and is ready to make it even better this ...
HSSC 28: How a Strength Coach transitions to a new high school with Coach Brian Jackson
January 20, 2016 22:08 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBCoach Brian Jackson from Lakewood high school located in Sumter, South Carolina. Coach Jackson is longtime strength coach in South Carolina being at one school for 18 years and now is making a transition from Crestwood high to the new school of Lakewood high this year for his 19th year as a strength coach. You may remember coach Jackson as he was on episode 8 when I talked to him about strength meets and how the South Carolina strength meet is operated. And for sure reach out to him if you ...
HSSC 27: Noblesville Millers Strength Training in Indiana with Coach Brian Clarke
December 24, 2015 00:17 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBCoach Clarke is in his 8th year at Noblesville High School. He is a native of the northwest side of Chicago and graduated from Butler University (Bachelors Degree: Secondary Education/ Exercise Science and Masters Degree: School Administration EPPSP). This is Coach Clarke’s 14th year as a head strength and conditioning coordinator. Coach Clarke came to Noblesville in the summer of 2008 after highly successful stops at Warren Central (IN) and Pike High School (IN). In all he has been taken pa...
HSSC 26: Basehor Linwood Bobcat Strength program and how to train high school athletes
December 16, 2015 16:31 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBRoss Schwisow serves as the Strength and Conditioning coordinator Basehor Linwood Bobcats in Basehor Kansas. Ross Schwisow serves as the Strength and Conditioning coordinator for the USD 458 district. This program involves morning sessions, class sessions, and after school sessions that reach over 300 students a week during the school year as well as the summer. Schwisow came to Basehor-Linwood high school in the summer of 2006 from the University of Missouri where he served as a Strength...
HSSC 25 - Michael Gilligan Bixby High Spartan Strength Program strives for the best in Oklahoma!
November 18, 2015 21:04 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBCoach Michael Gilligan is the head strength coach at Bixby High school located in Bixby Oklahoma. Coach Gilligan has had incredible results and successes since implementing his strength program for the Spartans 2 years ago. Last football season they were 2014 state champs for their division. And many other teams have had successful seasons as well. And their facilities at Bixby are top notch too and coach Gilligan really uses all the space he has and makes great use of it for the huge number...
HSSC 24: Coach Garrett Keith Westminster Christian Academy talks about "Day by Day" when training athletes
November 11, 2015 14:05 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBCoach Garrett Keith is the head strength coach at Westminster Christian Academy located in Huntsville Alabama. Coach Keith has really implemented a great program there and his athletes have really bought into the strength program. And in turn they seeing great results in their athletic program. Garrett has been the strength and conditioning coach at WCA for 6 years. He is a 1999 graduate of American Christian Academy. After high school he attended the University of North Alabama where he w...
HSSC 23: Coach Hunter Wood from Apopka High talks Blue Darter Strength and Sports Performance
October 21, 2015 15:18 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBHunter Wood from Apopka High school located in Florida. Coach Wood has had a very successful run with football over the last few years, and the other sports he works with have been successful as well. Lots of good things going on at Apopka, so before we get to the interview, here is just a little about coach wood. Coach Hunter Wood is a graduate of East Carolina University where he was a 4 year letter winner with the Pirate Football Team. After graduation Coach moved to Central Florida and b...
HSSC 22: Coach Patrick McHenry talks Sabercat Strength from Castle View High Colorado
October 01, 2015 15:29 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBCoach Patrick McHenry from Castle View high school located in Castle rock, Colorado. Coach McHenry has been in strength & conditioning since 1989 so he has a ton of experience in what he is doing. He has a ton to share to today but before we talk with him let me give you a little bio info on him. Coach McHenry has a Masters of Arts degree, is CSCS certified with Distinction, and has his USAW cert too. In 2003 he was the regional strength coach of the year for American football monthly, in 20...
HSSC 21: Coach Eric Reed from Raymond Ellis high in AZ talks Cougar Strength & Conditioning
September 23, 2015 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBEric Reed from Raymond S. Kellis high school located in Glendale Arizona. Coach Reed has been at the high school level for 10 years now but started out interning at Northern Arizona University, he coached at some junior colleges in the area, and spent 2 years working with the Arizona rattlers which is an arena football team located in Phoenix. He is CSCS certified with Distinction and an RSCC as well and served as the Arizona state director. He is currently the rocky mountain regional direct...
HSSC 20: Mark Wine on how De La Salle's strength program is different from every other high school
September 09, 2015 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBDe La Salle high school in California with Strength Coach Mark Wine. De La Salle has a great athletic program and has really excelled in football the last few years. They were ranked #1 nationally this preseason for football. Coach Wine talks about how De La Salle's strength program is different from every other high school program in the nation. Here is a little about Coach Wine. Mark Wine is the owner of Functional Muscle Fitness in Concord, CA. which is an elite athletic and fitness pe...
HSSC 19: Lincoln High Nebraska Strength program with Coach Venable
September 02, 2015 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBCoach Venable from Lincoln high school. Coach Venable has a big background in Olympic weightlifting and has some really great training methods when it comes to training the high school athlete. And since Coach Boyd Epley has returned to Nebraska, he has been able to use Coach Epley as a resource for his high school strength program. Coach Venable has a really cool background in training and is having great success in the high school realm. Coach Stewart Venable brings his passion, knowledge...
HSSC 18: Coach Tobias Jacobi talks about his movement screening at Strong Rock Christian
August 26, 2015 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBToby Jacobi from Strong Rock Christian school. Coach Jacobi has been at the college level for the past 14 years and has finally made a transition to the high school level. He has been able to use his extensive knowledge on training athletes now at Strong Rock. But as you will hear in the interview, there are always challenges you will face at the high school level. His journey into the strength field is very interesting and he has had a ton of great mentors and people to work with throug...
HSSC 17: Weightroom Organization, Safety and Policies and Procedures
August 19, 2015 08:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBIn this episode I am going to talk about organization, safety, policies and procedures, and setup at the beginning of the school year that will ensure you are productive the whole year. There are many topics covered in this episode. I talk about communication with athletes and sport coaches, trainers, campus security and the administration. I also talk about setup and organization of the weightroom when it comes to having a efficient function weightroom. I also give examples on weight ...
HSSC 16: Ryan Johnson from Wayzata High in Minnesota talks about the multisport athlete
August 12, 2015 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBRyan Johnson of Wayzata High school talks today in another awesome strength coach podcast. Coach Johnson is located in Plymouth, Minnesota. A Midwest strength coach on today's show and we will dive into questions about that region on strength training, strength competitions, and how to train the Minnesota hockey player. Here is a little about Coach Johnson. Ryan Johnson, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D Coach Johnson teaches physical education at Wayzata High School and is the Strength and Conditioning...
HSSC 15: Coach Gary Schofield from Greater Atlanta Christian talks about his philosophy on strength training
August 05, 2015 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBCoach Gary Schofield from Greater Atlanta Christian school located in Atlanta, Georiga. You may have seen Coach Schofield talk at many clinics and conferences and you know he has been in the business for a long time and has a wealth of knowledge in strength coaching. He has a nationally recognized high school program down in Atlanta. Entering his 21st year as a nationally certified and state licensed athletic trainer (NATA) and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist® (CSCS, *D) & ...
HSSC 14: Coach Jon Hersel from York High talks Cougar Strength & Conditioning
July 29, 2015 08:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBCoach Jon Hersel from York High school, Coach Hersel has coached at many different schools and many different levels and has taken away some great experiences from each. He is starting his 2nd year at York high school and has already taken the program to new heights. York High school is a 4AAAA high school located in York, SC. Here is a quick bio about Jon Hersel: Coach Hersel is a graduated from Jamestown college located in North Dakota in 2000, then went on to be a an strength intern at ...
HSSC 13: Aaron Cottingham from Westside High talks about Coach Heroic tech and Tsunami Bars
July 22, 2015 08:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBWestside High school has an awesome strength program with Coach Arron Cottingham. He talks about Ram Strength & Conditioning and some of the great successes he has had so far. He is currently in his 3rd year at Westside and they have had a great summer training program. Here is a little about Coach Cottingham. Coach Cottingham started as a sports performance coach at Velocity sports for 3 years before moving on to teaching and coaching football and basketball at west oak middle school over...
HSSC 12: Kevin Kaga from Marlboro County loves seeing his athletes improve physically and mentally
July 15, 2015 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBKevin Kaga from Marlboro County, and we talk today about how his training has helped the players develop both physically and mentally for life. Here is a little background on Coach Kaga. Coach K received his bachelors and masters in education from Western Carolina University and then also received a second Masters in Education from South Carolina state university. He became a grad assistant strength coach at Appalachian state university in 1984. Coach K got his start in coaching at Conwa...