Upper Left Performance
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Deep in the Pacific Northwest, Jack Anderson is talking all things health and performance with coaches from around the globe.
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Upper Left Performance #47 Pratik Patel - Pros and Cons of the NFL's CBA and Training Camp Structure, Looking After Each Athlete's Well-Being
August 24, 2021 01:14 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBSeason 3 of the Upper Left Performance is brought to you by RockDaisy Athlete Management Systems. RockDaisy’s AMS is what the pros use to collect and analyze strength, conditioning, and health & wellness data. Features include: Clear and simple charts right out of the box Generate personalized athlete data collection forms and questionnaires Schedule data collection via mobile notifications or email. (in bulk to all recipients) Customize all dashboards and reports with your collected d...
Upper Left Performance #46 John Garrish - Building a High School Development Program for Everyone
April 12, 2021 16:26 - 1 hour - 101 MBJohn Garrish is the head Strength and Conditioning Coach and head track and field coach for North Broward Prep in South Florida and he hopped on the pod today to talk about high school strength and conditioning and how far it has come since he joined its ranks 7 years ago. What blew me away was John’s dedication to his athletes and desire to provide an environment that fosters excellence in his kids regardless of athletic talent. We talked at length about his approach towards working with a...
Upper Left Performance #45 Daniel Back - Filling in Athletic Gaps for Youth Athletes, Overshoot vs. Super-Compensation, Sprinting
March 29, 2021 18:45 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBDaniel Back is a performance coach in Austin Texas and the founder of Jump Science (website: jump.science). You can find him on IG @jump.science He has been working in the industry since 2012, but has long been a student of athletic performance particularly plyometrics and speed. Some of his YouTube videos on sprint mechanics and physics shattered my entire world when I first saw them and I’ve long been a fan of his approach and his counter-cultural thoughts on training In the episode toda...
Upper Left Performance #44 Anthony Donskov - Establishing a Cohesive Offseason Training Structure, Conditioning for Hockey Players, the Writing Process
March 17, 2021 20:15 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBAnthony Donskov is a strength and conditioning coach for elite and youth hockey players and owns Donskov Strength and Conditioning in Columbus Ohio. He has also written two books: Physical Preparation for Ice Hockey: Biological Principles and Practical Solutions (2016) and The Gain, Go, Grow Manual: Programming for High Performance Hockey Players (2020). Needless to say after 16 years coaching some of the best in the world, Anthony is one of the leaders in hockey S&C. His ability to draw in...
Upper Left Performance #43 Eric Schmitt - Energy Systems Deep Dive
February 22, 2021 06:21 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBEric Schmitt is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Memphis Grizzlies. He has been putting out some tremendous content on IG (@coacheschmitt) in regard to conditioning tests, analysis of said tests and practical application for athletes given their conditioning profiles. We talk about this, his current energy systems framework when viewing oxygen as the currency driving all three systems, the power/duration relationship, breathwork for low-intensity exercise and how to keep your...
Upper Left Performance #42 Jake Rauch - Force-Velocity Profiling, Countermovement Jump Clusters, Using Data to Inform Training Decisions
February 06, 2021 03:26 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBJake Rauch is a Performance Scientist at Peak Performance Project (P3) in Santa Barbara, CA. He works primarily as a biomechanist at P3 where he is involved in the research and assessment of elite athletes. Jake has several terrific papers on force-velocity profiling and clustering athletes based on their countermovement jump kinetics/kinematics and we talk about them in depth here. Jake is also currently working on some research that will try and establish more of a relationship between tr...
Upper Left Performance #41 Mike Kozak - Teaching Transverse Arch, Shin Drop, and Ipsilateral Arm Swing in a Group Setting, Keeping Coaching Fresh
January 28, 2021 02:52 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBMike Kozak is the owner and head coach for Soar Fitness out of Columbus, Ohio. He is one of the coaches doing an outstanding job implementing Adarian Barr's concepts in a group setting and on the pod he goes into detail about how he structures his workouts utilizing such principles. Mike has tried almost everything under the sun in his 20 years of coaching and it's awesome to hear how he has sifted through what works and what doesn't. Furthermore, I love how he is able to bring a session to ...
Upper Left Performance #40 Jason Feairheller and Ryan Heickert - Establishing a COD/Agility Framework in an S&C Program
January 21, 2021 06:21 - 57 minutes - 53.4 MBJason Feairheller and Ryan Heickert are co-owners of Strength and Function, a gym in Pennsylvania working primarily with hockey players of all ages. They are also the hosts of the Speed and Power Podcast, which has put out some outstanding episodes. Jason and Ryan have put together a top-notch program with a particular eye on on COD and agility. In this episode we discuss different coaching strategies for COD/agility, considerations to be made for off ice training for hockey players and the...
Upper Left Performance #39 Alex Pacitti - Implications of Pelvic/Thoracic Outlets on Performance, Forward Thinking Training Interventions for Different Shapes
January 13, 2021 19:28 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBSeason 2 of ULP is here with a great episode from my buddy and Northeastern Assistant Strength Coach, Alex Pacitti. Alex has mentored under Dan Sanzo at Northeastern and this has impacted his training for various athletes. Much like Erik Huddleston, Alex is looking at the shape of an athlete (particularly at the pelvic and thoracic outlets) to determine areas of high and low pressure, which will influence the movement of fluid and guts within the body. Understanding these concepts can expla...
Upper Left Performance #38 Nicole Surdyka - Reverse Engineering Soccer, Athlete Personality Profiling
September 28, 2020 04:18 - 1 hour - 116 MBNicole Surdyka is a former Division I soccer player, doctor of physical therapy and a strength coach specializing in soccer performance training and rehab. She currently owns Surdyka Physical Therapy and Performance and has extensive experience working with athletes of all ages. Nicole has also worked as a soccer coach and possesses a wealth of understanding about the game and has tremendous passion for growing it in the US. While I am not well versed in soccer, I really admire Nicole’s abi...
Upper Left Performance #37 Andrew Stallings - Starting a Business, Creating a Brand for Athletes, The Stranger Experiment
September 21, 2020 06:41 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBAndrew Stallings is the Founder of Athelo Group an athlete representation service that focuses on marketing and building a brand for athletes. Having spent the past 10 years in the sports industry working for the likes of Octagon and Sirius XM, Andrew has accumulated a ton of valuable experience. Even better is that he has taken his skillset to new heights by leaving some comfortable jobs to start his own business in Athelo. I’ve known Andrew since our time together at Sirius XM and his hu...
Upper Left Performance #36 Chuck McGee - Pillars of the Wim Hof Breathing Method, Why Improving CO2 Tolerance Matters, Breathing for Performance
September 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 90 MBChuck McGee is one of the first American Wim Hof Instructors and an expert on all things breathwork. Chuck was a bartender in the Bay Area who had a random patron at his establishment convinced him to try the Wim Hof breathing method. After trying it, Chuck was hooked and has now gone all over the world learning and teaching the power of breath. I stumbled across Chuck from James Nestor’s excellent book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, and from there attended his free weekly Monday ...
Upper Left Performance #35 Conor Harris - Q&A
August 30, 2020 19:27 - 1 hour - 152 MBConor is back on the pod as we chop it up live in California. We answer your questions on speed, agility, COD, assessments, asymmetries and more! Follow Conor on IG https://www.instagram.com/conor_harris_/ Follow Conor on Twitter https://twitter.com/Conor_Harris_
Upper Left Performance #34 Brenan Ghassemieh - Living Well and Being Present
August 24, 2020 04:58 - 49 minutes - 69.7 MBBrenan Ghassemieh is a great friend and a damn good trainer. He played football at Idaho State University, has prepared countless athletes for the NFL Combine and is currently working at Equinox as a trainer and Tier X Manager. He has worked with kids, athletes and senior citizens, connecting with all on an extraordinary level, which is why I wanted to bring him on. Brenan is a firm believer in living well, practicing mindfulness and the art of being present. There are few I see who walk th...
Upper Left Performance #33 Rich Clarke - Considerations for COD/Agility in Different Sports, Perception/Action Coupling in General Training, Speed Control
August 17, 2020 04:50 - 58 minutes - 85.4 MBRich Clarke is a Strength and Conditioning coach and an academic who specializes change of direction and agility. He is also a Director of the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association and is completing a PhD investigating speed control and deceleration during change of direction movements. Quite honestly, I have been underwhelmed by much of what I know and see about COD/Agility and think Rich has done a beautiful job rethinking the landscape in this realm. Among the notable thi...
Upper Left Performance #32 Ryan Banta - All Things Sprinting, Learning to Spread the Wealth on a Track Team, Critical Mass and Human Development
August 10, 2020 05:58 - 1 hour - 107 MBRyan Banta is the Head Track and Field Coach for Parkway Central High School in Missouri. He has coached for over 20 years, brought home numerous state titles and records and has established an incredible culture that has succeeded in developing outstanding human beings and athletes. Ryan is also the author of The Sprinter’s Compendium and established the Critical Mass system, which we discuss on the podcast. For someone that has thought about sprint training strictly in a "Feed the Cats" s...
Upper Left Performance #31 Jack Anderson - Interviewed by Justin Carey
August 03, 2020 04:41 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBJustin Carey is one of my former athletes who is now an assistant soccer coach at Stetson University. Justin's leadership, ability and desire to improve in all aspects of his life is what makes him special and I am thrilled to bring him on the podcast to interview me. While I typically interview others on the podcast, I wanted to share some thoughts of my own, but have always preferred doing so in the context of a conversation rather than just me going in on a topic solo. Considering I have...
Upper Left Performance #30 Devan McConnell & Stephen Volek - Constructing High Performance Throughout an NHL Organization
July 27, 2020 01:34 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBThis week I am lucky to be joined by not one, but two members of the New Jersey Devils performance staff. Director of Performance/Reconditioning Coach Devan McConnell and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Devil's AHL affiliate in Binghamton, Stephen Volek are live on the pod talking their performance model. Both guys bring a wealth of hockey experience to the table here and it was particularly insightful hearing how much they utilize every member of the organization to influence pe...
Upper Left Performance #29 Speed Roundtable with Adarian Barr, Mike Kozak and Jermaine Dixon
July 20, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBWe go off the rails a little bit in this week's episode as Adarian comes back on with Mike and Jermaine to talk all things speed. Mike is the owner and head coach at Soar Fitness in Ohio and Jermaine is a coach out of Florida, working with a variety of youth athletes. Some of the topics addressed: -Injuries in sport and the RTP process -Top speed ground contacts -Deceleration training in isolation -Practical applications that have been working for Mike and Jermaine -How multidirection...
Upper Left Performance #28 Navin Hettiarachchi - NBA Bubble Life, Gratitude, Joy and Longevity for Elite Athletes
July 13, 2020 04:55 - 55 minutes - 77.8 MBNavin Hettiarachchi is the Director of Health, Wellness and Performance for the Washington Wizards. He has been in the NBA since 2003 following a brief stint in the NFL and is one of the most decorated coaches I have had the privilege to chat with. Navin is certified in various massage techniques, athletic training, strength coach and PRI. He has traveled all over the world to learn and share information with other. He is also a self-proclaimed learning junkie and is constantly experimentin...
Upper Left Performance #27 Mike Tucker - Exploring the Hi/Lo Model in College Football, Speed & Agility Considerations
July 06, 2020 04:45 - 1 hour - 88 MBMike Tucker is the Head Athletic Performance Coach for Villanova Football. He is entering his third year at the program and has done an incredible job implementing the High/Low model into the football setting in order to best develop high outputs and robust aerobic bases. In this episode we talk about scheduling the right stressors at the right time, modifying lifts in-season to accommodate football stressors and progressions for COD/Agility drills. This was an awesome deep dive into plann...
Upper Left Performance #26 Brijesh Patel - Quadrant Training, RPR and Eliminating Reductionism
June 28, 2020 19:42 - 52 minutes - 75.9 MBHere is the Youtube link for this pod, which contains some visuals that Brijesh shows me throughout our conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF_vS53ps7Q Brijesh Patel is the longtime Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Quinnipiac University where he works directly with the men's and women's basketball and hockey programs while overseeing the development of all 21 of the university's athletic programs. He is also utilizing the quadrant system that I have used in writing my ebo...
Upper Left Performance #25 Joel Smith - Coaching with Curiosity
June 22, 2020 04:34 - 55 minutes - 79.8 MBIf you are into S&C podcasts, then you know Joel Smith as the host of the Just Fly Performance Podcast. I thought it would be fun to flip the script and bring him on as a guest to share some of his most recent learning experiences both through hosting his podcast and coaching athletes. And of course, Joel didn't disappoint as we discussed some his various training methodologies for his athletes at Cal; how coaches can embrace a more random, game-like approach to the weight room; preventing e...
Upper Left Performance #24 Leaving the Strength and Conditioning Silo - Tactical and Technical Development in Sport
June 17, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBStrength coaches often complain that sport coaches do not understand physical development and proper general training. However, we forget that tactical and technical elements are king in the game of performance. So why not leave our silo and go learn from sport coaches? This is the first of many discussions I hope to have with sport coaches to better understand the structure of sport and how to reverse engineer my process from the field to the weight room instead of the opposite approach we ...
Upper Left Performance #23 Dr. Michelle Boland - What We Say Matters: Building Positive Relationships with People, Organizing Knowledge and the Many Facets of Hard Work
June 15, 2020 02:47 - 49 minutes - 69.9 MBDr. Michelle Boland is the owner of Michelle Boland Training and has previous experience as a strength and conditioning coach for Northeastern University. Michelle also has her MS in S&C and her PhD in Exercise Physiology from Springfield College where she was mentored by Pat Davidson. Needless to say, with all this experience Michelle is one of the more insightful minds in the business and she dropped some serious knowledge on this episode. In the show, Michelle talks about the importance ...
Upper Left Performance #22 Black Live Matter Zoom Call w/ Jamal Hill Richardson-Albini & Brenan Ghassemieh
June 10, 2020 06:07 - 1 hour - 112 MBI run a weekly Zoom Call for coaches, which is open to all (sign up via the link in my bio on IG). This past week was a massively important call discussing the Black Lives Matter movement and I felt it necessary to post the audio on the podcast. It's not often you have your perception completely altered in a weekend, but when Jamal and Brenan share stuff like this...just wow. We have so much work to do to right a lot of wrongs. "What can I do?" is something I'll be trying to answer over th...
Upper Left Performance #22 Black Lives Matter Zoom Call w/ Jamal Hill Richardson-Albini & Brenan Ghassemieh
June 10, 2020 06:07 - 1 hour - 112 MBI run a weekly Zoom Call for coaches, which is open to all (sign up via the link in my bio on IG). This past week was a massively important call discussing the Black Lives Matter movement and I felt it necessary to post the audio on the podcast. It's not often you have your perception completely altered in a weekend, but when Jamal and Brenan share stuff like this...just wow. We have so much work to do to right a lot of wrongs. "What can I do?" is something I'll be trying to answer over th...
Upper Left Performance #21 Dan Brandi - Rethinking the Energy System Model with Moxy, Concurrent vs. Block Periodization
June 08, 2020 04:51 - 52 minutes - 75.4 MBDan Brandi is the owner of Build, a gym in Connecticut where he trains athletes and general population utilizing a concurrent model of training and a handful of cool pieces of technology. One of these is the Moxy Monitor which can help determine O2 delivery and utilization at the muscular level. In today’s episode, Dan and I discuss how the Moxy is helping to reframe the energy system model with O2 being the centerpiece. We also talk about O2’s connection to PCr, why we need to understand in...
Upper Left Performance #20 Logan Paulsen - Load Management in the NFL, Coach/Athlete Relationships, Restructuring Offseason Training to Reduce Injury Risk
June 01, 2020 05:50 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBLogan Paulsen is a former NFL TE who played 10 years in the league and is currently transitioning into life as a Strength Coach. He is extremely passionate about the field and listening to him discuss the delicate balance between performance staffs and the sport coaches was something I needed to hear. Logan details his S&C journey while playing football and talks about how he almost "lifted himself out of the league." We also discuss the consolidation of sport and training stressors and his o...
Upper Left Performance #19 Adarian Barr - Speed Concepts: Effort not Force, Playing not Training, Impulse and Timing
May 25, 2020 05:03 - 59 minutes - 83.9 MBAdarian Barr is a human movement coach located in Northern California. His sprint concepts are gaining notoriety in the S&C world and they are a breath of fresh air in a realm where things have been getting quite stale. I have been fortunate enough to get to know Adarian the past six months and talking with him about movement has been instrumental in my development as a speed coach. In the episode we discuss force and effort and how we can use our bodies to apply force in more effortless wa...
Upper Left Performance #18 Dan Liburd - Training for Life and Ironmans, Sampling Athletic Pursuits
May 20, 2020 04:51 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBDan Liburd has worked with professional athletes for over ten years. He is also a training fanatic, having competed in 10 Ironman events, over 15 marathons, bodybuilding, powerlifting and olympic weightlifting. In addition, he is currently pursuing his PhD and has been a driving force in my development as a person. I brought Dan on to discuss his training and balancing all those endeavors, but beyond that he shared some incredible stories about leading a blind runner in a marathon, his first...
Upper Left Performance #17 Erik Huddleston - The Impact of Shapes, Pressure, Fluid and Guts on Force Production and Absorption, Oscillatory Isometrics and the Consolidation of Stressors
May 18, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBErik Huddleston is the Director of Performance at Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training and this was without question one of the most informative chats I've had to date on ULP. He works closely with Bill Hartman at IFAST and as such has been well schooled in some very revolutionary concepts involving the the human body. In particular, Bill has done some tremendous work analyzing the various shapes of the body and how they influence internal fluids and pressures that in turn affect the pos...
Upper Left Performance #16 Jamal Hill Richardson-Albini - Finding Flow State in the Fight Game, Balancing Stressors as a MMA Fighter
May 11, 2020 06:28 - 1 hour - 91.7 MBJamal Hill Richardson-Albini is a world champion Karate and Kickboxing martial artist. He is also a strength coach, former division one basketball player and business owner. So he has a lot of stories and we had a lot of time to sit back and kick it at his gym, Prevail Fitness in Laguna Beach this past month. Jamal gave me the run down on his athletic career and motivations, learning to find his ideal flow state before fights (it took him some tinkering with his walk-in music to get the rig...
Upper Left Performance #15 Lorenzo Alexander - Using Relationships, Self-Discovery and S&C to Extend an NFL Career, What Athletes Look for in a Coach
May 04, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBLorenzo Alexander played in the NFL for 15 seasons on six different teams. He played defensive tackle, defensive end, inside and outside linebacker, offensive line, tight end, fullback and was a special teams ace. He made the Pro Bowl as a member of the Buffalo Bills and retired after the 2019-20 season. Truly, no one has had a career quite like Zo's and so I knew getting him on to share his insights would be incredible. On the pod, we discussed Lorenzo's ability to adapt in a league that ha...
Upper Left Performance #14 Zac Cupples - Assessing Inhalation and Exhalation Strategies, Practically Applying PRI-Related Concepts in Group Settings
April 27, 2020 05:57 - 54 minutes - 77.7 MBZac Cupples is a Physical Therapist, underground MC and an all around good human being. He joins the show to discuss inhalation and exhalation biases and the strategies/structural compensations that accompany them. Then we address assessments for these patterns and the practical application of these concepts in a strength and conditioning setting. I have interacted with Zac numerous times over the past 3-4 years and his willingness to help me in my career and education have always been apprec...
Upper Left Performance #13 Rob Campbell - Using Force Plates to Guide Programming and Exercise Selection
April 20, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBRob Campbell is this week’s guest and is here to talk all about force plate technology. Rob is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Detroit Red Wings with prior experience at the New York Mets and St. Louis Blues and gives some terrific analysis on how to meld technology with the art of coaching to get the best results for his athletes. We discussed the high-performance model being implemented by the Red Wings and the different variables you can obtain from force plate testing. ...
Upper Left Performance #12 Sam Portland - Knowing Your Role and Making the Most of It, Training Considerations for Speed, Providing a Good RTP Environment
April 13, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBSam Portland is a Strength and Conditioning Coach with experience at several professional Rugby teams in the UK. He is currently operating his own company Sportland where he trains athletes ranging from the NFL to the Olympics. I brought Sam on to discuss speed, RTP protocols and having a business during this pandemic. While we hit those things, we also took a deep dive on the state of S&C in our current world and had a ton of fun doing it. Sam is passionate, genuine and was extremely graci...
Upper Left Performance #11 Josh Washington - Finding S&C as a Second Career, Owning Every Moment
April 10, 2020 19:02 - 52 minutes - 73.1 MBJosh Washington is a S&C Coach with the University of Auburn men's basketball team where he helped the program make the Final Four in 2019. He has previous experience with the Sacramento Kings, University of Stanford and Marquette. Like Josh, I started my post-college career working in a field that had nothing to do with exercise science. We both made our way to this field through self-discovery and a love of training and even both had our cars totaled/stolen while in grad school. I loved h...
Upper Left Performance #10 Kristina Ushakova - Identifying and Making the Most of Opportunity, the Status of Females in S&C
April 08, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 63.8 MBKristina Ushakova is a strength coach in Vermont with experience as a GA and weightlifter at East Tennessee State University. She has coaching experience at ETSU and the University of Vermont and was accepted as part of the high performance team at US Ski and Snowboard this summer. I love to talking to coaches who also participated in college sports especially when they really understand the nuances of coaching and Kristina certainly fits that mold. By identifying good mentors and sacrifici...
Upper Left Performance #9 Adam Virgile - Data Driven Performance Analysis in the NHL, Evolving the Athlete Questionnaire
April 06, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutes - 69.2 MBAdam Virgile is the Sports Science Coordinator for the University of Vermont. Formerly a Performance Analyst and Strength Coach for the New York Rangers, Adam helped evolve the Sports Science model in the NHL, creating a unique database to track training loads and open up more lines of communication between coaches and players on best practices for optimal performance. Now at UVM, Adam is responsible for developing data driven insights to all sports with a special emphasis on men's ice hock...
Upper Left Performance #8 Kosta Telegadas - The Power of a Network and Prioritizing Culture in Harsh Environments
April 01, 2020 09:00 - 33 minutes - 48.6 MBToday we talk networking and the power of conversing with other coaches to both learn and advance a career. Kosta Telegadas joins the show to talk about how he did just that while working as a GA at the University of Miami and how it translated to a job at EXOS in Detroit as a Performance Specialist. Kosta gives some great tips on how to network humbly and effectively while also learning from other coaches in the process. He also goes in depth on some of things he has done in job interviews ...
Upper Left Performance #7 Sean Light - Rethinking the S&C Model and What Makes Elite Athletes Great
March 30, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBSean Light is the Founder and CEO of the 4A Health Club and is revolutionizing S&C with his GenMax model. He also happens to be a good friend and mentor. Sean is a coach, entrepreneur, teacher and lifelong learner who has spent time in the MLB with the Arizona Diamondbacks and NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers. In short, he has a ton of experience and has profoundly impacted myself and countless other coaches with his ideas and model. On the show, Sean discusses what makes elite athletes so s...
Upper Left Performance #6 Kevin Ives - Getting into Grad School, Life After Being an Elite Athlete
March 25, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 44.8 MBKevin Ives is a former bobsled athlete for Team USA and a two-sport division I athlete (football and soccer). He is also a great teacher, coach and friend. Kevin has spent time as an S&C coach at the University of Mary Washington and Wounded Warrior Project and is now the Health and Wellness Supervisor for Mountain Fitness in Gypsum, CO. He also owns Nomadic Fitness where he offers his services as a trainer and certified yoga instructor. Most importantly Kevin has spent the past two years p...
Upper Left Performance #5 - George Greene - Implementing a High Performance Model in the NCAA
March 23, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 70.6 MBGeorge Greene is the Associate Athletic Director of High Performance and Competitive Success at Stony Brook University. With the high performance model becoming more commonplace in US sports, George is on the forefront of bringing it the college sector. He is the first S&C coach in the country to manage competitive success and has been instrumental in enhancing the student athlete experience at Stony Brook. George and I discuss the many facets of his role in providing a holistic mindset for...
Upper Left Performance #4 Collin Kohlasch - Kicking Off the Coaching Journey: How Young Coaches Can Get a Full-Time Job In Collegiate S&C
March 19, 2020 02:42 - 34 minutes - 49.2 MBI feel that many S&C podcasts ask experienced coaches to give advice to young coaches. While this is very valuable, I have decided to go right to the source and interview several young strength coaches on how they landed jobs, networked, picked their places of education, etc. I know I made my fair share of mistakes in identifying mentors and choosing academic institutions. Only recently have I gotten more comfortable networking and reaching out to other coaches as well. I only wish I had don...
Upper Left Performance #3 Zack Nielsen - The New Age of Strength and Conditioning: Tactical
March 16, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes - 75.1 MBZack Nielsen joins the show to talk about the shift from collegiate to tactical S&C. Zack is part of the Army's Holistic Health & Fitness (H2F) program and he discusses the primary differences between working with athletes and soldiers; the cultural mindset of the military and how S&C can play an integral role in its evolution; and the importance of teaching coping skills to anyone a coach works with. We also chat about the growing number of opportunities within tactical S&C and how the life...
Upper Left Performance #2 Ryan Connor - Viewing Speed Through the Lens of Timing and Unilateral Training for Youth Athletes
March 09, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 67.5 MBRyan Connor is today's guest and he talks about the importance of having timing be the central focus of quality speed training for youth athletes. Ryan explains his system for teaching speed and then how he incorporates weight training and some PRI-related concepts to restore sagittal plane competency for his kids. He also talks about how he tries to consolidate stressors given the other demands imposed upon youth athletes. Finally, he gives a few tips for young coaches attempting to start t...
Upper Left Performance #1 Conor Harris - Gait Training, the Power of the Nervous System and Speed
March 06, 2020 18:21 - 58 minutes - 85.7 MBConor Harris joins the show to talk about the PRI principles of gait, the nervous system's power over the whole body, shoewear, vision training, and Adarian Barr's speed concepts. Conor can be found on IG and Twitter @conor_harris_ while his website with options to join his coaches club or to sign up for remote personal training is https://www.thepinnacleperformance.com/. Check him out and thanks for listening!