Lachlan Wilmot has been working in the fitness industry going on 15 years, working with both the general population and elite level athletes. After completing a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, Lachlan continued his education, completing his Honours thesis in Sports Science. Lachlan spent 8 years as the Senior Athletic Performance Coach specialising in strength and power at the GWS Giants AFL Club based in Sydney, after previous involvement with the AIS-AFL Academy and NSW/ACT AFL Academy. Lachlan then moved across to the Parramatta Eels NRL Club to take on the role of Head of Athletic Performance, after 2 seasons at the club he made the decision to transition into his private company Athletes Authority. Lachlan is currently the Director of Coaching and Performance at Athletes Authority in Sydney, a company that specialises in athlete development and coach education. QUOTES “Be great at what you do, build connections with athletes and other coaches and get in front of as many people as you can” “I love having S&C coaches on staff that were personal trainers” “The weakest link in a team of staff will be bent by players” “You can’t control when the opportunity opens so keep biding your time and adding to your CV” “Make sure you pick the right business partner if you are going to open a business” “Understand who you are and what you want to produce in the private S&C setting” SHOWNOTES 1) Lachlan’s experiences in strength and conditioning 2) Volunteering, being good at what you do and social media presence 3) The 3 Ps: persuasion, persuasion, prosuasian 4) Figuring out what can you add to a program in professional sport 5) Applying for the job and surviving the shaking of the resume tree 6) The benefits of being a personal trainer for a strength & conditioning coach 7) Laying the groundwork for career progression in S&C and focusing on what you can control 8) The private S&C industry in Australia/NZ and picking the right business partner 9) Understanding your niche in private S&C 10) Athlete's authority training block and sport grouping approach 11) Developing the culture within a private S&C facility and individual vs ideal programs 12) The influence of Paul Chek and the integration of physiotherapy and S&C PEOPLE MENTIONED John Quinn David Joyce Dylan Shiel Blake Ferguson

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ASCA Podcast #68 - Lachlan Wilmot

Nathan Parnham is an athletic development coach based in Brisbane, Australia. He is currently the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Brisbane Grammar School and has worked at Parramatta Eels (NRL) and Aussie 7s (Rugby Australia) and with athletes across a variety of sports from the Australian Netball League, A/W-league's, NRL, Super Rugby, Rugby7s, and the ITF Tennis Circuit. He also has a book that is about to be released in the end of June called the Sporting Parent, which details everything a parent needs to ensure their kid succeeds in sport and life. QUOTES “Most coaches sing the same song but the parents oftentimes listen to a different playlist with their kids sporting development” “Gymnastics is by far the best way in my mind to try and build that kinesthetic awareness for your child as an individual” “Kids need to engage in multiple sports rather than trying to stack a week with different types of training sessions” “You want kids to engage in resistance training as early as possible to move better and hold their own bodyweight” “We have ideas as coaches as to what is best for the individual kid but the number one thing we normally don’t do well is communicating those ideas to parents and the kids” SHOWNOTES 1) Nathan’s journey in strength and conditioning 2) The stimulus for writing a book about youth athletic development and the process Nathan went through 3) The common themes that arise in youth athletics development when dealing with parents 4) The value of swimming, gymnastics and martial arts for youth athletic development 5) How to give advice to parents regarding which types of training kids should be doing outside their chosen sport 6) Peak height velocity (PHV) and advice for coaches working with youth in the stages around PHV 7) Sport specialization and the benefits of engaging of other sports 8) Resistance training for youth and the role of parents in promoting this 9) The pros and cons of structured versus unstructured exercise and play 10) Working with parents and youth and the value of remembering the context of what environment you are working in 11) Developing accountability in youth through training and sport PEOPLE MENTIONED Lachlan Wilmot David Joyce Brett Bartholomew Ron McKeefery Kelvin Giles

ASCA Podcast #67 - Nathan Parnham

Donna Miller has worked in the S&C industry for over 10 years, working both privately, in team settings and the high school setting. Her background includes working in Suburban (Lindfield) and Shute Shield Rugby Union (Eastwood & Randwick), NSW U16s Schools Rep Squads (2014-2015), Jersey Flegg Rugby League (U20s) (2017-2019), as well as being part of high school programs including Newington College, Head of Athletic Development at St Andrew’s Cathedral School. She has worked with regional, state and national level athletes in rugby league & union, swimming, tennis, hockey, and rowing. She is currently Head of Strength & Conditioning at Hunter Valley Grammar School in the Hunter. Qualifications: B. Exercise & Sports Science (UNE), Professional Scheme Level 2 ASCA Coach, NCAS Certified, Cert III & IV Fitness. QUOTES “They main thing with S&C in a school is addressing the needs of every kid, rather than just those that are there to play sport” “A LTAD model is for a perfect world and in high schools, it is not perfect so you have to adapt” “It is really important that kids need to be playing a multitude of sports until 15-16 years old” “You can’t take away from a student’s academic learning with a S&C program in a school” “if you can teach a year 7 kid to do a single leg RDL, you can do anything!” “The most important thing for female S&C coaches is not to walk into a role and say “I’m a female coach”, it should be “I’m a coach”, end of story!” SHOWNOTES 1) Donna’s background and how she came into her current role 2) The different roles as a S&C coach in a school setting 3) Considerations S&C coaches need to be aware of with student athletes and the differences between inner city and country students 4) How to handle the different demands and pulls on student athletes, 5) The logistics of working in a school setting 6) Screening and maturation measures for student athletes 7) Donna's 3 phase program for athlete development in a school setting 8) How S&C can integrate with PE across a school 9) Differences between youth teams and school S&C 10) Considerations for female S&C coaches in a school/youth environment PEOPLE MENTIONED Nathan Parnham Gary Schofield

ASCA Podcast #66 - Donna Miller

David has been preparing Olympic and professional athletes for competitive success for over 10 years. He started his S&C career at the Queensland Academy of Sport in 2010. For a little over 6 years, he developed his coaching skills and knowledge as he worked with athletes from a wide range of Olympic sports. After the 2016 Rio Olympics he made the move to professional sport by taking on a role at the Geelong Cats Football Club. After 3 years specialising in rehab with the Cats, David transitioned back to a traditional S&C role moving into his current position as the Strength and Power Coach for the Melbourne Football Club. In addition to his extensive experience, David holds a course work masters from Edith Cowan University and is accredited with the ASCA as a Level 3 Master Coach. QUOTES “I realized how important my personal training was to me for my mental space and to continually test my ideas” “There are two sides to CrossFit, participation and then the sport and the training that goes into supporting those athletes in the actual sport is quite frankly extraordinary” “You need to be so skilled at movements that there is very little cost to performing them repeatedly” “There are elements of Crossfit that really make you question the principles and theory of concurrent training” “One thing I will say about Crossfit athletes is they value recovery modalities more than any other athlete I have come across” “If you maintain a certain level of volume, you can recover from more than what you think you can, especially if it is a volume you have adapted to” SHOWNOTES 1) Dave’s backstory, from the QAS to AFL and the introduction to CrossFit 2) The type of athletes in CrossFit and competition structure 3) The crucial elements of training for Crossfit including the skills of barbell cycling and gymnastics 4) The type of "engine" needed for the sport And Dave's 3 component model of energy systems 5) How does training look for competitive Crossfitters and getting “caught up in the volume trap” 6) The periodization of Crossfit with a typical example over 12 weeks pre competition 7) Crossfit athletes and coaches that S&C coaches could learn from 8) The value of volume and competition, the interaction of energy systems and other things Dave has taken from Crossfit and applied to his S&C practice 9) Other changes to Dave’s practice in last 2-3 years and upcoming development PEOPLE MENTIONED Kieran Young Darren Burgess Chris Dennis Matt Fraser Tia Clare Toomey Ben Bergeron Chris Hinshaw Lachlan James

ASCA Podcast #65 - David Watts

Brett Bartholomew is a keynote speaker, performance coach & consultant, best-selling author, and Founder of Art of Coaching™. His experience includes working with athletes both in the team environment and private sector along with members of the United States Special Forces and members of Fortune 500 companies. Brett is also a self-published, best-selling, author of Conscious Coaching: The Art & Science of Building Buy-in. Taken together, Brett has coached a diverse range of athletes from across 23 sports worldwide, at levels ranging from youth athletes to Olympians. He’s supported numerous Super Bowl and World Series Champions, along with several professional fighters in both professional boxing as well as the UFC. QUOTES “Whenever you try to prove how smart you are, it degrades the message” “People think communication is some nebulous activity but when they see the research, they are like oh my god!” “Communication is a complex goal orientation process” “There is no better term for communication than social agility” “Influence is the essence of leadership” “If you want people to achieve better outcomes, you have to work out how to reach them” SHOWNOTES 1) Brett’s backstory and research 2) The process of communication and its eight different components 3) Using the components of communication to assess and reverse engineer how to communicate effectively 4) Different types of influence tactics: hard, soft, exchange, personal appeal, collaboration, coalition, and rational tactics 5) Knowing when to use these different tactics and the situational context required for each

ASCA Podcast #64 - Brett Bartholomew

Kristie is a level 2 Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach, and Accredited Exercise Physiologist. Kristie started her career working predominantly in musculoskeletal rehabilitation as an AEP and transitioned into high performance sport after completing a mentorship program with the ARU Women’s Rugby 7’s team. Kristie has worked with a variety of state, national and international athletes in high performance including soccer, rugby union, rugby 7’s, hockey, horse racing, swimming, athletics and netball. Kristie has presented at multiple conferences and for a number of professional organisations, including ASCA workshops and coaching courses, The National Sports Convention (Melbourne, 2018), South Australian Sports Medicine Association (Adelaide, 2019), and NSW Rugby League Coaching and Performance Conference (Sydney, 2020). Kristie is currently employed as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, while also working on a consultancy basis for numerous sporting organisations. Narelle Sibte is a Strength and Conditioning Coach (ASCA Master – level 3) with over 20 years of experience in elite athlete development. She was on the UKSCA Board of Directors in its inaugural year and is currently Chair of the ASCA’s Women’s Advisory Committee. Narelle was also awarded the Bruce Walsh Memorial Award in November 2019 for services to the Australian strength and conditioning industry. Narelle has been successful in developing national and international level athletes in numerous team and individual sports including baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, hockey, tennis, triathlon, volleyball and water polo and has worked at both the Australian and English Institutes of Sport. Narelle has a keen interest in tennis and has previously held the roles of National Strength and Conditioning Manager at Tennis Australia and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). In these roles she co-ordinated the national network of S&C coaches and delivered programs to players ranging from Under 10’s to Grand Slam champions. Currently Narelle divides her time between coaching athletes, consulting to professional sports teams, and contributing to coaching texts such as “Physiological Assessment of Elite Athletes”, “Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance” and the “ITF Advanced Coaches Manual”. QUOTES “One of the keys of coaching is knowing when to coach and not to coach” “Each internship or opportunity if not equal” “For any internship, understanding what you are getting out of it before you commit is very important” “Our industry is about networks and connections so the earlier you can start to make networks and connections in the sport you want to work, hopefully the faster you get an opportunity” SHOWNOTES 1) Kristie and Narelle's experience and journey in strength & conditioning 2) Lessons learned from experiences in a number of different sports 3) How both Kristie and Narelle have changed their practice since starting coaching 4) Career development, the role of internships and when to do them in your career 5) Whether to develop your career in one sport or in multiple sports 6) What type of internship experience should you aim for? More observation or more practical? 7) Career pathways and longevity in strength and conditioning 8) The benefits of experience domestically versus internationally 9) Aligning your why’s with the why’s of any potential role PEOPLE MENTIONED Craig Twentyman Dee Jennings Adam Beard Dean Benton Julian Jones Al Vermeil

ASCA Podcast #63 - Kristie Sheridan and Narelle Sbite

QUOTES “We tend to use a lot of strategy metrics rather than outcome metrics, like jump height, from force plates in the rehabilitation process” “Once an athlete has developed the brakes, we can start to work on the acceleration” “The sooner you come back to sport the higher the risk of injury, whether it is ipsilateral or contralateral” “Getting to know people and continuously talking to them about problems they are having and barriers to performance is a large part of my role as the network lead for S&C” SHOWNOTES 1) Pete’s career progression in strength and conditioning through NSWIS, TIS and Sport Australia national lead of S&C 2) The use of dual force plates for ACL rehabilitation and their value in telling us how athletes move and how an athlete is progression in a RTP process 3) Strategy metrics compared to outcome metrics on the force plates 4) The practicalities of double leg versus single leg force plate testing 5) Choosing the appropriate exercises based off force-time signatures 6) Competency based rehabilitation progressions and taking a long-term approach 7) Muscle bulk and other markers to use in RTP with an athlete 8) Flexible periodisation and understanding how each training block feeds into another in an RTP 9) Guiding, coordinating and facilitating S&C coaches as a network lead for Sport Australia PEOPLE MENTIONED Matt Jordan Daniel Cohen Sophia Nimphius Jake Cowin Chris Bishop Mick Hughes Kelly Wilkie

ASCA Podcast #61 - Peter Culhane

Specialist in human performance, S&C coach, chartered sport scientist with over 20 years in high performance, Clive Brewer holds a Masters degree graduate from Loughborough University and is accredited by the ASCA, UKSCA & the NSCA as an S&C coach. A regular speaker at International conferences, Clive has published books and many papers on training methods, coaching & performance in peer-reviewed journals. QUOTES “If we understand the critical factors in performance then we can understand what constitutes success in sport and what are the gaps in our performance currently” “The data gives you a common language to explore performance issues and is used to inform decisions” “The best resource in any training environment is the coach” “Our role is to: i) improve physiological capacity of the athlete, ii) improve an athlete’s readiness to perform when the coach wants them to perform, and iii) make sure athletes are available for games” “In any new role, make sure you understand what the realistic expectations on your impact are” SHOWNOTES 1) Clive’s journey in strength and conditioning through rugby union, rugby league, baseball and soccer 2) Identifying the key moments in sport and impacting performance from there 3) Practical examples of reverse engineering performance interventions in rugby league and baseball 4) The use of data in sport and being continually curious about improving outcomes for athletes 5) Mining the technical coach’s expertise and formalizing their analysis of performance 6) The things Clive has learned from each of the sports he has worked with 7) Things to understand when transitioning between sports and between countries 8) Understanding the acceptable rate of change and bringing something to the table while still finding your feet in new roles 9) The importance of technique and bobskeleton athletes squatting 3x bodyweight PEOPLE MENTIONED Tony Strudwick Phil Coles Duncan French Adam Beard Jeremy Bettle Donovan Santos Loren Seagrave

ASCA Podcast #61 - Clive Brewer

QUOTES “There are very few things that come up that are replicated from one great leader to another and there are not a lot of leaders out there that are successful across a number of different domains” “Where leadership falls down is where the leader makes themselves crucial to the team so the team cannot function without them” “You don’t want people to become guarded in any type of performance review and if you highlight a problem, you want to use questioning to help them solve that problem” “Mentally if we have the same stimulus all the time, you kind of switch off to it so we need that novelty of stimulus” SHOWNOTES 1) Daniel’s experience in the military and rugby union 2) Recruitment strategies, identifying bias and the military approach to assembling high performing teams 3) Traits of leaders and why these are specific to the situation leaders are in and not normally transferable 4) Self-organizing behaviors versus compliant behaviors and being adaptive in when these should be applied 5) Creating both a sense of belonging and transparency in a team and why the sequence you apply these may be important 6) Some of the myths of leadership including it being very dependent on the situation and the quality of the team underneath the leader and why more or less authoritative behaviors might be needed 7) Feedback both up and down a chain and ways and methods of delivering feedback 8) How to integrate and combine informal and formal reviews into high performing teams 9) Working memory and cognitive fatigue effects along with perceptions of stress and anxiety on physical performance 10) Why some people get selected in the special forces and some people do not PEOPLE MENTIONED Graham Henry Bill Belichek Nick Saban

ASCA Podcast #60 - Daniel Cooper

Dana Agar-Newman is the Lead of Strength and Conditioning for the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific. As a former athletics coach, Dana got pulled into the field of strength and conditioning working with a variety of programs including: the Canadian Men’s Rugby team, swimming and the Canadian Sport Schools and before the Rio 2016 Olympic, primarily focused on the preparation of the Canadian Women’s Sevens team. QUOTES “Individualization at the basic level shouldn’t be that complex” “For screening, you should start with the sport and then work your down to the limiting factors” “With a force-velocity profile, we start at bodyweight and work up to load an athlete can’t jump higher than 10cm with” “So we have an athlete’s response to training which is really variable and if we vary our training, this response will have even more variance in it, so why don’t we keep one of them consistent” “There are other things besides the numbers, like psychology, that should be included in how we make decisions about training” “The programming specific to strength should change dependent on what level the athlete is at” “I will keep an athlete on beginner programs until they stop getting better” “There is a different problem with training beginners versus training advanced athletes – you will get the biggest gains in performance with beginners from improving their fitness; however you will get the biggest gains in performance with advanced athletes from improving their readiness and manipulating how fresh they are” “You can write the best program but if you can’t execute it in your facility it is worthless” SHOWNOTES 1) Dana’s journey from a pole vault coach to a S&C and the benefits of having to coach hundreds of athletes when you first start 2) Individualizing training for athletes and what level of individualization is needed 3) Using technology to assess athletes and the value of slow motion video 4) Coordination indexes, F-v velocity profiles and the EUR 5) Frequency of assessing athletes 6) The Bondarchuk approach and tracking exercises in training 7) Asymmetries from force plates and what to do about it 8) Beginner athletes versus advanced 9) Upper body assessments and when to use 10) Eye-openers and their impact on a S&C career PEOPLE MENTIONED Tyler Goodale Matt Barr Mike Stone Tim Suchomel JB Morin Pierre Samozino Derek Everly Matt Rhea Matt Jordan Thomas Kurz Scott Livingston Dan Pfaff Urban Meyer Corey Kennedy Ashley Jones Al Vermeil

ASCA Podcast #59 - Dana Agar-Newman

N. Travis Triplett, PhD, is a Professor of Exercise Science at Appalachian State University, and the current President of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (USA). She has worked in Sports Physiology at the US Olympic Training Center and done international research at Southern Cross University (Lismore), the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) and the University of Valencia (Spain). She is a founding Fellow of the NSCA and holds the Sports Performance Coach certification from USA Weightlifting and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the NSCA. QUOTES “If you have a basic understanding of hormones, this can help inform your coaching” “The most important reason to measure hormone levels is when you are suspecting over-reaching or over-training” “The optimal weeks for strength and hypertrophy training for females would be late in the second week and all of the third week of the menstrual cycle” “One of the reasons female athletes may use contraceptives is to help avoid massive fluctuations in hormones and PMS symptoms” “Testosterone levels doesn’t really change at rest long-term from training but the acute changes post training are beneficial” “Peptide hormones like Growth Hormone peak and fall much faster than steroid hormones” “I know long slow stuff has got a bad rap with cortisol but I’ve seen just as high cortisol responses with stressful shorter interval training” Show notes 1) Travis’ journey from first stepping foot in a weight training class at university to president of the NSCA 2) The influence on hormones, especially testosterone and growth hormone, on muscle tissue development, strength and power 3) Testing hormone levels with athletes and the preference for saliva measures 4) Hormone testing for different sports and considerations for individual athletes 5) Injuries, hormones and menstrual cycle monitoring 6) Considerations for increasing testosterone and growth hormone with training 7) Cortisol and immunity 8) The application of eccentric training besides causing muscle damage in research PEOPLE MENTIONED Mike Stone Steve Fleck Will Kraemer Angus Ross Alex Natera Cal Dietz Paul Larsen Martin Bucheitt

ASCA Podcast #58 - Professor Travis Triplett

Dr. Duncan French is currently the Vice President of Performance at the UFC Performance Institute and has over 20 years of experience working with elite professional and Olympic athletes. Prior to joining the UFC, French was the Director of Performance Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA. Before residing in the US, French was a Technical Lead for Strength & Conditioning at the English Institute of Sport. He has worked three full Olympic cycles, and has been the national lead for strength and conditioning to both Great Britain Basketball and more recently Great Britain Taekwondo’s Olympic program. As a strength and conditioning coach French has coached a host of Olympic, World Championship, and Commonwealth Games medalists, as well as world-record holders from a variety of different sports. For 3 seasons French served as the Head of Strength & Conditioning at Newcastle United Football Club in the Barclays English Premier League. French has authored or co-authored 60 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and seven book chapters. He currently serves as an editorial board member for the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. QUOTES “We work with fighters to help them plug the holes they may have in the preparation” “Is it reach and range or their weight that we need to pursue to get a fighter in the right weight class?” “The technical/tactical training has to set the agenda and around that you plug in complementary work” “We don’t want to take the wild out of the stallion with athletes” “If you can build an inter-disciplinary team around an athlete, their potential to improve performance is vast” “You have to respect the athlete and what they know and how they feel” SHOWNOTES 1) From the “boonies” in the UK to the UFC 2) PhD work and the effect of catecholamines on strength training 3) The UFC PI formations and its role in the wider MMA community 4) Finding the right weight class for a fighter 5) Concurrent training and its role in MMA 6) Setting up a training week for an athlete with concurrent training principles 7) What can other sports take from the UFC PI 8) Multi-disciplinary versus inter-disciplinary teams, circular casuality and putting the athlete at the center of the conversation 9) Characteristics of inter-disciplinary teams and being in a people industry 10) The role of a sports scientist in an inter-disciplinary team 11) Reverse spinning heel kicks and recovery breathing PEOPLE MENTIONED William Kraemer Andrea Hudy Bo Sandoval Gavin Pratt Greg Haff Forrest Griffin Brian Ortega Jade Jones Mladen Jovanovic

ASCA Podcast #57 - Dr. Duncan French

Jeremy is a Director of Performance Solutions with the Canadian Sport Institute (CSI), in partnership with Canada Snowboard, where he works in the daily training environment as Off Snow Coach for the Slopestyle and Big Air teams, and is accountable for the Sport Science/Medicine of the 5 Olympic snowboard disciplines. He is also a member of the CSI leadership and strategy group, and mentors the discipline leads of Strength and Conditioning. Prior to this he was the Head of Strength and Conditioning and Sport Science Manager for Surfing Australia. He's held positions as strength and conditioning coach and sport scientist at Queensland Academy of Sport, Australian Institute of Sport, and Canadian Sport Center. He has been fortunate to have worked with numerous national, world, commonwealth, and Olympic medalists, with consultations to professional teams in the NRL, NFL, and AFL. He is an active consultant to Hurley and Nike on performance matters. Jeremy is a graduate of the Canadian National Coaching Institute, and is also certified by the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) as a Level 3 and Master coach, and Life Member. He is certified in level 2 Olympic Weightlifting, Medical Exercise, Performance Nutrition, and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and a Coach Emeritus with the NSCA. Jeremy has conducted numerous research projects with >100 peer-reviewed research manuscripts and abstracts, as well as 13 book chapters on strength and conditioning. He has presented on strength and conditioning in Canada, the USA, UK, Europe, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Australia. QUOTES “In a population that is jumping a lot (e.g. volleyball), more jumping does nothing” “You don’t have to fix it, you just have to make it better” “Does everyone understand what winning looks like in the performance team?” “The preparation framework must serve the performance model” “Ankle range is really key to produce more force in the lower body and has this protective effect on injury” “Connect the dots between what you are doing with the athlete and their performance” “Sport is about making shapes and changing shapes” “It is no point doing micro-dosing, if you have not met the demon at some stage in your preparation” SHOWNOTES 1) Jeremy’s origin story and the impact of a car crash on his journey 2) The background on jumping research and interventions to improve jumping like eccentric accentuation 3) Working with surfers, snowboarders and the unique nature of action sports 4) Performance models, sharing an objective and a mutual understanding of what success looks like 5) The current performance model for Canadian snowboard 6) Working on hardware/software issues for mobility and extremity (hand/foot) function 7) A “typical” week for Canadian snowboard athlete and time allocations for strength/power and mobility PEOPLE MENTIONED Warren Young Rob Newton Mike McGuigan Andrew Stark Jason Patchell Damian Farrow

ASCA Podcast #56 - Dr. Jeremy Sheppard

Perry Stewart is currently the lead academy S&C coach (U9-U16) at Arsenal Football Club and was previously head of academy sport science and medicine at Queens Park Rangers FC. He has spent almost a decade working exclusively with development age athletes (from 6 to 21 years old) from various sports including, football, rugby, tennis, fencing, track and martial arts. Perry is accredited with the UKSCA & NSCA and also a chartered sport scientist. He is also lectures at the London Sport Institute, Middlesex University and has recently authored three book chapters. QUOTES “If you want to work in Academy football, you have to be prepared to work unsociable hours” “Whether it is a 16 year old or a 12 year old, if you can move well, we have no trouble in loading that athlete” “There is a disproportionate growth that happens from distal to proximal in adolescence and that impacts what injuries are more likely to occur” “Growth and maturation are lumped together interchangeably but that’s not always the case” “If a child is emotional and mentally mature enough, they can start strength and conditioning” “We don’t want every day looking the same, we don’t want every week looking the same from a training volume and intensity standpoint” SHOWNOTES 1) Perry’s journey from community health to English Premier League soccer clubs 2) The foundation and youth development stages of the Arsenal FC Academy 3) Maturation stages and hormonal development over adolescence and combing that with a competency based program 4) The different ways of assessing peak height velocity 5) When should kids start training? 6) More on the structure of the Arsenal FC Academy structure and the use of cooperative and multipart games 7) The importance of maintaining mobility, stability and motor patterns during growth spurt, monitoring growth and maturation and knowing what kids are doing outside of the Academy for injury prevention 8) How gym and speed sessions look in the Arsenal FC Academy 11) The benefits of coaching sports and not just coaching in the gym for strength & conditioning coaches 12) The Kaizen principle and taking time for yourself as a coach

ASCA Podcast #55 - Perry Stewart

Scott is currently the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach at British Cycling and a Senior Strength and Conditioning Coach with the English Institute of Sport. Prior to this Scott held positions including the Head of Physical Preparation with British Swimming and Assistant Head of Strength and Conditioning at the Sports Institute of Northern Ireland. Scott is an accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach with the UKSCA and is currently completing a PhD via London South Bank University. QUOTES “This is cool, these guys (strength & conditioning coaches) get to wear shorts to work and crank up the music” “There are different ways in which you can stimulate the brain and transcranial direct current stimulation is one” “The placement of electrodes on the head needs to be adjusted through trial and error” “Are we increasing the neural drive or inhibiting your body’s own natural protective feedback mechanisms?” “You need to make an effort to understand the sports coaches’ thought process and spend time with them” SHOWNOTES 1) Scott’s journey from Ireland to England and back again with British swimming and cycling 2) Reverse engineering physical standards for specific sports based on race modelling 3) Application or reverse engineering performance from stopwatch sports to chaos sports 4) Transcranial direct current stimulation, Scott's Phd and research around whether it is effective 6) Training the trunk and getting back to the basics PEOPLE MENTIONED Nick Grantham Joel Brannigan Michael Johnson Loren Landow Stuart Yule Adam Peaty Frans Bosch

ASCA Podcast #54 - Scott Pollock

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