

The SHIFT Show
Dave Tilley
The SHIFT Show is an educational podcast to help people get the tools, ideas, and latest science they need to help change athletes lives. It is hosted by Dr. Dave Tilley a Sports Physical Therapist, Gymnastics Coach, Strength and Conditioning Coach, International Lecturer, and the CEO of SHIFT movement Science.
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Apr 27, 2021 • 1h 19min
Mike Reiman on Hip Dysplasia/Microinstability Injuries and Finding Success as a Clinician
Mike Reiman on Hip Dysplasia/Microinstability Injuries and Finding Success as a Clinician Today on the podcast I geek out with Duke faculty member & physical therapy researcher, Mike Reinman. One of the most stressful areas for clinicians & coaches is hip injuries, hypermobile, loose gymnast hips. Mike is doing phenomenal work putting out great information on hip dysplasia. We dive into this as it's often not talked about. But there’s a lot of great research now which means better tools to understand how to help athletes. We DISCUSS why you should be hanging out with surgeons if you want to work with hips. The DIFFERENCE between Hip dysplasia and or instability. The IMPORTANCE of mentorship, what it really is, and how to approach someone. DECIPHERING protocols for hip surgeries. HOW somebody can be stiff and loose at the same time. Mike explains THE EPIC RETURN - what to do early on to help with symptoms or build strength. ALSO… Mike’s top ADVICE for new grads. ENROL NOW! Gymnastics Medical Guide Bundle https://shiftmovementscience.com/gymnasticsmedicalguides RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 91 – WHY WE NEED TO TAKE CONCUSSIONS MORE SERIOUSLY IN GYMNASTICS EPISODE 90 – MY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNEY AND ADVICE NEW GRADS NEED TO HEAR EPISODE 71 – KEYS TO HELPING ATHLETES WITH SHOULDER INJURIES AND REHABILITATION EPISODE 61 – COMBATTING ACHILLES TEARS IN NCAA GYMNASTICS (PART 1)We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Apr 20, 2021 • 36min
Why The Human Matters More Than The Gymnast
Today on the podcast, I had a great chat with Rebecca Smith who asked me to come on an Instagram Live and talk about, creating cultures where people can feel safe and progression towards high-level goals. What we're looking at in terms of evolving the culture around competitions and what valuable life lesson are we trying to teach kids, pulling away from ‘it’s only about scores, medals and placements’ and ‘the highlights on Facebook or Instagram. We DISCUSS the type of culture that allows athletes to be happy and successful. Is it RIGHT that gyms send out level eights to compete at level five? Is winning at all costs worth it? If you're EXPECTING that success will bring you happiness, then it never will. The VALUE of supportive parents and coaches that are unconditional. HOW to help kids communicate, develop a voice and empower them. The IMPORTANCE of choice and consent. ALSO… HOW our actions create consequences? ENROL NOW! Gymnastics Medical Guide Bundle https://shiftmovementscience.com/gymnasticsmedicalguides RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 117- GYMNASTICS CANADA HOSTS CULTURE AND COACHING DEVELOPMENT WEBINAR WITH GRETCHEN KERR AND DAVE TILLEY EPISODE 114- THE GYMNASTICS PARENTS EPISODE: HANDLING CONFLICTS, REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS, AND SETTING BOUNDARIES EPISODE 104 – HOW TO BUILD A NEW APPROACH TO GYMNASTICS – AN INTERVIEW WITH RYAN ZIESLOFT EPISODE 92 – NEW MODEL OF GYMNASTICS PART 1: GLOBAL VALUES We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Apr 13, 2021 • 1h 27min
Sarah Korngold Discusses Developing Elite Level Gymnastics, Putting The Athlete First, and Building Cultures
In this week's podcast, I was excited to chat with another member of the Ascend Gymnastics Team. With Elite and NCAA success, Sarah Korngold has achieved this with her nurturing and progressive philosophy. She shares her fantastic knowledge of Beam a subject that we’ve not covered before on the podcast; giving an insight into her lower-level development program and what drills and exercises to do. We DISCUSS the culture of her gym and WHAT they do to be successful. HOW to deal with kids that are not motivated and help them progress. Sarah’s thoughts on the College recruiting problem and HOW she is talking to parents about it. HOW to find a balance between high-level aspirations and goals at a young age and training hours, safety, health, and long-term wellness. WHAT foundations and basics you need to do at the lower levels to be successful on beam. Sarah’s thoughts and drills for beam flexibility. ALSO… FEARS and mental blocks, what to do to help overcome them. ENROL NOW! Gymnastics Medical Guide Bundle https://shiftmovementscience.com/gymnasticsmedicalguides RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 116- SKILL PROGRESSIONS, MENTAL BLOCKS, AND BUILDING HEALTHY AND HIGH PERFORMING GYMNASTS WITH CALE ROBINSON EPISODE 112- BUILDING GYMNASTICS SKILL BASICS & DRILLS, MOTIVATING ATHLETES, AND HIGH PERFORMING CULTURES WITH BRETT WARGO EPISODE 100 – AIMEE BOORMAN ON COACHING SIMONE BILES AND CHANGING GYMNASTICS CULTURE EPISODE 87 – CHELLSIE MEMMEL DISCUSSES HER ELITE COMEBACK, LESSONS LEARNED, AND POSITIVE COACHING PHILOSOPHIESWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Apr 6, 2021 • 1h 42min
Exactly How To Build a Gymnastics Strength Program in 2021 with Nick Ruddock and Dan Lonsdale
How do you build a strength program for gymnast in 2021 from scratch? With overwhelming amount of information on the internet, on gymnasts lifting weights, or knowing how many days, reps, sets or even which exercises to do. It can be stressful for coaches to know where to start. So I enlisted the help of my good friends Dan Lonsdale and Nick Ruddock to combined our brains and literally build a strength program from scratch! We discuss WHAT what we would do in 4-5 training sessions, the exercises, the set and reps. WHEN to program light days or heavy days. The IMPORTANCE of core work. Dan illustrates the BEST way to increase strength using proper general conditioning and weight room stuff. WHAT gymnastic specific floor lines, active flex and handstands/body alignment exercises to do. Nick explains his Daily Dozen. ALSO… HOW to apply our program to those who train three days per week. Check out the blog post which has FREE downloadable templates of our strength program, blank templates, along with some extra recourses myself, Dan and Nick put together to help build your own strength program. Watch on YouTube to see us sharing the screen, writing down the exact things that we would do along with videos of the exercises. This information is so important, it’ll increase your athletes performance and reduce the risk of injury. This is the future of gymnastics moving forward, so the more people we can get on board the better healthier athletes we can have. ENROL NOW! Gymnastics Medical Guide Bundle https://shiftmovementscience.com/gymnasticsmedicalguides RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 107 – HOW TO TRAIN HARDER AND SMARTER USING WORKLOADS WITH TIM GABBETT AND SCOTT WILLGRESS EPISODE 84 – MY EXACT 3 MONTH STRENGTH PROGRAM FOR POST COVID GYMNASTICS + FULL LECTURE EPISODE 72 – FREE ONLINE GYMNASTICS CLINIC AND GYMNASTICS WORKLOADS/WELLNESS INTERVIEW EPISODE 29 – HOW TO INCREASE POWER WITH DAN LONSDALE EPISODE 21 – BUILDING “NEW SCHOOL” STRENGTH PROGRAMS FOR GYMNASTSWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Mar 30, 2021 • 43min
Jordan Syatt Discusses Nutrition, Fitness, and Weight Loss Myths in Society
Unfortunately, the fitness & nutrition industry is so noisy & stressful it becomes overwhelming. People just want a little bit of great information & know what to do but there’s too much, complicated stuff out there. Popular on Instagram and YouTuber Jordan Syatt is someone doing a great job of taking the high level information on Nutrition & Fitness & giving it to the everyday person for basic, easy to use strategies. We discuss WHY a small win is better than not playing the game at all. HOW important consistency is. The DANGERS of social media. RECOGNIZE how you're talking to yourself. THREE easy to use strategies. ALSO… A fun rapid fire question segment! We're very chill very, so some pG 13 words on this podcast so maybe don't listen with your kids around, if you're a little nervous about that. ENROL NOW! Gymnastics Medical Guide Bundle RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 113- THE FOOD AND BODY IMAGE TALK GYMNASTS AND COACHES MUST HEAR WITH CHRISTINA ANDERSON, RDN EPISODE 86 – COACHING TOOLS FOR HIGH LEVEL GYMNASTICS WITHOUT SACRIFICING HEALTH EPISODE 83 – OVERHAULING GYMNASTICS NUTRITION: 5 UNACCEPTABLE AND DANGEROUS PRACTICES THAT MUST STOP EPISODE 74 – COLIN VAN WICKLEN ON OLYMPICS 2021, TRAINING, NUTRITION, AND RECOVERYWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Mar 23, 2021 • 1h 16min
Jen Pinches and I Discuss Gymnastics Changes That Must Happen for Meaningful Progress in Our Sport
Following the release of our very popular short film a Call For Change, sparked honestly one of my favourite conversations I've ever had on a podcast. With my good friends from Power Monkey Fitness, a company that I've kind of been working for the last five years. Dave Duranty a 2008 Olympian for Team USA for gymnastics, and Chad Vaughn two time Olympian for Team USA for weightlifting. And GB Olympian Jennifer Pinches, who you guys may have heard an episode on earlier this year with Claire Halford. We discuss WHAT is going on in the gymnastics world that we need to change? WHAT are the critical issues that people are facing from the from the coaching point of view, the parent point of view, and also the administration point of view? The reasons WHY gymnastics in particular, is more susceptible to abuse? WHAT a positive coach does differently. WHEN is showing tough love important for the development of the athlete? HOW are the parents handling these issues of abuse? What are they going through? We SHARE solutions and the next step we believe need to happen. ALSO… Is it POSSIBLE for female gymnast to peak at age 24 instead of age 16? ENROL NOW! Essential Tools for Gymnastics Coaches - FREE Course https://shiftmovementscience.com/freecoaches/ RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 106 – GYMNAST ALLIANCE AND A CALL FOR CHANGE WITH JENNIFER PINCHES AND CLAIRE HEAFFORD EPISODE 76 – 3 PILLARS OF REAL CHANGE IN GYMNASTICS : EDUCATION, WORKLOADS, & CULTURAL STANDARDS EPISODE 58 – WHY INSECURITY AND FEAR OF JUDGEMENT DRIVE CULTURE ISSUES IN GYMNASTICS EPISODE 47 – MY THOUGHTS ON THE GYMNASTICS ABUSE SCANDAL AND HOW I BUILT SHIFTWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Mar 16, 2021 • 1h 39min
Gymnastics Canada Hosts Culture and Coaching Development Webinar with Gretchen Kerr and Dave Tilley
Gymnastics Canada asked myself and a wonderful researcher, Gretchen Kerr, to join their Culture and Coaching Development Webinar and have a honest talk about how we approach culture change. We discuss HOW gymnastics coaches can find a balance of pushing the envelope, to be positive and successful, but also maintain health and wellness for athletes, parents and themselves. WHAT is Safe Sport? The changes in social norms and WHY, what was okay in the past in not okay now. WHAT does psychological harm and neglect in sport look like? WHY change starts with you as an individual. HOW to incorporate the athletes voice into your coaching philosophy and everyday practice. THE priority filter and how to use it in difficult conversations or decisions ALSO… ADVICE for new coaches with old school supervisors. ENROL NOW! Essential Tools for Gymnastics Coaches - FREE Course https://shiftmovementscience.com/freecoaches/ RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 92 – NEW MODEL OF GYMNASTICS PART 1: GLOBAL VALUES EPISODE 64 – THE HARD CONVERSATIONS GYMNASTICS NEEDS TO START HAVING EPISODE 53 – KOHEI UCHIMURA’S COACH, HIROAKI SATO, GIVING MUST HEAR ADVICE FOR GYMNASTICS COACHES EPISODE 28 – HOW TO CHANGE YOUR GYM’S CULTUREWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Mar 9, 2021 • 1h 17min
Skill Progressions, Mental Blocks, and Building Healthy and High Performing Gymnasts with Cale Robinson
I want to use the podcast as a way to give people involved in gymnastics a positive example to follow, with people who are doing a great job and attacking these grey areas and harder conversations. This week I am grateful and honoured to be joined by former NNCA athlete and now Ascend Gymnastics Coach Cale Robinson. We discuss the IMPORTANCE of basics. And HOW you get parents and gymnasts to buy into your beliefs. Beyond a handstand the one skill you YOU NEED TO DO perfectly. WHY knowing how to handle adversity will aid your path for perfection. HOW to teach the athlete to fall in love with the sport and be SUCCESSFUL on their own. ALSO… A must hear talk on FEAR. ENROL NOW! Essential Tools for Gymnastics Coaches - FREE Course https://shiftmovementscience.com/freecoaches/ RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 110 - BUILDING GYMNASTICS SKILL BASICS & DRILLS, MOTIVATING ATHLETES, AND HIGH PERFORMING CULTURES WITH BRETT WARGO EPISODE 104 – HOW TO BUILD A NEW APPROACH TO GYMNASTICS – AN INTERVIEW WITH RYAN ZIESLOFT EPISODE 99 – “THE WAY WE’VE ALWAYS DONE IT” – 7 DANGEROUS WORDS IN GYMNASTICS EPISODE 64 – THE HARD CONVERSATIONS GYMNASTICS NEEDS TO START HAVINGWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Mar 2, 2021 • 1h 19min
The 3 Steps for Building Explosive Speed and Power in Gymnastics
How do you get more explosive gymnasts? Today on the podcast I have a friend and co-worker from Champion Physical Therapy and Performance in Boston; Diwesh Poudyal joining me. Head of Strength and Conditioning and Director of Fitness to talk about his area of expertise which is how do you get gymnasts faster? We discuss HOW you increase sprinting speed and tumbling & vaulting power in your gymnasts. The DIFFERENCE between acceleration vs top end speed. And how to INCREASE both in your athletes. The THREE Ps you NEED to know. UNDERSTAND how you train power, jumping and landing. ALSO… WHY you need to STOP running on pointed toes. ENROL NOW! Essential Tools for Gymnastics Coaches - FREE Course https://shiftmovementscience.com/freecoaches/ RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 98 – BUILDING GYMNASTICS POWER AND SPEED WITH ELLIE BLACK’S STRENGTH COACH, SCOTT WILLGRESS EPISODE 89 – AN INSIDE PEAK TO MICHIGAN WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS STRENGTH PROGRAM WITH LEW PORCHIAZZO EPISODE 43 – STEVE GLUCKSTEIN SHARES HOW WEIGHTLIFTING CAN HELP GYMNASTS AND THE BENEFITS OF TRAMPOLINE EPISODE 16 – CHRIS HINSHAW ON GYMNASTICS ENERGY SYSTEMS ESSENTIALSWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Feb 23, 2021 • 1h 40min
The Gymnastics Parents Episode: Handling Conflicts, Realistic Expectations, and Setting Boundaries
Parent coach relationships are super challenging. A highly requested episode from the Shift community when I asked what people are struggling with. I got together a great panel of people in this realm: Chelcie who was a Devision 2 Gymnast and her mum Dianna from the Routine Podcast and Eva Shute who runs four gyms which over the last eight years we have been rebuilding the culture together. We discuss the FALSE time line in gymnastics. How many decisions have you made without asking ENOUGH questions? The difference between a HELICOPTER PARENT and the rightly so involved parent. The CONCEPT of unrealistic goals and sharing goals so that everyone is on the same page ALSO… Realising that it’s about what the ATHLETE wants. ENROL NOW! Essential Tools for Gymnastics Coaches - FREE Course https://shiftmovementscience.com/freecoaches/ RELATED EPISODES: EPISODE 88 – OUR GYM’S CULTURE WAS TOXIC. HERE’S EXACTLY HOW WE FIXED IT. EPISODE 70 – ADVICE TO PARENTS AND GYMNASTS DURING COVID19 – 5 KEY TIPS WHEN STUCK AT HOME EPISODE 37 – CRUCIAL GYMNASTICS PARENTING ADVICE EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR EPISODE 12 – DANUSIA FRANCIS TALKS UCLA AND MISS VAL, MOTIVATION, HEALTH, AND ELITE GYMNASTICSWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/


