CVASPS The Podcast

“It’s much more challenging to find solutions to problems then it is to complain.” Always great to catch up with Coach Brijesh Patel, and this episode of The Podcast is no different. Throughout the 35-minute chat we talk about: 1)     How a deep dive into fascia has had a massive impact on his programming2)     Eldoa, what it is and why it’s important3)     How isokinetic training can improve performance, and help with injuries4)     How coaches can build each other up to drive the profession forward5)     The issues with complaining vs providing answers6)     The impact of your “inner circle” and critical thinking, and how the two may not be symbiotic I’m elated to welcome B to the CVASPS family and have him as part of The Pittsburgh Seminar! I hope you’re able to join us April 29th and 30th at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-pittsburgh-seminar/

“You do what they can do, build in what they can do, circumvent the weaknesses and try to get them to that.” “There’s nothing really new, science has helped us understand the effects of things better, great coaches have made us understand it from their experiences. We’ve all learned from our fairs, unfortunately I’ve made the same mistakes a couple times, which makes me upset.” “The great ones, relative to your level, do things you can’t coach. Don’t uncoach them.” In this week’s episode of The Podcast, I have the absolute pleasers of sitting down and talking with Vermeil. Throughout the 100-minute chat we talk about: 1)     Two things “Young Coaches” should never stop doing.2)     A simple evaluation that coaches can use and ways to improve upon it3)     Why he feels coaches should start out coaching in high school, and the lessons it taught him. 4)     The importance of going to the source, and the originator of ideas5)     What factors he has seen to impact transfer of training to sport6)     The impacts of size and limb length on work capacity on athletes7)     The importance of working on technique when building sport skills8)     How your philosophy is the backbone of what you do as a coach and how coaches can make alterations based off that. We couldn’t be more excited to have Al on the docket as part of The Richmond Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us July 15 and 16 at The Marriott Short Pump! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-richmond-seminar/

“I tell young coaches and young trainers all the time, just because you have the title of strength coach at this school or the title of trainer at this school that really doesn’t mean anything, it means absolutely nothing other than the paycheck.”  “Ultimately, if the kids come to you and the athletes come to you and you help them and you come up with answers for them they’re going to keep coming to you.” I got the opportunity to chop it up with Boo Schexnayder in this week’s episode of The Podcast. Throughout the 35-minute chat we talk about: 1)     What coaching is, and where he sees the role of “problems” in coaching.2)     What the coach’s role in injuries actually is.3)     The importance of drawing knowledge from multiple fields4)     Some of the unique challenges to the educational progressions of coaches5)     What he truly loves about sports6)     What really drives buy-in and brings athlete’s back to a coach. 7)     How cultural norms hold us back from being elite8)     The effects of commercially driven trends and fads9)     Why some means and methods have stood the test of time We are so excited to have Coach Boo on the docket as part of The Pittsburgh Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us April 29th and 30th at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-pittsburgh-seminar/

“If you have the outputs you can have compensations and breakdowns in your technique. If you don’t have the output and you don’t have the ability to be a freak athlete then you better move really, really well and create impulse at the right time.”  In this week’s episode of The Podcast I got to catch up with Zach Dechant. Throughout the 35-minute chat we talk about: 1)     Zach’s new role at TCU and where he sees that progressing forward.2)     Some new things that he’s implementing with his baseball players revolving around resisted sprinting.3)     Metrics that he uses to evaluate his players, and what the data is showing him. 4)     The roles and symbiotic nature of general and specific strengths. 5)     The underappreciated value of training rotation, and where it impacts performance in areas we may overlook.  A huge thanks to Exxentric for supporting the show. Exxentric is the leader in fly wheel technology. Their kBox and kPulley have had a huge impact in the preparation and RTP programs. Make sure you hop over to www.exxentric.comand check out all their sensational products today! We couldn’t be more excited to have Zach on the docket as part of The Richmond Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us July 15 and 16 at The Marriott Short Pump! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-richmond-seminar/ 

“What am I going to do for this kid? Because he doesn’t even know what makes him good. Genuinely, we can say we do, we have no idea what makes these people good.”  In today’s episode of The Podcast I sit down and chat with Freak Strength’s Mike Guadango. During the 32-minute chat we talk about: 1)     The crazy world of being a “sport specialist” and the ebbs and flows of it that he’s lived through.2)     The role asymmetries in sport, and why coaches may not want to “correct” some.3)     A unique method to build “work capacity” in rehab that has helped his athletes improve at a greater rate. 4)     The role of psychology in high level sport and the mental gaps between the good and the elite. 5)     The misconceived connection between aesthetics and performance.6)     Understanding that the outliers do things differently because they’re outliers, and maybe “correcting” those “mistakes” is not what’s best for their performance.  A huge thanks to Exxentric for supporting the show. Exxentric is the leader in fly wheel technology. Their kBox and kPulley have had a huge impact in the preparation and RTP programs. Make sure you hop over to www.exxentric.comand check out all their sensational products today! We couldn’t be more excited to have Mike on the docket as part of The Richmond Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us July 15 and 16 at The Marriott Short Pump! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-richmond-seminar/

“You always figure things out when it’s too late. This is the problem of human nature. You figure out you’re on the wrong track when your athletes are not performing well, but that mistake has been made three months before when you didn’t see it, when you though “hey this is going great, I’m such a good coach.” Then they fail miserably, and then that mistake has been made before so always try to plan ahead.”  Always great to get to catch up with my good friend Henk Kraaijehnof in this episode of The Podcast. Throughout the 38-minute chat we talk about: 1)     Henk’s new roles in the world of coaching, and how some things have come full circle.2)     How a new location has allowed Henk to “do Henk things” with exploring and researching.3)     How hindsight is always 20/20, so identifying “mistakes” in training may be more difficult then we tend to believe. 4)     Trends that could be holding coaches back, and how we can all filter who we are learning from and what we are looking at5)     The importance of being your biggest critic 6)     Humility, and understanding that what may be great today may not lead to success tomorrow. A huge thanks to Exxentric for supporting the show. Exxentric is the leader in fly wheel technology. Their kBox and kPulley have had a huge impact in the preparation and RTP programs. Make sure you hop over to www.exxentric.comand check out all their sensational products today! We couldn’t be more excited to have Henk back on the docket as part of The Pittsburgh Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us April 29th and 30th at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-pittsburgh-seminar/

“As cool as our job is and as much as we all love training, and making them better and watching them do their thing.  At the end of it, what are we actually leaving them with and what are we helping them do?”We are joined this week by South Carolina Women’s Basketball Sport Performance Coach and my Free-VASPS co-host, Molly Benetti for this episode of The Podcast. Throughout the 40-minute discussion we dive into:  How COVID has continued to impact the preseason preparation strategies The pros and cons of having a veteran led team The role and importance of feedback from the athlete’s and staff The importance of educating ourselves outside of the world of S and C, and the irony of talking about that during an S and C Podcast. A huge thanks to Exxentric for supporting the show. Exxentric is the leader in fly wheel technology. Their kBox and kPulley have had a huge impact in the preparation and RTP programs. Make sure you hop over to www.exxentric.comand check out all their sensational products today!We are elated to have Molly on the docket as part of The Pittsburgh Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us April 29th and 30th at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-pittsburgh-seminar/

“None of this strength and conditioning shit matters if we can’t get our athletes to understand what we’re asking them to do, or if they don’t understand how it applies. If they don’t get it, it doesn’t matter.” Welcome back to The Podcast. If I was going to bring this thing back it had to be Jeff Moyer batting leadoff. In this 40-minute talk, Jeff and I talk about: 1)     The new and unique rabbit holes that the pandemic has allowed Jeff to dive down2)     What were the driving factors behind him digging deep into neurology, and what this research has impacted in his evaluations and programming?3)     How his personal experiences growing up have been a guiding light in pushing him to find better answers.4)     How “comfort zones” don’t’ just limit athlete’s, but coaches as well. 5)     The importance of a mentor, and why young coaches need to reach out to people as early as possible to learn from them6)     The importance of his presentation being applicable the Monday after The Pittsburgh Seminar and what to expect from his presentation.  A huge thanks to Exxentric for supporting the show. Exxentric is the leader in fly wheel technology. Their kBox and kPulley have had a huge impact in the preparation and RTP programs. Make sure you hop over to www.exxentric.com and check out all their sensational products today! We are so excited to have Jeff back on the docket as part of The Pittsburgh Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us April 29th and 30th at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-pittsburgh-seminar/

“You have to talk them through the way you want to do things, and why you want to do it, and how it’s applicable to the sport they’re actually playing.”What’s up everybody and welcome the 95th episode of Outside The Rack brought to you by Kinetic Performance the makers of Gymaware. In this show we are going to try to dive a little deeper into the minds of the top practitioners in the world of sport performance to learn a bit more about who they actually are and how they got to where they are at today. Today we are joined by the Assistant Director of Athletics/Sports Performance at Saint Louis University, Robb Hornett. Robb, thanks for being with us today.Before we start, who is Robb Hornett? I’m a pretty boring guy who goes home and walks his dog with his wife.1) Describe a learning situation that brought about an epiphany in your career? Learning how to filter information, and learning to sell myself and the program2) If you could ask one question and you know you would get the answer what would that be and why?What am I missing to help drive performance?3) What’s your escape?Cycling has become a new hobby that’s been great. Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!We built The Strength Coach Network to provide you three ways become the best practitioner possible. First, each month we add a new lecture from one of the best practitioners in the world to help keep you and your staff up to date with what the best of the best are doing with their athletes RIGHT NOW! Secondly, the forum provides you a new avenue to connect with practitioners around the world to find a unique point of view from coaches all over the world when it comes to career advice, training ideas, or any aspect of our lives in coaching. Finally, you get exclusive discounts on all products CVASPS related, INCLUDING your seat at The Seminar! When you add those three in with our library of over 100 sensational lectures, including all of those from The Central Virginia Sport Performance Seminar, you have found your one stop shop for continuing education for you and your staff. Make sure you hop over today and get your first 48 hours for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“It’s a time now that we’ve gotten into the off season how important movement quality is, tissue quality is, and how we can try and regain that with not having this full off season.”This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.In this weeks episode I get to catch up with Cameron Ringstead to discuss how we have upgraded our off season program because of some of the shortcomings we saw during the pandemic. After a real quick run down of how he got down to Elon we get into how each of his stops along the way have left an impression on him and how he’s molded them together to work with his athletes. He then dives into how the past 18 months have impacted his decisions leading into our first true offseason in a two years. This includes some self audits on what they had the athlete’s do during their time home, and some issues that arose because they may have moved too fast too soon. He then talks us through some of the direction he see’s his program going into this offseason and the season with his basketball players. Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!We built The Strength Coach Network to provide you three ways become the best practitioner possible. First, each month we add a new lecture from one of the best practitioners in the world to help keep you and your staff up to date with what the best of the best are doing with their athletes RIGHT NOW! Secondly, the forum provides you a new avenue to connect with practitioners around the world to find a unique point of view from coaches all over the world when it comes to career advice, training ideas, or any aspect of our lives in coaching. Finally, you get exclusive discounts on all products CVASPS related, INCLUDING your seat at The Seminar! When you add those three in with our library of over 100 sensational lectures, including all of those from The Central Virginia Sport Performance Seminar, you have found your one stop shop for continuing education for you and your staff. Make sure you hop over today and get your first 48 hours for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics