Ross Smith is the Strength and Conditioning Lead at the Australian institute of Sport. Over 20 years strength and conditioning experience working across multiple sports and organisations. The past 15 years at the AIS working with development and elite athletes across multiple sports including boxing, taekwondo, judo, athletics, cycling, rowing, basketball, modern pentathlon, water polo, winter sports and playing a leading role in AIS intensive rehabilitation. QUOTES “Do you understand the sport?...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Selwyn has been an integral part of the Brisbane Lions High Performance Department for seven years, during this time he has held a number of positions both in the Medical and Strength and Conditioning Departments. His current role involves the development and implementation of strength and power programs for the AFL squad and rehabilitation and return to performance programs for injured athletes, including strength and power assessments and programming, re-conditioning and training load manageme...
Mar 14, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Originally from Ireland, Connor is a strength and conditioning coach and physiotherapist based out of Newcastle, Australia. He has previously lead a dynamic team of strength and conditioning coaches, physiotherapists, psychologists and dietitians in a large law enforcement agency. He now coaches a semi-professional rugby league team and works in a youth athlete development facility. He works in a public health research facility on knowledge translation for part of his week. He is passionate abou...
Feb 18, 2020•58 min
Ian is currently the Head of High Performance at Port Adelaide FC where he leads an impressive group of sports medicine, sports science and strength and conditioning professionals. Ian is now heading into his 8th season within the AFL at Port Adelaide having previously worked as the Head of Athletic Development. Originally from Northern Ireland where he worked as a strength and conditioning coach for the Sports Institute for Northern Ireland he headed to Australia in 2009 to coach at the Austral...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Dr. Stuart M. McGill is a professor emeritus, University of Waterloo, where he was a professor for 30 years. His laboratory and experimental research clinic investigated issues related to the causal mechanisms of back pain, how to rehabilitate back-pained people and enhance both injury resilience and performance. His advice is often sought by governments, corporations, legal experts, medical groups and elite athletes and teams from around the world. His work produced over 240 peer-reviewed scien...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Dr. Mike Young is the Director of Performance at Athletic Lab Sports Performance Training Center and the Performance Director for the North Carolina Courage and the North Carolina FC professional football clubs. In the sport of track & field Mike was on the coaching staff that won 6 team NCAA championships at LSU, has coached 4 USA Track & Field National Champions, and has coached Olympic and World Championship competitors in a half dozen events. Outside of track & field, Young has s...
Nov 28, 2019•1 hr 35 min
The 2019 Roundtable focuses on strength & conditioning in semi-professional, high school and university settings. The roundtable features three emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Nicolai Morris, Kurt Vogel & Sam Joseph. In the last part of the roundtable, we examine monitoring for the semi-professional and amateur athlete, the best technology on a budget and the best books/courses the roundtable members recommend. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE NICOLAI MORRIS | Nicolai i...
Oct 23, 2019•32 min
The 2019 Roundtable focuses on strength & conditioning in semi-professional, high school and university settings. The roundtable features three emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Nicolai Morris, Kurt Vogel & Sam Joseph. In the third part of the roundtable, we examine prehabilitation and rehabilitation for the semi-professional and amateur athlete. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE NICOLAI MORRIS | Nicolai is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach who works at Sydney ...
Oct 16, 2019•33 min
The 2019 Roundtable focuses on strength & conditioning in semi-professional, high school and university settings. The roundtable features three emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Nicolai Morris, Kurt Vogel & Sam Joseph. In the second part of the roundtable, we examine energy system training, assessment and development for the semi-professional and amateur athlete. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE NICOLAI MORRIS | Nicolai is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach who...
Oct 09, 2019•35 min
The 2019 Roundtable focuses on strength & conditioning in semi-professional, high school and university settings. The roundtable features three emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Nicolai Morris, Kurt Vogel & Sam Joseph. In the first part of the roundtable, we examine strength & power development for the semi-professional and amateur athlete. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE NICOLAI MORRIS | Nicolai is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach who works at Sydney Un...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr
Nick Winkelman is the head of athletic performance & science for the Irish Rugby Football Union. His primary role is to oversee the delivery and development of strength & conditioning and sports science across all national (Men and Women | XV’s and 7’s) and provincial teams (Leinster, Munster, Connacht, and Ulster). Prior to working for Irish Rugby, Nick was the director of education and training systems for EXOS (formerly Athletes' Performance), located in Phoenix, AZ. As the director o...
Sep 17, 2019•1 hr 15 min
The ASCA Board always works to ensure the ASCA provides the support Members and Coaches need to feel confident within their qualifications and standing in the sporting and strength and conditioning industry. Part of this was the development of the ASCA Professional Coach Accreditation Scheme (PCAS). The PCAS was primarily developed for the following reasons: - To recognise coaching experience in addition to education - Delineate the scope of the Strength and Conditioning professional - Create a ...
Sep 04, 2019•41 min
Jan Legg has been the lead strength and conditioning coach for the Australian Women’s basketball team, the Opals since 2013 as well as the working with Basketball Australia’s development squad at the Centre of Excellence in Canberra. Jan is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) accredited Level 3 and Master Pro-Structure coach at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. QUOTES “All these basketball players have a dominant leg and what is an acceptable asymmetry? 10%? 1...
Aug 17, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Justin Keogh is an Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University where he is the coordinator of the Masters of Sport Science program. He has taught into biomechanics, motor control and performance analysis subjects at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. His primary research interests focus on improving the transfer of strength and conditioning as well as skill-based training to sporting performance and/or reduced risk of injury. Current research projects...
Jul 25, 2019•1 hr 40 min
Mark has a PhD in Sport Science and is an ASCA Master Coach. Mark is Head of Physical Performance in High Performance Sport at University of the Sunshine Coast Lead working specifically with USC Spartans High Performance Swimming and Sunshine Coast Lightning Netball teams. QUOTES “We have to make sure we build capacity in their strength to allow them the capacity to do the work they need to do” “Perhaps the biggest challenge working with Paralympic athletes is overcoming the history of people be...
Jun 20, 2019•1 hr 31 min
Jan Prins has been involved in swimming coaching & research for more than 48 years. He is the director of the Aquatic Research Laboratory, and teaches Biomechanics, at the University of Hawaii. For the past 8 years he has been involved with unique swimming research using multiple, high-speed cameras examining the stroke mechanics of elite swimmers. Data collected from competitive swimmers, include Olympic, World champions, and former world record holders. Noting the need for “specificity” as...
May 18, 2019•1 hr
With almost 20 years of coaching under his belt, Grant is a proud to be ASCA Master Coach. He is the director of PropelPerform, a high performance training facility that also consults and contracts to schools, clubs, State and National Sporting Organisations. At the moment, most of his athletes compete in action/extreme sports. QUOTES “There are two types of coaches: those that are fired and those about to be fired” “Part of that process of us maturing as coaches is we start to see more and more...
Apr 15, 2019•1 hr 27 min
Sally Bailey is a physical performance professional who has worked across the spectrum of athletic development from school-aged children to elite athletes in a range of individual and team sports. She is passionate about providing people with a real chance to engage with physical activity in the way they want to. Success comes in the form of happy faces striving to be their best. Sally has taken the lessons learnt through running a business and working with national and international level athle...
Mar 20, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Dr Paul Comfort is a Reader in Strength and Conditioning at the University of Salford, UK, where he leads the Masters Degree in Strength and Conditioning and consults with numerous professional teams in the UK. Paul is a founder member and accredited member of the UKSCA, and part of their editorial board. He is a senior associate editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research,and has authored / co-authored >100 peer reviewed journal articles, numerous book chapters and edited th...
Feb 14, 2019•1 hr 32 min
Dr Suchomel is an assistant professor in the department of human movement sciences and strength and conditioning coach at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. Prior to Carroll University, Dr. Suchomel worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and sport scientist during his doctoral work at East Tennessee State University. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a certified Sport...
Jan 30, 2019•1 hr 31 min
Chris Gaviglio is a senior strength and conditioning coach for the Queensland Academy of Sport. Chris has been involved with elite sport for over 15 years working across multiple Olympic sports and professional football codes in both the northern (Bath Rugby) and southern (Wallabies and Gold Coast SUNS AFL) hemisphere. He is also the Physical Performance manager for the Queensland Maroons Rugby league team. During his time in the UK (Bath Rugby), Chris was involved with UK Sport in multiple appl...
Dec 17, 2018•1 hr 21 min
Mike McGuigan is a Professor of Strength and Conditioning at Auckland University of Technology and an Adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University. He is currently Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and Associate Editor for the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning. Mike worked for several years as a Sport Scientist with different sports and he regularly consults for elite sports in the areas of strength and power assessment and athlete monitor...
Nov 28, 2018•1 hr 38 min
Teena Murray has been recently appointed Senior Director of Athlete Health and Performance at Sacramento Kings after spending the previous 14 years as Director of Sports Performance at the University of Louisville. She has built a premiere program in collegiate athletics (NCAA), that serves 21 teams (over 500 athletes), and offers a leading international mentorship program. Teena is also an adjunct lecturer in the College of Health and Sport Science at UofL, and holds an associate appointment in...
Nov 06, 2018•1 hr 2 min
The 2018 Roundtable features four of the emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Dr. Michael Speranza, Matthew Green, Paul Downes & David Watts. In the fourth part of the roundtable, we examine professional development. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE Paul Downes | Paul is the current Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Auckland Rugby Union in New Zealand. Prior to this he spent 4 years with the Hurricanes Super Rugby Franchise as well as leading the Wellington Rugby Aca...
Oct 23, 2018•23 min
The 2018 Roundtable features four of the emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Dr. Michael Speranza, Matthew Green, Paul Downes & David Watts. In the third part of the roundtable, we examine prehabilitation and rehabilitation. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE Paul Downes | Paul is the current Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Auckland Rugby Union in New Zealand. Prior to this he spent 4 years with the Hurricanes Super Rugby Franchise as well as leading the Wellington ...
Oct 16, 2018•41 min
ACSA Podcast #25 - 2018 Roundtable Part 2 - Energy System Development by Joseph Coyne
Oct 09, 2018•41 min
The 2018 Roundtable features four of the emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Dr. Michael Speranza, Matthew Green, Paul Downes & David Watts. In the first part of the roundtable, we examine strength & power development. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE Paul Downes | Paul is the current Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Auckland Rugby Union in New Zealand. Prior to this he spent 4 years with the Hurricanes Super Rugby Franchise as well as leading the Wellington Ru...
Oct 03, 2018•57 min
Bob is the Director of Sports Science at Power Lift. He was the Assistant Athletics Director/Director of Strength and Conditioning at North Carolina State University (2011-2017). Prior to that Alejo was the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the Oakland A’s (MLB; 2009-2011 and 1993-2001), Director of Strength and Conditioning at UC Santa Barbara (2005-2008) and held three different strength and conditioning coach titles at UCLA (1984-1993). While there, the Bruins won 25 national champion...
Aug 15, 2018•1 hr 40 min
Des joined Arsenal FC in February 2013 after a successful strength and conditioning career in the rugby world. At Arsenal, Des is the head of the academy sport medicine and sport science department. He oversees the physical development of players aged from 8 to 23. During his time at Arsenal, Des has helped develop the approach, size of the department and the facilities at the academy. This has helped support a number of players graduate from the academy to the first team. Des has completed a Ma...
Jul 11, 2018•1 hr 21 min
Shownotes 1) The ASCA coach scholarship fund and how to apply 2:24 2) The ASCA board intiative fund 5:11 3) My EXOS Carlsbad visit 9:45 4) The Joshua Aycock backstory and why it’s good to have a buddy on visits 11:15 5) Partnering & subleasing – good idea for private s&c coaches?? 13:30 6) The Roy Holmes background 15:15 7) My thoughts on what makes EXOS successful 16:55 8) Efficiency - "simple things done savagely well" 22:35 9) Openings in the market for private s&c coaches – where...
Jun 20, 2018•1 hr 8 min
