www.exxentric.com/speedandpower www.multidirectionalpower.com Kyle Dobbs is the founder and Owner of Compound Performance. Kyle not only trains people, but he also helps develop trainers by understanding systems, strategies and tactics for a more profitable business. https://www.instagram.com/compoundperformance_/...
www.exxentric.com/speedandpower www.multidirectionalpower.com Kris Robertson is a Strength and Conditioning Coach with Rugby Canada. Kris is a former professional athlete of the Canadian Football League (CFL) being drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 11th overall in the 2013 draft. Kris has worked with athletes from a broad spectrum of sports such as swimming, hockey, basketball, judo, and soccer. https://www.instagram.com/krob23/...
www.exxentric.com/speedandpower www.multidirectionalpower.com Daniel Back is an athletic development coach at Xceleration Sports Performance Lab in Austin, Texas. He’s best known for his website and instagram handle, jump.science. Here Daniel, has tons of articles on the science behind jumping higher and running faster. www.jump.science https://www.instagram.com/jump.science/...
www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Michael Drach is the owner and coach of Michael Drach Training in Chicago. Michael’s trained Northwestern football for 8 years in speed and agility development. He’s also trained over 100 NFL Draft hopefuls and numerous professional athletes in a variety of sports as well as olympians. http://www.michaeldrachtraining.com/virtual https://www.instagram.com/michaeldrachtraining/...
www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Yoeri currently works as a Performance Trainer at AFC AJAX. He has experience training a variety of sports including basketball, soccer, weight lifting and martial arts. Yoeri is a young strength coach with a really well thought out process for training his athletes. https://www.instagram.com/yoeripegel/
www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Lee Taft, known to most simply as “The Speed Guy”, is highly respected as one of the top athletic movement specialists in the world. He has spent much of this time teaching his multi-directional speed methods to top performance coaches and fitness professionals all over the world. In this episode with Lee we talked about some strategies to execute an online speed training program. Instagram: @leetaft Twitter: @leetaft www.SpeedToolbox.com www.leetaft.com...
www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Kevin Foster founded and runs the @javelin.anatomy instagram page, challenging the status quo of athletic development in throwing sport athletes. He is a former division 1 javelin thrower who is currently training as a post collegiate athlete trying to break through to the international level of competition. https://javelin-anatomy.myshopify.com/ https://www.instagram.com/javelin.anatomy/...
www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Matt McInnes Watson is a performance coach and specialist in track and field, speed, power and plyometrics. He has a master’s degree in athletic development and is currently studying for a Ph.D. in plyometrics. Watson is the owner of Plus Plyos, a coaching business that provides plyometric programs through video format. He is currently teaching in the United Arab Emirates, and he coaches multiple athletes from the U.K. and U.S. https://www.instagram.com/mcinneswat...
www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Austin Jochum is the Strength Coach for the University of St. Thomas Football Team as well as owner of Jochum Strength. Austin’s athletes become better movers through his unique and creative approach to strength development. In this episode we got talk about Austin’s methods and the question, “what is strength?” Austin on Instagram Jochum Strength...
Sean Light is a strength and conditioning coach, and CEO of 4A Health and Performance Sciences. Sean’s previously been a strength coach with the LA Lakers. More recently Sean has been helping strength coaches and trainers create more financial freedom and success. This is an episode every coach needs to hear! https://www.instagram.com/slight20/ https://www.4ahps.com/optin1609968463058...
Mike Young is the Owner and Director of Performance and Research for Athletic Lab. Mike’s wide range of experience and accomplishments is matched by few in the field of strength and conditioning. In this podcast we had the privilege of discussing with Mike his philosophy on developing maximal strength and how he transfers that strength into massive outputs of power. https://www.athleticlab.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mikeyoungphd/ https://www.instagram.com/athleticlabacademy/...
Jason Hettler is known for specializing in speed development for both track athletes and field sport athletes. Currently Jason is the head Speed and Agility Coach at IMG Academy. Jason has immense technical knowledge of sprinting mechanics and we talked about how he begins applying these concepts with all the different age groups of athletes he is now in charge of. https://www.instagram.com/jhettler24/ Speed & Agility Coach - @imgacademy hettlerperformance.com...
Bill Miller is a strength coach and author of the book, Swing Fast: A Guide To Developing Rotational Power. Through his program of rotational power development Bill improves swing speed, throwing velocities, and all areas of rotation with his athletes. This podcast has a ton of practical information and we talked about types of rotational throws, how to choose the correct weight, anti-rotation training, and even strength exercises Bill has seen correlate with higher swing speeds. https://www.ins...
Patrick is the Co-Owner of Evolve Health and Performance in Austin, TX. Patrick is an Applied Functional Science (AFS) practitioner, movement specialist, and strength and conditioning coach. He was also part of the Univ of Denver’s 2015 National Championship team. Coach Estes currently works with clients and athletes in all phases of development rehabilitation through performance. Evolve HP currently does consulting work with professional teams and athletes around the world in the integration of...
Kris Borthwick is the Head of Sports Performance at Bromley Regional Performance Center. Kris is an elite level coach most notably in the sport of tennis, where his teams have won 2 National Championships. In this episode with Kris we talk about why it’s important to develop testing and KPIs that matches the dynamics of sport. Kris brings a ton of knowledge and information to this podcast. https://www.instagram.com/krisborthwick/ Tennis Repeat Sprint Test Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/wa...
Zach Even-Esh is author, educator, coach, and founder of The Underground Strength Gym located in New Jersey. Zach is one of the most well known and well respected coaches in the industry. This episode was a lot of fun as Zach shared so much coaching wisdom with us. https://www.instagram.com/zevenesh/ https://www.instagram.com/undergroundstrengthgym/ https://www.undergroundstrengthcoach.com/...
Ryan is a strength coach from the Philadelphia area specializing in speed development for middle school and high school athletes. In this episode we go over his program and why he focuses particularly on linear speed development. https://www.instagram.com/coachrconnor/ https://www.takeoversp.com/
Antonio Squillante is the author of the book “Power: The Training of Champions”. Currently Antonio is conducting research at the Clinical Exercise Research Center at USC. Antonio research has led him to a great understanding of all things power and strength development. We went into specifics about a lot of different training methodologies and modalities. Purchase Antonio’s Book: POWER. The Training Of Champions https://www.instagram.com/antonio_squillantecscs/?hl=en...
Dr. Andy Galpin joins us on the show this week. Andy is a professor at Cal State Fullerton. Along with being a professor Andy also trains professional athletes. In particular he trains several professional MMA fighters. In this podcast Andy shows us how he is able to combine everything he’s studied and learned to the actual training of his athletes. https://www.instagram.com/drandygalpin/ http://www.andygalpin.com/...
Grant Fowler is the owner of Fowler Fitness. Grant’s approach has resulted in his athletes greatly increasing strength and power. In addition to Grant’s programming we also talked quite a bit about motivating athletes, and how motivation, or lack thereof, has a huge effect on the capabilities of the athlete. https://www.instagram.com/fowler_fitness_spt/ https://linktr.ee/fowler_fitness_spt...
Erik Huddleston is the Director of Performance at IFAST. In this episode of the show Erik talks about how he uses various constraints, speeds, and positions to strengthen change of directions movement patterns. Despite a high volume of clients, Erik’s extensive knowledge on change of direction allows him to individualize movement solutions so his clients can achieve optimal results. Instagram: @eph.24
Jeff Moyer is the owner of Dynamic Correspondence Sports Training in Pittsburgh, PA. Through Jeff’s passion for athletic development he has created a total holistic approach to training. In this episode we spoke a lot about training vision, and how it can not only help improve perception but also improve strength and mobility. We also talked about the 1x20 approach to strength training and other topics. http://www.dcsportstraining.com/ Instagram: @dcsportstraining
Nick DiMarco is the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Elon University. Nick has appeared on various podcasts because he has such a wealth of knowledge on all topics of S&C. In this episode we covered a lot of topics ranging from 8 Vector Plyometrics, progressing agility drills, conditioning, and surrounding yourself with a good staff. Instagram: @elonperformance @dimarco.w.nick
Joel Smith is a strength coach, and also host of the Just Fly Performance Podcast. After speaking with so many great strength coaches over the years Joel has a wealth of knowledge about so many different topics related to strength and conditioning. In this episode we talked about evolving as a strength coach and then we talked specifically about the role of the foot in change of direction. https://www.just-fly-sports.com/ @justflysports...
Zach Dechant is the Senior Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at TCU. He oversees the development of Baseball, as well as the quarterback development for Football. Zach is also the author of the book, Movement Over Maxes. In this episode we really got into the subject of sport specific training and where the line is for strength coaches when training athletes. The further we went in this episode the more evident it was just how much Zach knows about the mechanics specifically of thr...
Keir Wenham-Flatt is a strength and conditioning coach and consultant. Keir is most known for working with elite level rugby players and teams in the UK, Argentina, Australia, China, and Japan. Keir has been on numerous podcasts and written an article for Simplifaster on the state of the Strength and Conditioning Industry. We talked about this as well as some practical information related to speed development and what really is sport specific training. @rugby_strength_coach https://strengthcoach...
Ryan Harrison has been helping athletes improve visual performance since 1999. He has worked with many MLB teams and players, as well as pro athletes in the NFL, NHL, PGA, MMA, and the WTA. Vision is often overlooked by strength coaches but it’s one of the areas we can have the most impact on sport. IG: @slowthegamedown https://www.slowthegamedown.com/ https://neurodynamicvision.org/...
Sam Portland is one of the UK’s most experienced S&C coaches for elite level athletes. Along with training Sam also mentors coaches on how to not only get the best out of their athletes, but also out of themselves. This is one of our favorite podcasts we’ve done and we dive into a variety of topics. This is a must listen. https://coachsportland.co.uk/ Use Coupon Code “SpeedPower” 15% off manuals IG: @coach_sportland...
Dr. Jarred Boyd currently works for the NBA franchise, Memphis Grizzlies, as a Performance Physical Therapist. Prior to joining the Grizzlies, Jarred was on staff at R2P at the Frederick facility. Jarred still contributes to R2P Academy by providing continuing education. Dr. Jarred Boyd’s goal is to facilitate return to activity and enhance patients potential by identifying opportunities to improve function and empowering patients with the tools to live better. IG: @dr.jfitboyd www.Rehab2Perform...
Matt Cooper is a nutrition consultant, strength & conditioning coach, and sport scientist from California. What makes Coop’s training so interesting is he is able to combine proprioception and plyometric training using the Marinovich methods, along with taking inspiration from David Weck, Functional Patterns, and others to optimize athleticism and robustness with his athletes. Coop is on the cutting edge of truly developing better athletes. This was a great episode with some great informatio...
