This week's Pacey Performance Podcast sees Rob speaking to Head of Performance at Perth Glory in the A-League, Carmen Colomer. Since 2017, Carmen has had quite the journey going from the Australian Institute of Sport to the Brumbies, Brisbane Broncos, Philadelphia 76'ers as Director of Sports Science and then into her current role in Perth.
With all those experiences across multiple sports and countries, we wanted to chat to Carmen about what she has learnt along the way, particularly when it comes to recovery. The NBA has a notoriously gruelling schedule, so how did Carmen implement fresh ideas to the organisation and what has she took from that experience and integrated into the programme at Perth?
The first half of the conversation is all about recovery, what has worked for Carmen and her athletes and what hasn't. Then the second half is all about load monitoring. This is certainly a passion of hers but she early in the conversation gives us the cold hard facts of what load monitoring is and isn't.
If you're interested in hearing from Carmen, click play now.
Main talking points -
Sprint training masterclass with Derek Hansen, Dan Pfaff, Jason Hettler, James Wild and Jonas Dodoo
Player tracking; where is it going, delivering data to coaches and the importance of data quality with Andrew Gray (High Performance Manager at Cronulla Sharks)
Entrepreneurship in strength and conditioning, employability and concious coaching with Brett Bartholomew (Author, Speaker & Coach)
What does a head coach look for in a fitness coach (?) with John Hill (Sports Scientist/S&C Coach) & Robbie Neilson (Head Coach)
Is a Masters becoming expected within strength and conditioning (?) with Scott Talpey (Southern Connecticut University) & Warren Young (Federation University)
Injury risk screening; what a physio needs vs what a strength and conditioning coach needs with Adam Johnson (Brighton & Hove Albion) & Josh Hook (S&C Coach at Brighton & Hove Albion)
Training load monitoring; reporting, statistical use in reports and gaining influence with Steve Barrett (First Team Lead Sports Scientist)
Mitigating hamstring injury risk; programming, speed training & the proximal and distal approach with Lachlan Wilmot (High Performance Manager at Parramatta Eels)
Maximising transfer from the gym to the field or court with Mike MicGuigan (Professor of Strength & Conditioning at Auckland University of Technology)
Microdosing; what it is, integration with strength training, and tempo running with Derek Hansen (Sports Performance Consultant)
Sports science research dissemination and infographics with Yann Le Meur (Sports Scientist)
Fitness profiling, training load monitoring and predictive modelling with Shane Malone (Sports Scientist & PhD student) & Shane Mangan (Sports Scientist & member of Gaelic Sports Research Centre)
Understanding game demands, worst case scenarios and linking with technical outputs with Shane Malone (Sports Scientist & PhD student) & Shane Mangan (Gaelic Sports Research Centre)
Current practice when assessing athlete readiness, positives and negatives with Devan McConnell (UMAS Lowell) & Justin Roethlingshoefer (San Diego Gulls)
Identifying & deconstructing movement issues, deceleration and drill creation with Mark Kovacs (Owner of the Kovacs Institute)
Developing a solid bullsh*t filter, acute: chronic ratios, and mentoring in sports science with Aaron Coutts (Professor of Sport & Exercise Science at the University of Technology Sydney)
Realities of working in the NFL and integrating research into practice with Hugh Fullagar (Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science at University of Technology Sydney)
Acceleration; principles, programming and transferring gym work to track with Jason Hettler (Strength & Power Coach at ALTIS)
Sleep science; sleep banking, the use of caffeine, and sleep disorders with Ian Dunican (Sleep expert & Director of Sleep4Performance)
Building a performance model, travel and fatigue management, and game demands with Robert Butler (Director of Performance at St Louis Cardinals)
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