Rob Butler is Director of Performance at the St Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball. Rob joined the Cardinals having previously been an Assistant Professor and Associate Director at Duke University. Rob is a SUPER smart dude with an Msc in biomechanics and movement science and a Ph.D. in biomechanics from the University of Delaware. Having only had one guest on the podcast who has worked in Major League Baseball, I took this opportunity via ANOTHER introduction from former guest, Martin Buchheit. Hopefully this episode gives an insight into the workings of a performance department in baseball, where its been and where it is heading. Enjoy!
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Rob can be found on Twitter @rjbutler_dptphd
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How to individualise training and nutrition in team sports with Mike Potenza (Director of Strength & Conditioning at San Jose Sharks)
Load management and GPS. Are we missing a piece of the puzzle (?) with Tim Doyle (Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University)
Team sport nutrition, half-time refueling strategies and pre-season vs in-season fueling with Marc Bubbs (Performance Nutrition Lead at Men's Canada Basketball)
Predicting hamstring injuries, reducing hamstring injury risk and hamstring injury rehab with Josh Ruddy, Ryan Timmins & Jack Hickey
Working with paraylympic athletes; creativity, mental health and what training really looks like with Tom Paulson & Luke Sweet
How ready are you athletes to train? HRV, questionnaires and sleep hygiene with Erik Korem (Associate Athletics Director of Student-Athlete High Performance at the College of William and Mary)
Breaking down silos within performance and technical staff with Kyle Skinner (Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports at Notre Dame)
Maximising athlete recovery and sleep, and appraising current technology with Shona Halson (Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University)
Hamstring injuries; mechanisms, issues with traditional rehab and reducing injury risk with Jack Hickey (Lecturer in Musculoskeletal & Sports Injury Rehabilitation at ACU)
Benefits and risks of early specialisation in late specialisation sports with Luke Jenkinson (Head of Academy Sports Science & Medicine at Derby County FC)
Embracing chaos and making better decisions in the rehabilitation process with Jarrod Wade (Head of Performance at South Sydney Rabbitohs)
How can the industry do better to create more 'job-ready' graduate coaches with Steve Ingham (Performance Consultant and Director of Supporting Champions)
Working as a strength & conditioning coach in a foreign country with Dave Howarth (Head of Athletic Development at Connacht Rugby)
Lessons learnt from working as a sports scientist in the NFL and MLB with Dave Regan (Former Sports Science Coordinator at the Miami Dolphins and Performance Consultant)
Developing the most influential apps in sports science and what's next with Carlos Balsalobre (Lecturer at UAM Madrid and App Developer)
Training load monitoring in rugby union and managing player workloads in-season with Tom Batchelor (Lead Sports Scientist and Conditioning Coach at Harlequins Rugby)
Working with the countries most promising young football players at Arsenal academy with Paudie Roche (Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach at Arsenal Football Club)
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