This week’s guest on the Pacey Performance Podcast is Rett Larson, strength and conditioning coach for the German women’s national volleyball team. He’s previously coached the Dutch and Chinese women’s volleyball teams, and worked for EXOS Athlete Performance for seven years. Prior to that, he learned his trade coaching younger athletes in strength training between the ages of 8 and 18 in Southern California.
Rett’s here to talk about warming up, cooling down, and why it can pay to coach younger athletes before moving on to adult-aged coaching. As well as the benefits of experience, coaches can really see how to engage with a group and notice the smaller performance details. With warming up, Rett is an expert in this field gives key advice on how to design effective warm ups, structure sessions, and why keeping things ‘messy’ can be more beneficial.
Rett also discusses cool downs, again discussing how to structure such sessions, keep the coach’s own ego in check relating to athletes’ attitude towards them, and how to maintain attention once the main training session is over. He also provides some bonus advice on percussive therapy devices, and the ones he uses. To learn all this and much more, hit the play button now.
This week’s topics:
Building a performance model, travel and fatigue management, and game demands with Robert Butler (Director of Performance at St Louis Cardinals)
Cohesion vs culture, measuring impact of staff and Gainline Analytics with Ben Darwin (Former Wallaby & Owner of Gainline Analytics)
Translating off-ice qualities onto the ice, bilateral vs unilateral exercises, and influences outside S&C with Matt Nichol (Strength & Conditioning Coach & Owner of BioSteel)
Winning 5 AFL Premierships, throwing science out of the window and dealing with data with Andrew Russell (Director of High Performance at Hawthorn FC)
Assessing fatigue, going further with GPS technology and data visualisation principles with Mathieu Lacome (Sports Scientist at PSG)
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Are we really ever going to be able to predict injuries (?) with Sam Robertson (Head of Research and Innovation at Western Bulldogs and Victoria University)
'Want to see my report coach?' Making an impact with data with Martin Buchheit (Sports Scientist and Strength and Conditioning Coach)
ACL rehab, reducing groin injury risk and athlete profiling with Enda King (Head of Performance at the Sports Surgery Clinic)
Training specificity vs training chaos for injury prevention with Justin Crow (Physical Performance Manager at Essendon Football Club)
Designing programmes and coaching the best combat athletes in the world with Bo Sanoval (Director of Strength and Conditioning at UFC Performance Institute)
Periodisation across different parts of the season in rugby union with Simon Thomas (Head of Physical Performance at Crusaders)
What does a UFC fighter's programme really look like with Duncan French (Vice President of Performance at UFC Performance Institute)
Making an impact in collegiate sport, measuring impact and the art of communication with Andrew Murray (Director of Performance and Sports Science at the University of Oregon)
Using gymnastics for injury risk reduction and skill acquisition in team sports with Nick Ruddock (Performance Gymnastics Coaching Consultant)
Selling a message to a head coach to maximise the impact of S&C with Huw Bevan (Head of Performance and Rugby Operations at Dragons Rugby)
Agility and change of direction; training, testing, and programming with Sophia Nimphius (Associate Professor at Edith Cowen University)
Training large groups of sprinters and periodising of jump training with Ryan Banta (Teacher and Coach at Parkway Central High School)
Landing and deceleration training, gymnastics and return to play from ACL with Bill Knowles (Director of Reconditioning and Athletic Development at HPSports)
Athlete tracking and athlete management systems in ice hockey with Doug McKenney (Sports Performance Specialist at Coach Me Plus)
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