On this week's Pacey Performance Podcast Rob is speaking to James Wild. This is James' third time on the podcast and you can check out parts one and two here. James is another speaker at the Sportsmith speed conference in March and we got him on not only to give us a teaser of his presentation, but to take us through, using a hypothetical athlete, his process of understand what is required to improve acceleration.
So in the first half of the episode, James explains what he would do when first meeting an athlete. This may surprise some people but its not a lot. No extensive profiling, no in-depth screen. We also get an insight into how James' philosphy has changed on this too over the last 5-10 years.
In the second half of the episode, James details how he takes the learning of the more subjective first phase into a more objective second phase. We hear what gym based assessments he conducts to understand areas for potential physical improvement and then how he goes about actually trying to manipulate technique.
This was of my favourite episodes on speed and was incredibly refreshing to hear James's points of view on some polarising topics.
Main talking points -
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)
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)
Pacey Performance Podcast #221 - Nick Grantham (Performance Enhancement Specialist)
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)
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