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 -
Assessing movement when time is of the essence and training 'freak' athletes with Luke Storey (Director of Performance at P3 Santa Barbara)
Force plate analysis; best software on the market and go-to metrics with Jason Lake (Senior Lecturer in Biomechanics at the University of Chichester)
Current issues facing coaches in strength and conditioning with Mark Watts & Aiden Oakley (5th Grade Teacher & Strength & Conditioning Coach at Aspire Academy)
Heart rate variability; what is it, why should we measure it and what products are on the market with Paul Laursen & Dan Plews (Institute New Zealand and Kitman Labs)
What it takes to win rugby sevens Olympic gold with Craig Twentyman (Head of Athletic Performance at Australian Womens Rugby Sevens)
Bridging the gap between science and practice with the NSCA and Scott Caulfield (Head of Strength & Conditioning at the NSCA)
From Premier League to the MLS with Steve Tashjian (High Performance Director at Columbus Crew)
Manual therapy vs exercise therapy; progressions and staged criteria in RTP with Selwyn Griffith (Head of Rehabilitation at Brisbane Lions FC)
Measuring our impact as coaches and what is takes to stay in the game with Jorge Carvajal (Performance Coach)
What can traditional sports learn from action/'dude' sports with Grant Jenkins (Performance Coach & Director at Propel Perform)
Building better movers on the court and pitch with Mark Kovacs (Performance Physiologist & Consultant)
The realities of high performance sport and strategies to maintain coach health with Darren Roberts (High Performance Manager at Harris & Ross Physiotherapy)
Strength and conditioning from a professional rugby player's perspective with Rob Harley (Professional Rugby Player at Glasgow Warriors)
Managing jumping in jumping sports and moving from the gym to the board room with Jeremy Sheppard (Director of Performance Services at the Canadian Sports Institute)
What really matters and what really doesn't matter in a S&C programme with Marco Cardinale (Head of Sports Physiology at Aspire Academy)
Hamstring injuries in football, the use of big data and links with big business with Dave Tenney (Sports Scientist & Performance Manager at the Seattle Sounders)
Maximal aerobic speed (MAS), celocity based training and strength training with youth development with Dan Baker (Strength & Conditioning Coach. Lecturer & Speaker)
Pacey Performance Podcast #99 - Eamonn Flanagan (Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Irish Institute of Sport)
Pacey Performance Podcast #98 - Special 'Youth Football' Edition
Pacey Performance Podcast #97 - Richard Akenhead (Football Physiologist & Fitness Coach at Aspetar)
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