ASCA Podcast #56 - Dr. Jeremy Sheppard

Jeremy is a Director of Performance Solutions with the Canadian Sport Institute (CSI), in partnership with Canada Snowboard, where he works in the daily training environment as Off Snow Coach for the Slopestyle and Big Air teams, and is accountable for the Sport Science/Medicine of the 5 Olympic snowboard disciplines. He is also a member of the CSI leadership and strategy group, and mentors the discipline leads of Strength and Conditioning. Prior to this he was the Head of Strength and Conditioning and Sport Science Manager for Surfing Australia. He's held positions as strength and conditioning coach and sport scientist at Queensland Academy of Sport, Australian Institute of Sport, and Canadian Sport Center. He has been fortunate to have worked with numerous national, world, commonwealth, and Olympic medalists, with consultations to professional teams in the NRL, NFL, and AFL. He is an active consultant to Hurley and Nike on performance matters. Jeremy is a graduate of the Canadian National Coaching Institute, and is also certified by the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) as a Level 3 and Master coach, and Life Member. He is certified in level 2 Olympic Weightlifting, Medical Exercise, Performance Nutrition, and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and a Coach Emeritus with the NSCA. Jeremy has conducted numerous research projects with >100 peer-reviewed research manuscripts and abstracts, as well as 13 book chapters on strength and conditioning. He has presented on strength and conditioning in Canada, the USA, UK, Europe, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Australia. QUOTES “In a population that is jumping a lot (e.g. volleyball), more jumping does nothing” “You don’t have to fix it, you just have to make it better” “Does everyone understand what winning looks like in the performance team?” “The preparation framework must serve the performance model” “Ankle range is really key to produce more force in the lower body and has this protective effect on injury” “Connect the dots between what you are doing with the athlete and their performance” “Sport is about making shapes and changing shapes” “It is no point doing micro-dosing, if you have not met the demon at some stage in your preparation” SHOWNOTES 1) Jeremy’s origin story and the impact of a car crash on his journey 2) The background on jumping research and interventions to improve jumping like eccentric accentuation 3) Working with surfers, snowboarders and the unique nature of action sports 4) Performance models, sharing an objective and a mutual understanding of what success looks like 5) The current performance model for Canadian snowboard 6) Working on hardware/software issues for mobility and extremity (hand/foot) function 7) A “typical” week for Canadian snowboard athlete and time allocations for strength/power and mobility PEOPLE MENTIONED Warren Young Rob Newton Mike McGuigan Andrew Stark Jason Patchell Damian Farrow