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High Performance Sports NEEDS Research, but Done RIGHT – with Dr Alan McCall
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes It is easy to get lost in “interesting” questions - but for impactful research you want to work directly with EVERYONE in the team (players, coaches, staff etc.) to what THEY NEED. Build a...
LESS DETAIL in Sport Science? NOPE! MORE & MORE Personalized – with Lorena Torres-Ronda
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Have a method of how you approach your practice - scientific method does not necessarily mean you have to follow up the data, but you can do your own experiments! Support and time are the...
PROFILE & FIT the Training to Athlete Strengths – with Dr Rod Siegel
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Context and content matter: you can cover a lot of ground with advanced scientific knowledge and cross-over experience from other sports. But to really get into it, you need to GET DEEP into...
Appreciating the Context and Perspective of a Team Sport Coach with Steve Manuel
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Surround yourself with good people that you can rely on. It is ESSENTIAL that you know that you do not know everything When you trust someone else with coaching, training or anything, you...
Heat Adaptation is ANOTHER Aspect of Difference Between Men and Women – with Dr Julia Casadio
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes If you are STRUGGLING in the heat, it is highly likely that you have not prepared enough or accordingly for it. Pre-cooling techniques ALL have value and need to be juggled on the fly by...
The Next Big Thing in TRAINING MONITORING? – with Prof Stephen Seiler
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Training your mental toughness might have to be much MORE SPECIFIC than you think. Consider looking into a variety of methods of how to develop mental toughness, rather than just throwing...
Why Athlete FITNESS Does Not Always Mean HEALTHY – with Dr Phil Maffetone
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Practical knowledge from the field is useful, but it needs over time to be followed up with data to explain what is actually happening in our bodies Implementing established methods is...
What AI Powered TRAINING IS & WHAT IT IS NOT – with Andrea Zignoli
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes AI is more or less an ADVANCED encoding of available HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AI is NOT an automated robot that knows everything and does everything by itself AI depends a lot on EXISTING KNOWLEDGE...
FOOD is More Complex Than You Think — and so is its IMPACT with Hélène Defrance
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Always try to SHOW how much you care about your athletes: whether it is “how” the food is presented, when to give the athletes some slack with (high-quality) pizzas and burgers, or simply...
Keith D’Amelio on Problem Solving For Team and Individual Players – Know Your Environment First
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Working with other professionals across clubs, athletes or even within your own organization starts with you and your own empathy towards what they need to do. Developing professional...
MORE FAT = MORE GAINS?! INDIVIDUAL Training in Team Sports?! Science, but WITHOUT Science?! – Recap Episode Part 3
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Yes, you can try reducing your carbs in “intensity” based team sports. Yes, really. No, you do NOT need to COMPLETELY forget that carbohydrates are necessary for your body to function...
Why Are the Norwegians Dominating Triathlon? Asking Questions & Systematically Looking For Answers with Olav Aleksander Bu
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Athletes are humans and the human aspect needs to always be considered, especially when you are thinking about “coaching”. The physiological, metabolic and biochemical profiles of...