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Autonomy Supportive Coaching Allows Athletes to Own Their Pathway to Performance – with Dr Israel Halperin
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes It is essential for exercise and sport science researchers to find the middle ground between just explorative science that is “interesting”, and providing extremely useful practical data...
Anaerobic, Metabolic, Mechanical or What?! How Maximal Repetitive Speeds are NOT What You Think They Are – with Prof Peter Weyand
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes All animals (including us pesky humans) fall into the output-duration fall-off: we all get slower over longer distance/longer periods of time. Working in science can work exceptionally well...
The Self Managing Athlete: How to Build Autonomy for Better Health and Performance – with Andrew Wiseman
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Football is mainly about kicking balls and goals, but it is still a physical activity that is becoming more and more athletic. Especially female football players are extremely keen on...
High Tech in High Perf Sports: High burden, Low Impact? – with Dr Mathieu Lacome
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes If you want to GENERATE VALUE with your data driven systems or new training methods, CLARIFY to your leaders (coaches, performance managers or sports specific personnel) that they NEED to...
Even a CHAOTIC Sport Can Figure Out Their TRAINING SCIENCE, so You CAN TOO – with Dr Duncan French
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Combat sports are chaotic - thus you need a wide variety of “base” skills and fitness, but with a “super” athlete power of your own that you can sharpen, focus and improve continuously. We...
You CAN’T Have Your FTP, CP or Aerobic Power & SPRINT with it too – with Dr Dajo Sanders
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes You need to know more than just physiology, even in a “physiology heavy” sport like cycling. Becoming well rounded in applied sport science is the first step to becoming a better coach and...
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...