Pacey Performance Podcast

The first full edition of the Pacey Performance Podcast sees me talking with Head of Strength & Conditioning at Leeds University, Ben Mays. Talking about his background and how he got into his current position, how he programmes for so many different athletes across a huge range of sports and how he individualizes his conditioning and gym based sessions. 

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am chatting with Sydney Roosters strength, speed and power coach, Keir Wenham-Flatt. Keir is talking to us during pre season in the NRL and discusses his views on Olympic lifting and speed training. Keir brings some great insight into training for rugby and he also gives us a detailed look back on his education and how he went from Rotherham to Sydney in the space of a year! Keir has also launched his new website www.rugbystrengthcoach.com which is a brilliant, free resource for anyone wanting to enhance their coaching practice for rugby. 

This edition of the Pacey Performance Podcast sees us chatting with former Louisiana State University coach and current Vancouver Whitecaps first team fitness coach, Mike Young. Mike is talking to us from his base at Athletic Lab, his performance gym in North Carolina. He is discussing his work with the Whitecaps, the culture of 'soccer' and monitoring tools which he has introduced with his athletes. Mike has a Phd in Biomechanics from Louisiana State University and his highly successful Human Performance Consulting business made him a great guest to have on the Pacey Performance Podcast. Mike can be found on twitter @MikeYoung and his work can be seen at www.athleticlab.com & hpssport.com. 

This episode goes in a slightly different direction with ex Sale Sharks, Leeds Carnegie and England rugby union player Andy Titterrell, giving his unique thoughts on strength and conditioning practice he has come across in his time as a pro. As well as playing, Andy has experience as a strength and conditioning coach in his own right with Leeds Carnegie's academy, University of Liverpool and through his own business. Andy talks about the guys who have influenced his own practice, how he juggled life as a professional player and coach, and his thoughts on current S&C practice in rugby union. Andy offers such a unique perspective and his thoughts as an ex pro and current practitioner are invaluable. 

The fifth episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast sees me speaking with Head of Athletic Development for Huddersfield Town FC's academy, Dan Hughes. I have known Dan for almost 5 years now and have kept in touch since he left Doncaster Rovers and I filled his shoes. Dan speaks about how he got where he has, his recent experiences of stepping up to first team duties and how he structures his in-season strength sessions for both the academy and first team. Dan offers another great perspective to S&C and also shows how Huddersfield Town FC provide an all-round support service for their players. 

After a little lay off, Episode 6 sees me speaking with physical preparation coach and former fitness coach at Hammerby IF, Mladen Jovanovic. Mladen has recently been described as a GENIUS by a previous 'guest' on the podcast! With previous episodes being quite general, I wanted to really focus in on Mladen's knowledge on periodisation in team sports and how he gets conditioning work in during a busy in-season period. Mladen also speaks about his highly successful website complementarytraining.net and how coaches can utilise his Excel wizardry to maximise and simplify their programme design. 

Episode 7 of the Pacey Performance Podcast sees me speaking with Head of Sports Science at Nottingham Forest, Ross Burbeary. Ross is talking to us about his injury prevention strategies, his views on the functional movement screen and how the cycling of training pitches could be the key to reducing non-contact injuries. Ross also talks about his 'Season in a Weekend' workshop which is running on 7th & 8th June in Cambridge where he will be taking delegates through pre-season training, in-season training, warm-ups, nutrition and recovery strategies. 

Episode 8 of the Pacey Performance Podcast sees me speaking with ex Cardiff Blues and Leicester Tigers strength & conditioning coach, and current high performance manager at Severi Rugby, Chris Tombs. Chris gives us a great insight into speed development in team sports as well as updating us on the state of Rugby in the USA. Chris has working with some of the best rugby players in the world including Leigh Halfpenney, Jamie Roberts and Sam Warburton. 

In episode 9 I speak with Dean Riddle, Applied Sports Scientist at the 2013 Superbowl Champions, Seattle Seahawks. Dean worked in the UK from 1991 to 2011 where he took up head of department positions at Leeds RLFC, Leeds United, England Cricket, Castleford Tigers and Sheffield United. Since leaving the UK he worked as director of Nike's performance network before moving to the Seahawks. Dean talks about his experiences working across multiple sports, his process in assessing movement and the state of S&C in the US right now. 

This episode I am speaking with Head of Athletic Development at Western Force, David Joyce. I have recently been reading High Performance Training for Sports which David co-edited and contributed to, and I wanted to speak with him about those specific chapters. We chat about mental resilience as well as the intricacies of movement efficiency. It was such a pleasure to chat with David who is an awesome guy with so much experience, much of which was over here in the UK. High Performance Training for Sports should definitely be on the reading list of any coach who wants a practical tour around the minds of the best in the business. 

In this episode I speak with another author from the book High Performance Training for Sports, Mike McGuigan. Mike is also a professor at the Sports Performance Research Institute in New Zealand and is putting some great research out there at the moment on strength and power development, data presentation and performance testing. I speak with Mike about prioritising interventions with so much data collection going on, determining how much strength transfers to performance and how individualised training should be. Mike is a SUPER smart guy but he does such a great job of simplifying complex statistics for us mere mortals. 

This episode sees me speaking with Jason Weber. For those that don't know, Jason has been involved in elite sport for the last 20 years working in AFL and rugby union and is currently working at the Freemantle Dockers in AFL. Jason puts some great content out via his blog and website, Oldbullfitness.com and our chat revolves around some of his thoughts which he speaks so passionately about in his blog. He talks about his 4 guiding principles for team training design as well as working in harmony with physios and his view on technology. I was absolutely buzzing after this chat (and the 30 minutes we talked afterwards) and I am sure you will too. His passion for his work is clear and for this reason it was one of the best episodes I have put out. 

In this episode I had the privilege of speaking with Wasps Rugby senior strength and conditioning coach, Tom Mclaughlin. I chat with Tom about his background, as well as what training methods he is using at the minutes with the first team. He also discusses the journey of a junior rugby player at Wasps & his willingness for his junior players to continue playing other sports to develop overall athleticism. It has been a real privilege to speak to some of the best S&C coaches and sports scientists in the game at the moment so hopefully these podcasts are being of use. If they are, please share the love and get the great info given by these guys out there! 

In this episode I speak with an absolute genius in Carl Valle. Carl has coached athletics at every level, from high school to the Olympic level in the sprints and hurdles. Carl's knowledge & expertise in performance data as well as practical application of equipment and software is second to none and we discuss these topics at length in the episode. He also goes into lots of detail on monitoring load, jumping for team sports and his thought on velocity based training. The use of technology has exploded over the last 10-15 years and Carl does a great job of breaking these down & the myths and pitfalls of many currently out there. 

This episode sees me speaking with lead strength & conditioning coach of GB snow board cross & alpine ski, John Noonan. I first got in touch with John through LinkedIn about 6 months ago and he was kind enough to give up half an hour of his time for a chat about his journey through various sports. I then saw him speak at the UKSCA conference this year and had to get him to speak on the podcast. John talks about his Phd research, giving his athletes the ability to 'freestyle' in training the his 'athletic capacity evaluation'. Its such a great interview with John as he works with a group of athletes with such a completely different mindset to training compared with more traditional sports. However, working with this group has so much cross over to the traditional sports and I certainly took a lot away from this chat. 

Episode 17 sees me having a great chat with strength & conditioning coach and owner of the Training Lab, Andy 'Iron Mac' McKenzie. Andy puts some great information out there and after booking on to his core training workshop I had to get him on. We discuss everything from his background in the military to his thoughts on body weight and core training. Andy also gives a great insight into running an S&C facility which he has done very successfully over the last few years. This is a great episode for all those that are thinking about setting up there own facility & those wondering whether working with the general public is a viable option....which after listening you will hear that it is! 

Episode 18 of the podcast sees me speaking with Tom Summers who was one of the first guys who was kind enough to let me visit Yorkshire County Cricket to see how their programme ran back in 2012. Tom was head of strength & conditioning at Yorkshire County Cricket and is now living in Hong Kong, running his own gym, Pinnacle Performance. Because Tom is in direct competition with many CrossFit boxes in Hong Kong, we talk about his views on CrossFit as a brand and how he differentiates his business and educates clients on his philosophies. We also chat about his work with both Hong Kong baseball and Hong Kong Cricket and touch on some programming for cricketers as a whole. 

In this episode of the podcast I am really privileged to be speaking with ex fitness and conditioning coach at Liverpool and current high performance manager at Port Adelaide FC, Darren Burgess. I really wanted an episode to focus around recovery with loads of team sports hitting busy periods in their calender and thought Darren would be the perfect guy! We discuss strategies to aid with travel, which Darren has to deal with week in, week out. Darren also goes into great depth into his protocols for assessing neuromuscular fatigue, heart rate recovery and heart rate variability. Darren also talks about the High Performance Sports Program which he and Jason Weber have developed. A series of webinars, videos and e-books gets your learning from two of the best guys in the business! 

In this episode I am very lucky to speak with head of strength & conditioning for men's and women's basketball at the University of Richmond, Jay De Mayo. I was so excited to speak with a true legend of S&C and it was very kind of him to give up 40 minutes of his time to speak on the podcast. We discussed what the journey is like for a student coming through his programme, how he conditions his players during the long in-season and how he develops 'agility' in his basketball players and his tennis players. We also discuss his annual seminar that he runs and you can find out more about this at CVASPS.com. 

I am delighted to be doing a Special Edition of the podcast and its something I have wanted to do for a long time. This episode sees me speaking with Ross Burbeary (Head of Sports Science at Nottingham Forest FC), Nathan Winder (Head of Sports Science at Barnsley FC) & Nick Grantham (strength & conditioning expert). In this roundtable podcast we discuss maintaining fitness in-season, managing and presenting data & building strength and power. The episode is absolutely brilliant and with three guys with different experiences and different philosophies, we got some great discussion going. Nick also gives us an insight into his up and coming seminar series on PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH ATHLETES. You can register for this through his website nickgratham.com. 

This episode sees me speaking with strength coach, writer and elite drug free powerlifter, Greg Nuckols. Greg has been writing a blog for some time and I have kept up to date with his articles for the last few months and he is someone I have wanted to get on for a while. In this episode we discuss training for powerlifting, periodisation, training to failure and the importance of bar speed. If you want to check out Greg's blog, he has recently got a new website at strengtheory.com with the content on there absolutely fantastic and I would definitely recommend it. Bret Contraras, Mike Isreatel and owner of Juggernaut Training Systems, Chad Wesley-Smith all endorsed Greg's previous website gregnuckols.com which gives you an insight into Greg's quality as a writer. 

In this episode I feel like a real student as I am speaking with host of Iron Game Chalk Talk and Director of Strength & Conditioning at Eastern Michigan University, Ron McKeefery. Ron has been putting out podcasts for a while now and the content he puts out in various other avenues is superb. The Iron Game Chalk Talk is pushing 100 episodes now and his show is definitely something I aspire for this podcast.

In this episode we speak about his philosophy as a strength coach, his top pieces of advice for guys new to the game & what the journey looks like for one of his athletes. It was such a pleasure to speak with someone of Ron's vast experience in so many aspects of strength & conditioning. His passion for the industry is so evident and I felt very inspired after this episode.

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am chatting with one of the 'go-to guys' when it comes to auto-regulatory training and velocity based training, Bryan Mann. Bryan is a super nice guy and it was a real pleasure to finally speak to him.

In the episode we spoke about -

Bryan's background, education and what he is currently doing

What is APRE (auto-regulatory progressive resistance exercise)?

What other forms of auto-regulatory training are there?

How important is bar speed in strength & power training?

What are the important metrics when assessing bar speed?

The best tools for assessing bar velocity

Bryan's major influences throughout his 16 year career Bryan mentions a lot of resources throughout the episode so if you visit paceyperformance/24 you can find links to many of them on there in the show notes. 

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking with ex Great Britain sprinter, Craig Pickering. Craig has a really cool story having come through the ranks in athletics to represent Great Britain with a PB of 10.14 in the 100m and a world championship bronze in the 4x100m (2007). Craig went on to be 1 of only 8 people to represent their country at the summer and winter Olympics when he switched to bobsleigh. 

In the episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I was absolutely blown away by this guest. Rob Taylor is the founder of SMARTERteamtraining.com and has worked with a wide variety of teams all over the world including Australian women’s lacrosse, Anaheim Angels, Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Tampa Bay Mutiny. Rob’s enthusiasm for his job was infectious in this episode and his openness in all he does was a pleasure to listen to. 

This episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast sees me speaking with Head Physiotherapist at the Huddersfield Giants, Dave O’Sullivan. Dave is also co-owner of Pro Sport Physiotherapy which has clinics in Leeds, York & Huddersfield. I know Dave from his involvement with Huddersfield University and I was lucky enough to spend a few days down at the Giants and they are going great things down there without a huge budget. Over the last 3 years, the Giants have been in the top 3 clubs with the least amount of non-contact injuries. 

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I have the massive privilege of speaking with head of strength and conditioning and sports science manager at Surfing Australia, Jeremy Sheppard. Jeremy doesn't do loads of things like this so it was great to have a chat and discuss a sport that is known little about. Jeremy has countless publications to his name including journal articles, book chapters and books. 

In this episode I chat with a guest that I have wanted to get on for a LONG time, Dave Tenney. Dave is the High Performance Manager at the Seattle Sounders in the MLS and puts some great information out there including his annual conference in June. Dave is very open with what he does with the Sounders and this led to a very interesting discussion for this episode, I am sure you will love it. 

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I speak with performance coach and coach to WBA World Champion boxer, Scott Quigg. I have got to know Ric through Darren Roberts and I can see why those two get on with their no bullsh*t philosophy. I really liked Ric's story coming from a personal training background, which is something that often gets looked down upon by many S&C coaches. Ric is still PT'ing to this day and as he will admit himself, its where the consistent money is for his business. 

• Who is Roc Moylan and how did he get to where he is today
• Boxing training culture
• Conditioning for a fighter
• Strength training for a fighter
• Building up to a world title fight
• Developing a business 
• Mentors and mentorships 

After the unbelievable success of the Special 'Football' Edition of the podcast, the natural progression was to get a couple of guys on for a rugby edition. Tom Farrow, Dan Howells and Sam Portland give their insight into a variety of areas when it comes to the physical preparation of rugby athletes. With such a varied background, all three guys speak candidly about their experiences and give a really rounded view of what its like to work in rugby, issues they encounter and how they get the best from their players. This was the first time I had covered topics which were put to me on Twitter so thank you to Stuart Roche (@stuartroche1), Laurent Sietz (@laurentbsietz), Ross Tarnowski (@rosstarnowski) & Michael Cheverton (@m_cheverton) for their input into this episode. 

In this episode I speak with strength and conditioning coach to Edinburgh Rugby, Ashley Jones. I first got to know Ashley through Tom Mclaughlin after we were discussing future guests for the podcast. Tom mentioned how open Ashley was with his programme and his methods, so had to get him on. Ashley is a great guy and although only 'booked in' for a 30 minute chat, we ended up talking shop for much longer, which was an absolute pleasure. 

This episode of the podcast features another amazing guest in Seattle Seahawks sport scientist, Patrick Ward. Patrick is such a nice guy and was very open talking about his work, not only with the Seahawks but with his past employees which included working at the Nike sports research lab. Patrick speaks at conferences and seminars all the US about his methods, many of which are alongside some of the best sports scientists and strength and conditioning coaches in the game! 

In this episode of the podcast I speak with head of strength & conditioning and sports science at Bristol City Football Club, Rhys Carr. I have followed the fortunes of Bristol City this past season as an old central defensive partner of mine is now there. Coming all the way up from non-league to the Championship and getting in the team of the year on no mean feet. Rhys is a really open guy and was happy to share what he has got going on down at Bristol City. At the time of writing this they are on the brink of winning League One so by the time it goes out Rhys and the players will no doubt be on the beach!

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Rhys Carr and how did you get to where he is today
• Building a winning culture
• Injury prevention strategies
• Dealing with groups of players with differing training ages
• The need to talk 'coach' in football
• The benefit of having coaching qualifications in football
• The state of S&C in the UK

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast sees me speaking with senior lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Dr Sophia Nimphius. After reading Sophia's chapter in High Performance Training for Sports and subsequently reading a lot of her work since, I had to get her on the podcast. Not only was this a great episode, but Sophia becomes the first female on the podcast, not to say I haven't tried though!

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Sophia Nimphius and how did she get to where she is today
• Ways of testing for 'agility'
• How can we detect which physical quality is lacking by performing COD tests
• Programming to enhance 'agility'
• Time spent focusing on hitting correct positions in COD
• Developing 'agility' in youths & adolescents
• Biggest considerations when training females
• Coaching the female athlete

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking with Josh Darrall-Jones, Yorkshire Carnegie Rugby senior academy strength and conditioning coach. Josh is combining his PhD whilst working at Yorkshire Carnegie and has just published his first paper which you can download from the links below. Its a really interesting chat with Josh as he is one of only a few PhD students we see working with elite players and using them players for research which is great.

In this episode you will learn -

• Managing work & a PhD

• Testing with academy players

• What makes a top class rugby union academy player

• Differences across countries/hemispheres

• How is testing influencing your practice

• Use of the 30-15 test

• Using the isometric mid-thigh pull

Another great guest coming up in this episode with Head of Athletic Development at Port Adelaide, Ian McKeown. Ian was up at 5:30am to have a chat for this episode and his passion for what he is doing really shows. With Ian's knowledge and experience in the area of movement competency I thought it would be a great opportunity to really focus on that area for this episode, and as with every podcast I took a bunch of notes. Hopefully you get as much out of this episode as I did.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Ian McKeown and how did he get to where he is today

• Importance of putting yourself out there to be shot at

• Assessing movement - when, how, why

• Movement assessment templates and the athletic ability assessment

• FMS - pro's/con's/adaptations

• Developing power in-season, off-season & pre-season

• Olympic lifting vs other methods

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting paceyperformance.co.uk/podcast.

Ian can be found on Twitter @IanMackers

Enjoy

PP

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking to my first guest who works at the English Institute of Sport, Mark Jarvis. Mark is Director of Performance Solutions and provides some great information on training for team sports, endurance athletes and plyometrics for both these groups. Mark was such a great guy to speak with and AGAIN echoes the point that I actually know nothing after speaking to a guest.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Mark Jarvis and how did he get to where he is today
• Where to start when training for triathalon
• Movement efficiency
• Plyometrics for team sports
• Plyometrics for endurance events
• Strength training for endurance athletes
• Mark's PhD - quantifying plyometrics
• About the book...'Strength & Conditioning for Football'

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting paceyperformance.co.uk/podcast.

Mark can be found on Twitter @MMJTraining

Enjoy

PP

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking with Chris Brandner, Senior Talent Identification Manager at the Aspire Academy in Qatar. Chris is currently finishing off his PhD investigating the effects of blood flow restriction exercise which we talk a lot about in the episode. Chris is a super nice guy and was very open about his time in Qatar which was really interesting to listen to.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Chris Brandner (experience, education and current role)?
• History around BFR exercise
• PhD work
• Does BFR exercise work? What do we know?
• How people can apply it safely?
• Working as a talent ID officer at Aspire
• Working in the middle east
• Where people can keep up to date with your work?

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I speak with Michael Watts who is Head of Performance at Aston Villa FC. I recently heard Michael speak in Seattle at the Seattle Sounders conference and was very impressed with is openness and honesty which is why I had to get him on the podcast. Michael and I also have mutual friend in Dean Riddle and if Dean speaks highly of someone, I definitely listen! At the Sounder conference, I think Michael caused a bit of a stir with how it actually is working in the Premier League which I respect massively. No fluff or jazzing up. Michael is a switched on guy and has some other very exciting projects that we discuss in this episode.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Michael Watts and how did he get to where he is today
• Developing your own coaching philosophy
• Using GPS
• Dealing with and presenting useful data
• Off season and pre season training
• Keeping players on the pitch 

In episode 40 of the Pacey Performance Podcast I have the pleasure of speaking with Matt Kuzdub who is the sports scientist at Train with Push, the makers of the PUSH band. A lot has been made of velocity based training (VBT) over the last few years especially over the last 12 months with the emergence of cheaper solutions such as the PUSH band. If you're new to VBT, check out this series on FreelapUSA (starting with Mladen Jovanovic) with contributions from some big hitters in the S&C game. It was a great chat with Matt after it took us weeks to sort it out and it gives a great insight not only into the PUSH band but VBT as a whole.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Matt Kuzdub and how did he get to where he is today
• What is velocity based training and how has it developed
• Using VBT in a team sport environment
• VBT to assess athlete readiness
• Why the PUSH band
• The future for velocity based training

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I speak with another Brit abroad in Dave Hamilton who is Director of Performance Science at USA Field Hockey. I have been trying to hook up with Dave for a while now and after some internet issues and on the second take we finally got it done. Dave is a super clever guy and has such wide-ranging experience in the field. There are so many things I wanted to speak to Dave about and we ended up covering so much.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Dave Hamilton (experience, background and education)
• Developing a coaching philosophy
• Assessing movement competency
• Performance markers in hockey
• Aerobic vs anaerobic training
• Fitness profiling
• Peaking for an Olympic Games

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking with Ranell Hobson. Ranell is the Training Director of the Academy of Sport Speed and Agility in Sydney. She has over 20 years experience in Strength and Conditioning coaching and specialises in Speed and Agility. She has a degree in sport science and coaching and is NSCA (CSCS) qualified. Ranell is also a Level 3 Advanced event coach (ATFCA) and an international Masters athletics champion over the sprints. She is also head of the sport and fitness department at Technical and Further Education in Western Sydney.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Ranell Hobson (background, experience and education)
• Acceleration drill progressions
• Top end speed drill progressions
• Importance of hip mobility on efficient running
• How to use the warm up to identify and fix movement issues
• Teaching running mechanics to reduce the risk of injury in youth athletes
• Why all coaches should throw away the speed ladders

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I speaking with Alex Natera, senior strength & conditioning coach for athletics at Aspire Academy. Alex is a super nice guy who has a vast amount of knowledge after working in Championship rugby, Premier League football and at the English Institute of Sport. He is also currently completing his PhD on the expression of repeated bouts of power. This is the first of a two-part episode discussing his work with track and field athletes at Aspire.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Alex Natera (background/education)
• What Alex is doing now and who he is working with
• Developing a sprint programme - where to start
• Developing horizontal vs vertical force
• Transfer of training from weight room to track/field

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I speaking with Alex Natera, senior strength & conditioning coach for athletics at Aspire Academy. Alex is a super nice guy who has a vast amount of knowledge after working in Championship rugby, Premier League football and at the English Institute of Sport. He is also currently completing his PhD on the expression of repeated bouts of power. This is the second part of this episode discussing Alex's labor of love, repeated power. In such an under-researched area he talks about some really interesting findings and where he sees the area going.

In this episode you will learn -

• How 'repeated power' differs from power endurance
• Why this ISN'T CrossFit
• What has been researched in the area
• How can we train repeated power ability
• Where is the research area heading and what does Alex expect to find

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking with Matt Jordan, S&C coach and strength and power researcher. Matt was the first speaker I heard in Seattle at the Sounders sports science conference and I think I speak for all that were there, it was EXCELLENT. He got a bit mobbed at the end so unfortunately didn't get the meet face to face but knew I had to get him on the podcast.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Matt Jordan (background, experience etc)
• Why and how do we assess power?
• Force-velocity profiling
• Monitoring an athlete's readiness to train
• Assessing asymmetries and predicting injuries
• How does maximal strength benefit elite sport

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I have the pleasure of speaking with Ben Peterson, who is not only Sport Performance Manager at Catapult but co-authored Triphasic Training with Cal Cietz. This is part one of a two part series with Ben. This episode we discuss all things GPS with part two discussing the triphasic training model. Ben is a super smart guy and made me feel very uneducated. I asked people on Twitter for some questions to put to Ben for this episode so I appreciate those that fired them over -  Michael Symes, Jake Kemp, Tom Williams and Carl Valle.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Ben Peterson (experience, background etc etc)
• What are the benefits of live GPS tracking in team sports (Michael Symes)
• Accuracy of Catapult
• Views on absolute vs relative speed thresholds e.g % MAS, pros and cons (Jake Kemp)
• From all the data points GPS provides, what are the most useful (Tom Williams)
• Whats the next step for Catapult hardware, specifically in terms of foot strike (Carl Valle)
• Although a very individual thing depending on the coach, how do you best present GPS data?

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I have the pleasure of speaking with Ben Peterson, who is not only Sport Performance Manager at Catapult but co-authored Triphasic Training with Cal Dietz. This is part two of a two-part series with Ben. This episode we discuss all things triphasic training with part one discussing GPS. Ben is a super smart guy and made me feel very uneducated, not for the first time.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Ben Peterson (background, education and current role)
• Developing the model (how, when, why)
• The science behind the methodology
• Mesocycle & block breakdown
• The importance of muscle relaxation and using oscillatory methods
• Timed sets
• The sport squat
• Using the Triphasic method with team sports with short pre-seasons and long in-seasons
• French contrast training

In this episode of the podcast I speak with David Sutton who is Head of Strength and Conditioning for Northants County Cricket Club. This is the first guest on the podcast who is currently working in cricket so it was great to get him on. I was introduced to David through the Performance Forum hosted by Darren Roberts when he gave a talk on his work with fast bowlers. The talk really changed my perception of cricket and the demands of the game so I had to get him on as I feel this perception is far-reaching.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is David Sutton (background, education and current role)
• Perceptions of cricket
• Demands of cricket
• Working with players in-season vs off-season vs pre season
• Building and managing relationships with technical coaches
• Managing individuals in a team environment
• David's view on interns and internships

In the 50th episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I have a really great guest in Brett Bartholomew. Brett works for EXOS as a performance coach, working with NFL players in Arizona during their off-season. The reason I wanted to get Brett on as the podcasts' 50th guest is because he is so open with is work with EXOS and he continues to inspire coaches with his positivity and enthusiasm for what he does. He was very kind to fit me in to his very busy schedule at this time of year.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Brett Bartholomew (education, background and current role)
• The EXOS philosophy and how it fits in with his own philosophy
• Influences inside and outside of strength and conditioning
• Movement preparation and its evolution
• Preparing NFL players for the season
• 'Core training' - inspired by a Greg Nuckols article
• The importance of coach health as well as athlete health