The Racquet Athlete Podcast: Recent Episodes
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This podcast is for the racquet athlete community looking to be educated in their sport which will include strength and conditioning, Physiotherapy, Nutrition, Psychology, squash coaches, tennis coaches ,badminton coaches and experiences from current or past racquet athletes.
Over the last 30 years, Adolfo has worked with multinational companies & professional athletes to optimize their performance and help them become the BEST at their craft.
His clients have jumped 40 places in their sports’ rankings, and increased their business’ profitability by 8-figures.
All of this is made possible through the Performance Formula Methodology:
⚡ They decode the specific formula required for YOU to achieve optimal performance.
⚡ They break down the component parts to optimize each one, bringing in world-class specialists as needed.
⚡ Then, they stitch them seamlessly back together to help you go from really good to world class.
What qualifies Adolfo to do this?
🔥 He has an Ivy League Graduate Degree from Yale, complemented by three decades of studying scientific research on performance.
🔥 As CEO he has managed teams of over 300 members and have led post merger integrations, transformations and turn arounds.
🔥 He has over 35 years of martial arts training & coaching with professional athletes in sports such as tennis, track & field, motor racing, soccer, & football.
🔥 He has spent decades as a senior mentor & consultant to the C-Suite of large multinational corporations.
We chat about the following in the podcast:
- Decoding Stress
- Decoding Pressure
- Performance Formula
- The Basics
- Who are you in Tennis?
- What do you need to piece it together?
- Mental Fortitude
- Think in decades
- Micro Management
- Tennis Court Cues
- Speed Work
- Champion Mindset
Adolfo's Social link:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ags1101?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BFR10aVl9SQCVzffz1iJbGA%3D%3D
Coach Bronson didn't start his fitness journey until his late 30's, being 70 pounds overweight and having urgent bowel and health issues.
Now at the age of 51 he transformed his life through fitness and proper nutrition.
Bronson has spent over a decade coaching and helping people.
His mission is to help others achieve personal independence.
We chat about the following:
What is confidence
Confidence with trust
Basic Confidence
Exercise with confidence
Daily Activities
Metabolic Function
Your Sports Training
Your Athletic Ability
Build confidence through your challenges
Sustainability
Individuality in training
Links below for following Coach Bronson:
You Can Achieve Body Confidence - Coach Bronson
Bronson Dant (@coach.bronson) • Instagram photos and videosCoach Bronson - YouTube
Michele Riechman is an online personal trainer and health coach, who coaches women. She has her website and resources find the link at the bottom of this page.
Michele, expert health coach & trainer, mum of 4, military wife, and a beach lover! Also has a doctorate in physical therapy, a 200-hour yoga teacher certificate, & Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification.
She helps stressed working mums who have put themself on the back burner finally get in shape, lose weight, fit back into their clothes, & fix their metabolism without dieting, so they can increase their energy & feel confident in their body.
We chat about the following:
Strength training
Differences in strength training
Yoga
Personal training app
Health Coaching
Core Training
Hip Training
Listening to your body
Take the next step
Free workout challenges & healthy eating resources for busy Moms (micheleriechman.com)
Douglas Wood is a Masters Athlete in triathlons but we spoke about how developing mental strength in your sport is important for anyone competing. Douglas has worked with a mental strength coach for 10+ years.
Douglas is in his 70s and competes for Team GB in his age group.
He's also written an inspiring book called The Renaissance Triathlete where Alistair Brownlee a household name wrote the foreword for the book.
We chat about the following:
Doug's Background
Masters Athletes
Young Athletes
Growth Mindset
Altering your vocabulary (Positive)
Being in the moment
Different attributes for sport
Doing your best which is possible (Context)
Mapping out your season
Lifting your horizon
Writing down your successes from each event
Writing down things to improve
Having a mental strength coach for 10+ years
The Visualisation Process
Kim has 20 years of experience working at a high level in sports, performance, and the media. In that time I’ve helped people struggling with anxiety, stress, nerves, disordered eating, and more to manage their schedules, cope with setbacks, and create balance, wellness, confidence, growth, and happiness.
Her approach combines professional qualifications in international business, personal training, sports therapy, injury rehabilitation, and sports psychology with training in hypnotherapy, NLP, life coaching, and nutritional therapy.
We chat about:
Specific lifestyle habits
Stress
Anxiety
Eating disorders
High-performance sport
Athletes mindset
Human connection
DR Monika Gostic is a PhD Researcher, Gut health and nutrition specialist, Scottish Powerlifter, and most importantly a mother.
DR Monika Gostic has built a nutrition strategy called breaking BAD which means Balanced, Authentic, and Deserving. She is having good results with clients and she has built this from scratch.
She has also specialized in the gut health research and microbiome.
If you are interested in connecting with DR Monika Gostic please check the links below:
(4) Dr Monika Gostić, PhD | LinkedIn
Award-winning Nutrition coaching for weight loss and chronic illnesses (monikagostic.com)
Rob created Athletic Evolution to provide best practices in the athletic development and coaching of young athletes. He is dedicated to improving the quality of athletic development training delivered to young athletes. Rob previously led the Youth Athletic Development for the Scottish Rugby Academy in both the Caledonia and the Borders & East Lothian Regions, as well as the U16, U17, and U18 National Squads.
He has previously worked for numerous organizations including NYFA Sweden, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Team Palmer-Grimson Beach Volleyball, London Thunder Basketball, British Gymnastics, and Leaf Studio School.
He holds numerous qualifications, including:
- MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology
- BSc (Hons) in Strength and Conditioning Science
- World Rugby Coach Educator – Strength and Conditioning
- UKSCA Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach
- ISAK Level 1 Anthropometrist
- Precision Nutrition Level 1
- Level 2, Level 3, and Level 3 Advanced NASM qualifications
Anglea works with women to alleviate symptoms of menopause and help them deal with changes in the body and mind. Angela has been doing this since 2016. She has worked with many individuals in this position of life.
Questions we chat about on the podcast...........
What is menopause?
Symptoms of menopause?
How does it affect women's health?
Sleep hygiene/ phases during menopause?
The mindset in menopause?
Injuries and menopause?
How can it affect training in female athletes?
How can it be managed?
Where can people find Angela?
Campbell is a former PSA tour player of 15 years. He started as a junior and worked his way onto the pro tour. In this podcast, we chat about his junior years in squash, how it developed, and the sports science side of his junior years.
Later on in the episode, we get into the pro-tour side of squash. This is where we chat about his journey to number 24 in the world. Campbell explains how the transition from junior to professional is very different.
Further on Campbell explains and gives a few tips about getting into the pro tour and how to navigate your mindset for the tour.
Campbell also talks about his best times on the tour and where he can be found if people want to reach out to him.
Dr Carl Bescoby is a psychologist who is helping athletes through the rehab stages of sports injuries. He deals with clients who face many pressures in rehab and psychological barriers to successful completion of rehab and even getting back to professional sports.
Dr Carl Bescoby will be coming back on the podcast to delve deep into one specific subject in injury psychology in the future.
This podcast is a rundown of the basics of what injury psychology looks like for the psychologist and athletes.
Things we chat about........
Who is Carl Bescoby?
What is injury psychology?
How this can help athletes?
Basics of injury psychology?
Success examples with athletes?
Where can people find Dr Carl Bescoby and more information?
Rachel is an expert in the fields of health, sport, fitness, and education. Her special interest is intrinsic biomechanics and she heads up an organization that teaches fitness, health, and medical professionals how to screen and provide exercise interventions to prevent and manage injury as well as improve performance. Rachel works closely with her team on all health, fitness, and education projects.
We chat about various topics of biomechanics related to the general public and athletes.
Some questions included:
What is biomechanics?
How does biomechanics fit into sports?
How do you assess athletes biomechanics?
What does good biomechanics look like on an athlete?
And a few more...........
Simon is a sports psychology consultant who has and still works with high profile athletes. Simon also works with business leaders in their different challenges of business and life. Simon also gives keynote talks all around the world. His question which he asks people regularly is....How do we become the best in business , sport and life?. Simon has written 9 books most recently a fiction book called silence your demons which is helping people and is becoming a success.
PODCAST CONTENT:
- COVID 19 ADJUSTMENT
- ONLINE COACHING/ATHLETE SETBACKS
- UNCERTAINTY
- CREATIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY
- OPPORTUNITY TO BE INNOVATIVE
- BUSINESS CHALLENGES DURING COVID
- ENGAGEMENT ISSUES
- PERFORMANCE ISSUES
- RESPONDING TO CHALLENEGES
- THE RESILIENCE CYCLE
- LACK OF MOJO-BURNOUT
- EXCITING VISION AND IMPORTANT PURPOSE
- LIFE REFLECTION/REST
- CHOICES IN COVID 19
- FIND A VALUABLE PROBLEM TO SOLVE IN BUSINESS
- NEW BOOK-SILENCE YOUR DEMONS BY SIMON HARTLEY
Yvonne moved to the "Garden of Ireland" Co Wicklow, about 15 years ago. Yvonne felt blessed to be surrounded by the rolling green hills of the countryside, with so much natural beauty. Yvonne adores being amongst nature and loves practicing yoga and meditation outdoors when the weather allows. Along with teaching yoga and meditation, Yvonne runs the big hit tennis academy with her husband.
Yvonne is also a keen gardener and gets great pleasure out of growing food and flowers. Yvonne also enjoys hiking with her family and friends. And Yvonne loves taking pics (of sunsets especially!).
We talk about the following on the podcast:
- Yvonne's Background
- Developing the programs
- Tips for beginners
- Yoga and Meditation Benefits for tennis
- The mental game changes through meditation
- More clarity and focus with meditation
- Age range to introduce yoga and meditation
- How many times a week should people practice yoga and meditation
- Breathing practice for nerves
- Contact details for Yvonne
Clive is a world-recognized expert in athletic preparation with many years of experience as a Performance Director, consultant & S&C coach. In this time, he has established a reputation for integrating sports science, sports medicine & strength and conditioning into a player-centered and evidence-based program. He has applied this plan within Soccer (Columbus Crew SC, Liverpool Ladies, and consultant to Manchester Utd & Scotland FA), Baseball (Toronto Blue Jays) Rugby League (Widnes Vikings, England RL, Scotland RL), Tennis (20 years as a training facility manager and part of the Sports Medicine delivery team at Wimbledon tennis championships, consultant to individual players) & Track & Field (National coach to Scotland, Advisor to the IAAF, coach to Olympic athletes).
Clive is & Fellow of the UKSCA, and is accredited as an S&C coach by the UKSCA, the ASCA & NSCA. He is also accredited by BASES as a support scientist, & is a chartered scientist with the UK science council.
Clive has authored a number of papers, book chapters & Books, & regularly presents at a number of international conferences.
We chat about these in the podcast:
Clive's Background
Tennis Background
Fundamental movements of tennis footwork
Functions of movement skills
Physical tools for footwork
Collaboration of the strength & conditioning coach & tennis coach
Needs analysis of the athlete
Minimal dose-response training in tournaments
Junior Tennis Training
Athletic movement in tennis
Build up training to reduce injuries
Recovery in footwork
Tennis Elbow
Great Memories in Tennis
Rob created Athletic Evolution to provide best practice in the athletic development and coaching of young athletes. He is dedicated to improving the quality of athletic development training delivered to young athletes. Rob currently leads the Youth Athletic Development for the Scottish Rugby Academy in the Caledonia Region. He has previously worked for numerous organisations including NYFA Sweden, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Team Palmer-Grimson Beach Volleyball, London Thunder Basketball, British Gymnastics and Leaf Studio School.
He holds numerous qualifications, including:
- MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology
- BSc (Hons) in Strength and Conditioning Science
- World Rugby Coach Educator – Strength and Conditioning
- UKSCA Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach
- ISAK Level 1 Anthropometrist
- Precision Nutrition Level 1
- Level 2, Level 3 and Level 3 Advanced NASM qualifications
We chat about the following in the podcast episode:
- Bone Development
- Neuromuscular Development
- Body Composition
- Reduction in Body Fat Percentage
- Enhanced Psychosocial Wellbeing
We chat about the following on the podcast:
- Physical activity background
- Army sport opportunities
- Physical activity for fitness
- Physical activity for mentality/learning
- Discipline for training
- Military mindset for sport
- Adapting styles of training
- Understanding high performance
- Acronym-(SMEAC)
- Leadership and Self Reliance training overlap in sport
- Squash career/progression
- Individual sport governing bodies
- Schools and racket sports
- Playing sport later in life at a high level
- Welsh championship mindset preparation
- Representing your country
- Next targets in squash
- Contact details
Mark Beaumont transitioned from sales to squash coaching. He is based in Scotland. Mark has actually been my squash coach for several years now and will be helping me progress and compete in the Scottish Squash Masters tournaments coming up and beyond. He has a lot of experience developing youth squash players and coaching adults too. These players he works with are all at different levels in the game of squash.
We chat about the following in the podcast:
- Squash as a player
- Being a late developer
- Transition from sales to squash coaching
- Processes as the first regional development officer
- Making connections in the area
- Differences in performance coaching team
- Being awarded coach of the year
- Junior coaching structures
- Building foundational skills through different sports
- Representing Scotland at the masters level
- Favourite masters match
- Switching mindsets for coaching
- Examples of life skills development
The following areas were spoken about in the podcast:
- Patricks background/company
- Athletes Patrick works with currently
- Decisions
- MMA/Thai boxing athlete/company member
- Wrestling athlete/Company member
- Recommendations for athletes
- Tennis complexities in training athletes
- Athlete/Coach collaboration in training
- Youth tennis athlete training
- Senior athlete training
- Strength, Core and Flexibility for youth athletes
- Conditioning aspects in sport/athletes
- Mental aspects in training
- Prehab training
- Rehab training
- Tennis and Badminton similarities/differences
- Junior tennis athlete-Building a physical foundation
- Personal Achievements
- Recommendations for junior athletes
- Social Media Links
What we chat about on the podcast:
- James Background
- Managing Emotions
- Figuring out the thought processes
- Individual sports emotional control
- Pressure in sport
- Dealing with pressure
- Overthinking in sport
- Overthinking a missed shot
- Growth mindset and Fixed mindset/ Motivation
- Failure and REBT-Rationale Emotive Behaviour Therapy
- Autonomy for sport psychology
- Thinking while on court
- Love of the sport
- Blueprint for success or not
- A tennis players specific mindset
- Focussed mindset
- Imagery for a match situation
- Basics of imagery
- Book recommendation
- Reaching out to James
Nathan started his squash career when he was just 10 years old - stumbling upon the game at his Dad's rugby club, hitting around on the court as a way to pass the time while his Dad was out on the pitch. Having fallen in love with the game, Nathan continued with his squash at the Old Pats Rugby Club, learning under Gary Powell.
As Nathan's talents developed, he moved down the road to East Glos when he was 13. Here he was able to train with England Junior National Coach, Fiona Geaves. His time at East Glos saw him transform from a chubby teenager, narrowly being selected for the U13 inter-county team, to becoming the King of Europe, winning the European Junior Championships when he was 18.
Nathan Lake joined the PSA World Tour in 2010.
What we chat about on the podcast:
Squash as a whole
Squash Goals
British squash compared to other countries
Altitude Training
Key Preparations
Taking emotion out of it, use more logic and informative thinking
What if planning for the schedule
Being a sponge for learning
Physical training aspects
Solo practice is key
Surround yourself with great people
Individual Goals
Raising the ceiling
Catalina Pelaesz
Born in Bogotá, Colombia.
-Started playing squash at 9 years old
-Have played in the Colombian senior team since 2005, age 13/14
-Went to university in the US: Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Majored in Studio Arts, focused in Photography, minored in architectural studies and Italian language.
-Interests: Photography, design, art, architecture travel, hiking, soccer
-Current PSA ranking: 77
-Best PSA ranking: 56
What we chat about on the podcast:
*How squash became a passion
*Transferable skills from other sports
*Specific developed skills in squash from transferable skills
*Being open minded with coaches
*Keeping motivated to train fitness aspects
*Staying the course with technical skill development
*Solo practice tips/advice
*Mind training aspects
*What squash players struggle with in scheduling for optimal performance
*Starting out in the PSA tour
*What would you say to your 18 year old self if you could turn back time
*Toughest aspect to learning to be an all round squash player
*Sacrifices in squash
*Advice for going from junior to pro squash
*Taking the losses with the wins
*Travelling/Recovery
*Meditation
Oktay has worked at the highest level in Tennis in Ireland and the UK, for the last decade. Ranging from schools, clubs university, up too national federations. He was head of physical Preparation at the Irish federation for the last 4 years. Oktay has worked with
○ ATP ranked players (top 100)
○ WTA ranked players (top 100)
○ ITF Junior ranked players (top 40)
○Tennis Europe ranked players (top 100)
○ Irish No.1s in every age group
○ Club & regional programmes aspiring to improve performance at regional and national tournaments
○As well as Tennis, Oktay has worked in professional football, Elite Olympic Weightlifting, and track & field.
He is educated too the highest level, achieving a master’s degree in strength & conditioning from UEL in 2012, as well as being an accredited National Strength and Conditioning Association Coach.
He specialises in specific footwork & shot speed development for tennis. Alongside this he can offer screenings to identity risk factors for movement & tennis strokes, in order to increase shot speed & reduce injury risk. Can do full performance testing too see how you compare too top international players at all ages physically. And can also offer sports massage.
What we talk about on the podcast:
*Passion for Tennis
*Becoming head of a tennis program
*Comparison of strength and conditioning for youth and senior tennis athletes
*Early Specialisation
*Strength and Conditioning/Skills which can help a tennis athlete get to the next level
*Common injuries in tennis
*Published Research Study
*Uncommon injuries in tennis
*Advice for tennis athletes starting a strength and conditioning program
*Toughest aspect for athletes in tennis
*Advice for a tennis athlete to become professional
*Book recommendations
*Contact details
Kieran Blay - National level cycling athlete, performance coach and ex F1 Technician. Background surrounds high performance and human performance and the application of technologies in these environments.
KYMIRA - A UK based technology company that innovates in the smart garment space, KYMIRA specialises in combining technology and textiles to create products that save lives and enhance human performance.
What we chat about on the podcast:
Kieran's background/Company Choice
How he met the CEO of Kymira
Golden Nuggets/Holistic Approach
Unique points in the business
Smart technology and how it can help athletes perform better
Athlete Eco System: Prep/Travel/Warm up/Main Performance/Recovery
Elite Team Improvements
Infrared material/minerals
Recovery from injury
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Kymira enhancing human performance
Fatigue levels
Age and percentage differences
Future of Kymira
Contact details
Howard is the Head of Sport Science at Bolton Arena Regional Performance Development Centre, leading a multi-disciplinary team of strength and conditioning coaches, physiotherapists, as well as sports nutrition and psychology support.
Howard has been involved with physical development team at Bolton since 2009. This experience includes working with players across various levels including; national and international juniors, ATP and WTA professionals including former world number one Ana Invanovic. He is an Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach, Certified Tennis Performance Specialist, and a Ba in Sports Coaching, prior to coaching he served six years in the Royal Marines Commandos.
What we chat about on the podcast:
Howard's passion for tennis
Tennis injuries in the youth population
LTAD Model Training
Practitioner support with athletes
Creating a future tennis champion
Tennis in the next 5 years
Tennis athlete/player
Book recommendations/Tools
Social media contact
What we chat about on the podcast:
Andy Allford's background in sport science
Squash and badminton training intensity
Speed training for squash and badminton
Sport Science in the UK and other countries
Athletes high intensity training
Conserving energy in athletes
Prehab/Gym Training
Injury Prevention
Squash at the English Institute of Sport
Squash Physical Performance Aspects
Athletes and Coaches Evolving
Coach and Athlete Relationship
Becoming the mentor
Duncan Stahl
Current World Ranking : 9 (Sept 2020)
Best World Ranking: 7 (Aug 2017)
Sponsor: Karakal
Winner of Team World Championships with Great Britain in Germany, 2019 Winner of 12x titles on FIR World Tour (2014 – 2019) 40+ World Champion 2018 3x Winner of the British Racketlon Championships: 2013, 2015, 2016 2x Runner up of British Racketlon Championships: 2014 & 2019 Winner of 19 UK Tour titles
Sporting Background: GB Junior Tennis Squad until 13 years old Surrey county junior squash Middlesex League team squash Div.1 (for over 10 years)
Only started playing Table Tennis and Badminton competitively when I started playing Racketon (aged 33).
Have spent much more time training these 2 sports than anything else. Racketlon based training for approx. 15 hours a week
What we chat about on the podcast:
Racketlon Talents
Transferable skills in Squash, Badminton and Tennis
Youth development in racquet sports with having variety
Karakal and sponsorship in racquet sports
Solo and Team Events Mindsets
Yearly Plan for Racketlon
Optimum sleep travelling/tournaments
Tactics of the sports
Age and body management
Basic techniques and footwork from coaching in beginners
Mental challenges of racketlon
Simon Hartley is a globally respected sport psychology consultant and performance coach. For over 20 years, Simon has worked with gold medallists, world record holders, world champions, top five world-ranked professional athletes, Team GB Olympians and championship winning teams.
Since 2011, Simon has published eight books, including Peak Performance Every Time and Stronger Together; How Great Teams Work.
During the last 15 years, Simon has also applied the principles of sport psychology to business, education, healthcare and the charity sector. This has included projects with some of the world’s leading corporations and foremost executives. He is also an international professional speaker, delivering keynotes throughout the world.
You don't want to miss the world class mindset episode!
Garry was previously High-Performance Director for Tennis Ireland for thirteen years from 2006-2019, during this time he was instrumental in the development of Ireland’s National Tennis Centre. He captained successful campaigns as Irish Davis Cup Captain from 2001-2005 and Irish Federation Captain from 1997-2001.
Garry has the unique experience of personally coaching numerous athletes from the early stages of development to junior grand slam level and from junior grand slam to pro Grand Slam level.
He is currently working with professional players on the pro tour including one player in the WTA top 100. He is regularly a guest speaker at both national and international conferences. Garry is currently completing an MBS in business practice, holds a HDip in Leadership, HDip in Executive Coaching and a HDip in organisational Behaviour.
Piëdro Schweertman was born 5 sept 1983 in The Netherlands. From the age of 4 until14 he did martial arts Judo and Jiu jitsu competitively. At the age of 14 he wanted something else and because of his father playing squash he started playing too.
4 x National Champion of the Netherlands 2017-2018-2019-2020, European Masters Champion 35+ 2019, Winner of 13 international PSA tournaments, Highest PSA World ranking 63, Squash trainer diploma 1-2-3 ,16 years of coaching experience kids and adults. Nr 1 Dutch National Ranking unbroken for 9 years. National coach of Poland, Nr 1 Polish Open Ranking
Haley’s formative years on court took place at the Heights Casino in Brooklyn where she was coached by an exceptional group of former professionals including Julian Wellings, Fiona Geaves and Linda Elriani.
During her junior career she reached a highest national ranking of #1 U19, was consistently ranked top three in her age group, and was a three time National Finalist. She represented the United States at three Junior World Championships, helping the team to its first ever second place finish during her final appearance in 2011. She was the winner of US Squash’s DeRoy Sportsmanship Award presented annually to one male and one female ranked junior who has best represented and demonstrated the principles of fair play and sportsmanship during their junior career. While competing individually she was a four-time letter winner at Packer Collegiate High School and captained the boys’ team during her senior year.
Haley spent her collegiate squash career at Harvard University coached by Mike Way. During her four years representing the Crimson, she won three National Championships and three Ivy League Titles, earned three Individual All American honors and served as a captain during both her junior and senior years. Off the court she majored in Human Evolutionary Biology graduating Cum Laude, and received Academic All Ivy honors.
Haley's playing career was interrupted during her senior year when she suffered a torn ACL followed several months later by a torn meniscus. While recovery was an arduous journey, her injuries and two resultant knee operations gave her the opportunity to build upon her coaching skills, in both individual, private lessons and school, team practices.
Following this playing hiatus and a successful rehab program, Haley finally embarked upon her professional squash career in the fall of 2016. She eventually plans on going to business school after her playing career.
Dr Gary Mendoza talks all things nutrition and blends it with specifics for racquet athletes.
The all round effect:Squash and tennisStrength potentialCapacity and game movementsLearning process of Strength and Conditioning for the racquet athleteTravelling as an athlete Racquet sports common injuriesACL injury model Buy in from athletesCluster sets on squats and how it can be used Athletes experience with coaches choices
Mike has worked with athletes in just about every sport imaginable from the Olympic /Professional Ranks thru Youth levels of sports. Mike has taught at four Universities and completed research at the United States Olympic Training Centre. He speaks about Mental Toughness Training, Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness, and the use of Imagery during training. He teaches you why you need to train mentally to be successful in life, not just in sports.
David Charlton helps ambitious athletes achieve their goals faster by improving their levels of Mental Toughness. He also supports coaches, parents, teams, clubs and organisations, from grassroots to Elite Professional Level to achieve their aims.
Nick talked about his principles with athletes, we also discussed which racquet sports he found challenging to coach. Also what areas racquet sports athletes can improve on in physical aspects and how travelling can effect performance. Finally we spoke about common injuries in athletes.
This episode has us chatting back and forth. We were chatting specific strength and conditioning aspects, research in racquet sports and how the f1 cars data is key to success which correlates to finding racquet sports data.
This episode is all things sports nutrition. Jeff has experience with tennis and triathlon athletes. He is also conducting interesting research with his PHD.
This time we have Chris Simpson on the show. He is based in the Angus county in Scotland. He has over 13 years strength and conditioning experience training various athletes from different sports. He has lectured on sport and fitness aspects for a number of years.
This episode Danny talks about his principles in strength and conditioning relating his concepts to many sports. Danny has worked with many athletes including potential Olympians. We spoke about how to motivate athletes, find a good communication style to connect with athletes and build rapport. Danny knows how to get the best out of his athletes. He also talks about his motivations to be in the industry and why he became passionate about it.
This podcast is an introduction about the podcast and what will be involved in the podcast. An introduction about myself and who the podcast is for. I also state what to expect in the future podcast episodes.