This episode's guest is Anthony Donskov.
Anthony Donskov is the founder and head performance coach at Donskov Strength and Conditioning. He’s also the author of two books; Physical Preparation for Hockey: Biological Principles and Practical solutions, and The Gain, Go, Grow Manual: Programming for High Performance Hockey Players.
Anthony hold's an undergraduate degree from Miami University, Ohio, a Masters Degree in Exercise Science from The California University, PA, and PhD in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from Western University, London, Ontario.
On this episode Anthony and I discuss:
- Anthony's background?
- What was Anthony's PhD dissertation in?
- Why did Anthony go from a business education to a career in strength and conditioning
- Anthony's biggest influences?
- Why is Anthony a coach?
- I ask Anthony about coaching burn-out
- Anthony's shares with us his training model
- I ask Anthony about elastic-reactive strength development with ice-hockey players
- How does Anthony Learn?
- Anthony's top and current book recommendations
- If Anthony could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why?
This was a great discussion with Anthony and I hope you guys really enjoy it.
Stay Strong,
RB
Show Notes:
Website - donskovsc.com
Facebook - Anthony Donskov
Twitter - @AnthonyDonskov
Instagram - anthonydonskov
Podcasts Mentioned:
The Pinnacle Performance Podcast 2. Q&A - My Story, Top 3 Things Young Coaches can do to Get Ahead, Building a Business, & Biggest Mistakes of my Career
ATSW - Episode 55: Interview with Buddy Morris
Renegades: Born in the USA
Books Mentioned:
Physical Preparation for Ice Hockey
The Gain, Go, Grow Manual: Programming for High Performance Hockey Players
Force: The Biomechanics of Training
The Tyranny of Metrics
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach
Man's Search for Meaning
People and Resources Mentioned:
The High Performance Hockey MasterClass
Westside Barbell
Mike Boyle
EXOS
Conor Harris
Chris Poulin
Jen Poulin
John McMahon
St. Mary's University - MSc Strength and Conditioning
Dan Dalrymple
Fergus Connolly
Dan Pfaff
Brett Bartholomew
Joe "House" Kenn
Hawkin Dynamics
Devan McConnell
Jim Reeves
Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Derek Evely
Martin Bissinger
James "The Thinker" Smith
Yuri Verkhoshansky
Frans Bosch
Charlie Francis
Buddy Morris
Stu McMillan
Karl Popper
Tupac Shakur
Bruce Springsteen
Dan Cleather
Aaron Haspel
