Episode 130: Dr Andy McDonald chats to Dr Ben Rosenblatt. Ben is an incredibly experienced and knowledgeable Physical Preparation Coach who has enjoyed a diverse career that has included roles at the British Olympic Association, The FA, EIS, Birmingham City Football Club and more! In this episode with Ben the conversation covers the professional lessons he has learnt over his career with a a focus on intentional coaching from planning and programming through to delivery and reflection.

-

Topics Discussed 

• Parallels between sales & coaching
• Using athlete stories in analysis
• Intentional session design
• Gamification of training
• Structured reflection & evaluation in coaching

-

Where you can find Ben:

• Instagram
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• 292 Performance

-

Sponsors

VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training

- 

HUMAC NORM by CSMI - A solution for measuring and improving human performance in the clinic, athletic training room, and research laboratory. In one machine, you’ll get 22 isolated-joint movement patterns, 4 resistance modes (isokinetic, isotonic, isometric, and passive), and numerous reports to meet the measurement and exercise needs of today’s clinicians and researchers.

-

Where to Find Us

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:

• Instagram
• Twitter
• Our Website

-

Our Team

• Andy McDonald
• Ben Ashworth
• Alistair McKenzie
• Dylan Carmody