Rugby Coach Weekly Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Sam Portland
Jan 22, 2021
02:23:42
Si Nainby deep dives with Sam Portland.
Sam is a strength and conditioning coach and performance consultant who has worked for Wasps and Ealing Trailfinders. He's consulted with Kenya 7's and many individual pro-players from NFL to bobsleigh.
Here's what they covered:
- Sam's background and why he is so passionate about speed development
- Why rugby coaches should approach speed as a skill to be developed in the same way as passing or tackling
- The basics that underpin speed and sprinting
- The difference between speed development and speed expression
- Heuristics and cues for coaching acceleration and maximum speed
- The benefits of Extensive Plyometrics for developing a base of tolerance and teaching speed
- Programming speed training into weekly and monthly cycles of rugby training
- The importance of consistency in programming drills and exercises
- How to blend multi-directional speed with basic acceleration training
- Why you should avoid too much competition and racing in speed development
- How Sam developed Speed Golf and how it teaches players to understand "Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast"
- Common mistakes in speed development
- How Sam programs gym training to support speed development and the Rollover Principle for weekly planning
- Moving from working for a pro team to becoming a freelance coach
- Developing streams of income within a freelance business
- How Sam is using the lessons from his time in coaching to develop other coaches through his mentorship
To find out more and contact Sam:
(w) www.coachsportland.co.uk
(e) sam@coachsportland.co.uk
(i) instagram.com/Coach_Sportland
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