Science for Sport Podcast

In episode 151, Michael Carolan, Performance Coach, joins us. Specifically Michael will be looking at: The physical prerequisites for sprinting Periodisation towards a major tournament Gym based exercises Combining physical and technical coaching *About Michael "Mike is a Performance Coach and University Lecturer, dual accredited in Sport Rehabilitation and S&C. He is program lead on the Sport Rehab undergraduate program at the University of Salford overseeing teaching, clinics and research for the team. Future research includes PhD theme planning across sprinting biomechanics, hamstring injury, weightlifting EMG, dance injury prevention. He is also Lead Performance Coach for Andrew Robertson, 2017, 2020 and 2021 UK 60m Indoor Champion and has also worked with England and GB Basketball and currently consults in Track and Field, Rugby, Basketball and with the British Military." Instagram: @mc_sportsrehab https://www.instagram.com/mc_sportsrehab/ Linkedin: Michael Carolan https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-c-72827442/ https://simplifaster.com/articles/practical-elements-athlete-speed-training/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode151 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher

In episode 150, Firdaus Massar, Exercise Physiologist, joins us. Specifically Firdaus will be looking at: Limiting factors in football performance Data clubs look at How to use data to improve performance *About Firdaus "My namer is Firdaus Maasar, I am Malaysian. I spent around 7 years in the UK, doing my postgraduate study, including a masters and a PhD at Liverpool John Moores University, during that time I also provided Sport Science Support for Championship and Premier League football teams. After that I spent two years at Aspire Academy in Doha as a football physiologist, and most recently I worked at Lion City Sailors in Singapore." Social media: @Firdausmaasar FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode150 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher

In episode 149 Joel Jamieson, S&C Coach, joins us. Specifically Joel will be looking at: When to apply extra recovery methods KPIs to consider for recovery How to use heart rate variability to improve recovery *About Joel "Joel is a best-selling author and one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength, conditioning, and energy systems. His training strategies have been used by thousands of elite performers and top athletes worldwide, including the Navy SEALS, UFC champions, and dozens of teams from the NFL, NBA, MLS, NCAA, and more." Social media: @coachjoeljamieson https://www.8weeksout.com/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode149 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher

Chris Duffin, a turnaround expert turned strength innovator, discusses the benefits of specialty bars in improving strength and performance. He delves into the use of unique barbells like the duffalo and transformer bars, highlighting their impact on biomechanics and athlete development. The podcast explores innovative approaches in sports performance and recovery, advocating for openness to new techniques.

In episode 147, Greg Haff, Professor at Edith Cowan University, joins us. Specifically Greg will be looking at: Physiological advantages of cluster sets Disadvantages in using cluster sets What ascending cluster sets are Case study: How to use cluster sets to improve performance *About Greg "I am the course coordinator at Edith Cowan University and their master's a strength conditioning. I'm really into strength and I've been into strength since I was really young. At 11 I got introduced to strength training and I've been on that journey for the last 40 years of just trying to find out how to be the strongest I can be. So that took me all over the world to learn from all kinds of people academically as an athlete. And at the moment I'm a professor of strength. I mentor grad students and we try to answer questions that are really relevant to people's training, always in that strength domain, but in different ways." Social media: @Doc_Haff FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode147 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher

In episode 146, Jake Schuster, CEO of Gemeni Sports Analytics, joins us. Specifically Jake will be looking at: What AI can mean for the sporting world How AI can revolutionise data usage in sport Real world examples of how AI is already helping teams *About Jake "Jake worked in elite global sport for a decade before deciding to launch a company to solve the clear and obvious challenge of building a predictive analytics tool that makes data-driven decision making more accessible." @CoolHandJakeGS, @Gemini_Sports https://geminisports.co/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode146 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher

In episode 145, Joe Dolcetti, Founder of Lila, joins us. Specifically Joe will be looking at: What wearable resistance is How wearable resistance affects running technique How to use wearable resistance to improve performance *About Joe Joe is the Founder of Lila and a 35-year veteran of high-performance sport coaching and training with a passion for human movement. He has coached elite and professional athletes across sport disciplines on 5 continents through the last 9 Olympic cycles from 1988 until Tokyo 2020. Over the past two decades Joe has pioneered micro-loading and developed and iterated Exogen wearable resistance, the flagship product of Lila. Social Media: @LilaAthletes - all platforms. https://lilateam.com/science-of-exogen/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode145 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher

In episode 144, Luka Milanovic, Head of S&C at the Croatian Football Federation, joins us. Specifically Luka will be looking at: How Croatia overperform with a population of only 4 million How Croatia used the gym during the world cup How recovery was used *About Luka 24 years of coaching experience in 6 different sports Prepared top level athletes for 15 big competitions (Olympics, World cups, European championships) Silver medalist at 2018 World cup, Bronze medalist at 2022 World cup Head of Strength and Conditioning at Croatian Football Federation Associate professor at University of Zagreb Expert coach in High Performance Sport Center at Croatian Olympic Comitee Professor at Football Science Institute https://hr.linkedin.com/in/luka-milanovic-141a00b8?trk=people-guest_people_search-card Instagram: milanovic1978" FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode144 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher

In episode 143, Mona de Lacey, Elite Weightlifter and mum-to-be, joins us. Specifically Mona will be looking at: What happens to the body during pregnancy How women can adjust training during pregnancy Her experiences of training during pregnancy *About Mona "Mona Pretorius de Lacey is a 6-time Karate World Champion, CrossFit Games athlete, and a Commonwealth Games medalist in Olympic Weightlifting. She is currently part of the International Weightlifting Federation Athletes Commission. Mona also has an Honours Degree in Sport Psychology as well as an Honours Certificate in Mindfulness Training. She is also a mom to be currently 30 weeks pregnant, running her own online businesses as a Mental Performance Coach (Helping Psychology) and a Weightlifting Coach (Lift Big Eat Big). https://www.instagram.com/powerfulpretorius/ (@powerfulpretorius) Lift Big Eat Big https://liftbigeatbig.com/olympic-weightlifting/ Helping Psychology https://helpingpsychology.com/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode143 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher

In episode 142, Tanno de Pender, International Powerlifter and S&C Coach at TeamNL, joins us. Specifically Tanno will be looking at: What powerlifting is and how to train for it What other sports can learn from powerlifting *About Tanno "My name is Tanno de Pender, 30 years old from the Netherlands – I completed my MSc in Human Movement Sciences specialized in Sports & Nutrition at Maastricht University. I’ve been involved in strength training since I was 14, and got competitively involved in Powerlifting since 2016. Currently I’m a National Champion within the Netherlands in the -105kg class and hold multiple records in different weight classes in the Bench Press, Deadlift & Total. Furthermore, I work as an S&C Coach for TEAMNL, together with the Elite Track Cycling Sprint programme as well as for the talent development programmes for Track Cycling & BMX. I also work as an online Strength & Nutrition coach with Reformance – an online company working primarily with Powerlifters." www.reformancetraining.com Instagram: @7ann0 and @reformancetraining FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode142 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher