Science for Sport Podcast

In episode 114, Sam Ballak, Applied Sport Scientist at Sport Centrum Papendal, joins us. Specifically you will learn: How heat impares performance The role of humidity in performance How to combat heat related performed impairment About Sam "Dr. Sam Ballak is an applied sport scientist focussing on physiological topics like training in the heat and cooling applications in the heat, but he is also interested in topics like recovery and conditioning. In his current job he supports various TeamNL programs training at Papendal, the Dutch Olympic training centre. Because of his PhD in muscle physiology and his coaching background (athletics) is able to use scientific knowledge and translate that to practical advices, suitable for use in elite athletes. During his 8 years at Papendal Sam has mostly been involved with athletics, BMX cycling, track cycling, judo, snowboard and skeleton. In preparation for Tokyo 2020 Sam advised numerous TeamNL coaches and athletes for optimal preparation in the hot and humid conditions." Key PDFs: Racinais 2018 Core temperature up to 41.5C during the UCI road cycling world championships in the heat Periard 2015 Adaptations and mechanisms of human heat acclimation applications for competitive athletes and sports Bongers 2017 Cooling interventions for athletes: an overview of effectiveness, physiological mechanisms, and practical considerations Beat the Heat - IAAF World Athletics Championships-1 Periard 2021 Exercise under heat stress thermoregulation hydration performance implications and mitigation strategies Instagram: @sam.ballak Twitter: SamBal86 FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode114 ​ 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 113, Christian Woodford, Strength and Conditioning Coach at Woodford SSC, joins us. Specifically you will learn: What sport specific training is How NOT to train for transfer What you should be doing in the gym for maximum sport performance About Christian "Christian Woodford’s name is the biggest in sports performance, injury prevention and rehab – return to perform in Australia (while pioneering the growth, development and understanding of applied sport science/athletic development in The Australian private sector). Over the last 8 years (est. 2012) Christian & WSSC have become world renowned and some of the best coaches in the world such as Joe Defranco giving their tick of approval to WSSC & Christian. Christian is known for his athlete centred and RESULTS driven approach to his coaching. Athletes from professional, semi professional, amateur to weekend warrior (both here and abroad) have all hire Christian to prepare them for sporting performance, injury reduction & rehab -return to perform coaching. Christian’s passion for applied sport science, coaching and the industry has developed him into the coach that is #changingthegame in the private sector not just in Australia but around the world. Christian offers consultancy for teams, individual athletes, coaches, students and upskill for other personal training, coaching companies." Instagram/Twitter: @coachwoodford @WoodfordSSC FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode113 ​ 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 112, Suzy Russell, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Australain Catholic University, joins us. Specifically you will learn: The importance of mental fatigue Practical tips to deal with mental fatigue About Suzy "Dr Suzy Russell is a postdoctoral research fellow investigating mental fatigue and recovery at the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre, Australian Catholic University, in partnership with the Australian Institute of Sport. She holds a PhD and Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science (Hons I) from the University of Queensland, with a track-record of high-quality research outputs, awards, and invited presentations. Suzy is an ESSA Accredited Sports Scientist, with previous applied experiences including roles as a performance analyst for professional teams, physiology and recovery consultant for national sporting organisations, product manager for a leading sports technology company, and project lead of sports specific mental health and wellbeing programs. Suzy works to achieve translational and impactful research, engaging with projects that aim to improve human performance, with a focus on optimising training and competition practices in elite athletes with specific attention to mental fatigue and recovery." Twitter: @suzanna_russell Instagram: @suz.russell https://www.acu.edu.au/research-and-enterprise/our-research-institutes/sprint-research-centre/our-people/dr-suzanna-russell FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode112 ​ 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 111, Colm Woulfe, Professional Strongman, joins us. Specifically you will learn: What strongman is How it offers a unique physical stimulus What other sports can learn from strongman About Colm "Colm Woulfe completed his Masters Degree in Sport & Exercise at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. His thesis was on the acute physiological effects of strongman training. Since completing his masters degree Colm has worked as an online strength coach and personal trainer. He is also a professional strongman having won NZSM multiple times and has competed at WSM twice. Currently on a hiatus from competition due to covid restrictions and injury he plans to return to competition in 2023." Instagram: @thewolfmancolmwoulfe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Wolfman-Colm-Woulfe-329205010438109/ YouTube: https://youtu.be/lzEwwA95_gM FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode111 ​ 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 110, Christian Woodford, Strength and Conditioning Coach at Woodford SSC, joins us. Specifically you will learn: The importance of reducing injury risk How to train to reduce injury risk What NOT to do in the gym How Christian programs for his athletes About Christian "Christian Woodford’s name is the biggest in sports performance, injury prevention and rehab – return to perform in Australia (while pioneering the growth, development and understanding of applied sport science/athletic development in The Australian private sector). Over the last 8 years (est. 2012) Christian & WSSC have become world renowned and some of the best coaches in the world such as Joe Defranco giving their tick of approval to WSSC & Christian. Christian is known for his athlete centred and RESULTS driven approach to his coaching. Athletes from professional, semi professional, amateur to weekend warrior (both here and abroad) have all hire Christian to prepare them for sporting performance, injury reduction & rehab -return to perform coaching. Christian’s passion for applied sport science, coaching and the industry has developed him into the coach that is #changingthegame in the private sector not just in Australia but around the world. Christian offers consultancy for teams, individual athletes, coaches, students and upskill for other personal training, coaching companies." Instagram/Twitter: @coachwoodford @WoodfordSSC FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode110 ​ 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 109, Andy Hyde, Strength and Conditioning Coach, joins us. Specifically you will learn: How game speed differs from top speed Different positional requirements in football How to program field based S&C for specific positions About Andy "Andy works privately with elite soccer players at the youth academy and senior professional level. He has worked as an S&C Coach in the NHS and with Leeds United FC Ladies Academy." Instagram/Twitter: @aestheticathletes, @andrewhyde96 FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode109 ​ 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 108, Rob Walsh, Physical Performance Coach, joins us. Specifically you will learn: The physical characteristics of Skeleton Bobsled How testing and monitoring influences training Key lessons any sport can learn from Skeleton Bobsled About Rob "Rob is a native of Ireland. He has over twenty five years experience in areas of elite sport, youth development, higher education, physical therapy, rehabilitation and corporate fitness. Relocating from the UK to the Netherlands he has lead the physical performance aspects for the Dutch Olympic Ski and Snowboard teams and skeleton bobsleigh athlete Kimberley Boss through two olympics. During his tenure he also consulted to the Dutch Athletics Sprint programme. While in the UK he lead the high performance team at Harrow School and was a Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University and consulted to a variety of organisations, athletes and teams" Instagram: @rwperformancecoach Twitter: @athleticevol Email: kineticcorrection@gmail.com Metrifit Wellness Software https://metrifit.com/ Fly Wheel (PAP) https://exxentric.com FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode108 ​ 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 107, Dan Howells, Strength & Conditioning Coach & Mentor, joins us. Specifically you will learn: Physiology of hypertrophy How to plan hypertrophy in a week How Dan programs hypertrophy About Dan "Dan has spent the last 15+ years working in elite sport as a strength and conditioning coach. He has worked in Olympic and Paralympic sports as well as professional Rugby and Major League baseball. He was part of the 2016 and 2020 Team Gb Rugby 7s programmes as Head of Physical Preparation. MOre recently, Dan has spent the last couple of years focusing on leadership, as well as mentorship and bespoke coaching of developing practitioners in the field, hosting mentorship programmes and interactive webinars to engage attendees and create a network for practitioners to seek opportunities within." Twitter: Howellsdan Instagram: Collaborate_Sport Website: https://collaboratesports.com/ , www.collaboratesports.com/webinar-events , www.collaboratesports.com/theipd FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode107 ​ 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 106, Sam Portland, Speed Coach & Mentor, joins us. Specifically you will learn: The importance of speed How to train speed in the gym and on field Case study: developing speed in youth athletes About Sam "Over the last decade Sam has spent his time working with many elite and grass roots organisations including Wasps, Ealing, Kenya Sevens, Burnley FC and NFL players. Sam now operate as a consultant and provides mentoring and educational programs to coaches. " Instagram: @coach_sportland Twitter: @sportland_tnf Website: www.coachsportland.co.uk FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode106 ​ 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 105, Danny Foley, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Virginia High Performance, joins us. Specifically you will learn: What fascia are Why fascia are important How to train the fascia About Danny "Danny is the head strength and conditioning coach at Virginia High Performance, where he specializes in working with active duty and Veteran military personnel, mostly including Special Operations Command and Special Forces personnel. For the last three years, Danny has led the coaching staff and overseen all training aspects of the VHP program. In 2018, Danny launched a personal-professional business Rude Rock Strength which provides remote-based training, individual coaching, and content publications. While still in its infancy, Rude Rock has grown to nearly 2,000 subscribers and currently utilized in over 80 countries. Danny has become mostly known for his fascial-based training perspective and applications. He has presented at numerous national conferences on the subject, along with publishing over 20 articles and webinars on fascial-based training. Danny is also a prominent contributor for the SimpliFaster organization. He received both his bachelors and masters in Exercise Science from Old Dominion University." https://www.ruderockstrength.com/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode105 ​ 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