Science for Sport Podcast

In episode 98 Jarred Marsh, Head of Performance at Kaizer Chiefs FC, joins us. Specifically you will learn: How to avoid accidental doping The supplements that really work How to test whether a supplement really works for you About Jarred "I'm actually trained and educated as a rehabilitation specialist, and I've held a position of head of performance at one of Africa's biggest football clubs for the last seven years. And over the last couple of years, I've I've basically developed a keen interest in supporting areas that we've kind of defined as being behind the curtain. Those being nutrition and wearable tech. And I'm hoping that through my experience and knowledge and the bit of Dunning Kruger curve there, but basically hoping that my experience and knowledge can help educate the coaches of tomorrow and help develop the athletes of the future." Twitter: @jarred_marsh Instagram: @jarred_marsh FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode98 ​ 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 97 Dre Baldwin, Assistant Professor in Applied Sport Sciences at the University of Birmingham, joins us. Specifically you will learn: What mental toughness is How to train mental toughness How to use mental toughness to overcome any obstable About Dre "In just 5 years, Dre Baldwin went from his high school team's bench to a 9-year professional basketball career. At the same time, Dre built a content publishing empire. Blogging since 2005 and publishing videos to YouTube starting in 2006, Dre has published over 8,000 videos with his content being viewed over 73 million times. Dre's daily Work On Your Game Podcast has over 4 million listeners. Dre has given 4 TEDxTalks and authored 29 books, including “Work On Your Game” And “The Third Day.” Instagram: @drebaldwin Twitter: @Dreallday Website: https://dreallday.com/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode97 ​ 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 96 Tom Brownlee, Assistant Professor in Applied Sport Sciences at the University of Birmingham, joins us. Specifically you will learn: The role of Sport Tech in 2022 The 3 game-changing pieces of tech you need to stay ahead of the competition About Tom Dr Tom Brownlee PhD (@tombrownlee_) is a UK-based sports scientist with over ten year’s experience working within elite sport. Tom’s PhD investigated strength training in soccer players while working at Liverpool Football Club. Tom now works as an Assistant Professor in Applied Sport Sciences at the University of Birmingham while maintaining roles within sport and has had consultancy roles with companies such as the English Premier League, Formula 1, NFL and Adidas. He also speaks internationally about his experiences and current work. Twitter: @tombrownlee_ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode96 ​ 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 95 Chris Turner (CEO of Sports Wellbeing) and Eoin Power (Head of Medical Services at Gloucester Rugby), join us. Specifically you will learn: The important of measuring impacts in Rugby Why mouthguards are the perfect tool to measure impacts How to use data to reduce injury risk and optimise collision training load About Chris and Eoin Chris Turner – CEO of Sports Wellbeing & Analytics (SWA) Co-Founder and CEO of SWA since 2017 – previously Global CTO with Unilever 10 years, Executive Vice President SAP for 5 years. Role is to oversee and manage all aspects of SWA’s business and operations. The business is fundamentally a real time data business with a data collection tool currently in the form of a highly validated electronic mouthguard. You can think of us as a GPS for contact. The data which is reported live allows us to provide real insight to clubs and athletes as to what is going on. This understanding and combination of data is our strength as a business and as we work with different sports, the uses for and the value of the data just keeps growing. Clearly in rugby, we want to see all clubs follow the lead and belief that Gloucester has shown and adopt the system for the benefit of themselves and their players. But we also want to see this across all contact sports over time. Eoin Power – Head of Medical Services – Gloucester Rugby Fourth season as Head of medical services at Gloucester Rugby. Previously at Bristol Bears as senior physio. Originally from Dublin where I studied my primary degree in Physiology before moving to the UK to pursue Physiotherapy, first at the University of Southampton and then the University of bath. I am responsible for managing the provision of medical services to the Gloucester rugby squad and facilitate a team of 8 therapists and Doctors. Instagram: @swaprotechtpro Twitter: @ProtechtPro @EoinPowerPhysio Protecht Website: https://swa.one/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode95 ​ 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 94 Thomas Cortebeeck, Assistant Jumps Coach at the Danish Athletic Association, joins us. Specifically you will learn: How to categorise jumps How to improve unilateral jumping How to program gym exercises to improve jumping About Thomas "Thomas Cortebeeck, M.Sc. is a Danish Jumps and S&C Coach Specialized in Human Performance Optimization. He works with athletes ranging anywhere from the developmental level to the highest Olympic Level including several Danish record holders. His main interest is translating and applying the principles of biomechanics and exercise physiology to match the context of elite athletes. Further, with a practical background from elite sprinting, he’s thoroughly dedicated to not only be skilled in the academic part of performance optimization, but also the craft." Instagram: @videnform FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode94 ​ 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 93 Casper de Wit, Strength & Conditioning Coach & Sport Scientist, joins us. Specifically you will learn: The importance of data in elite teams How to contextualise data for athletes and coaches What athletes can do to maximise their data use About Casper "Cas de Wit is the Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Sport Scientist for the Judo programme at Olympic Training Centre Papendal. He has a background in rowing. Throughout his studies he participated in Crossfit and Powerlifting. He changed his academic studies from cognitive neuroscience to human movement science as he was more interested in physiology, training, and S&C. Directly after his masters he undertook an internship at S&C Coach at Sport Centrum Papendal, with the Dutch Olympic Team. In the Olympic program you get to work with a smaller programmes when starting out, for Casper this included Motocross, Volleyball, and Olymic archery team which he did for 3,5 years. His work with the Judo program is 60/40% S&C/Sport Science. The hybrid function works because of the good team in the program. Doing both role allows him to be pesent with the athletes a lot and find out where opportunities for improvement are regarding both S&C and science. " FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode93 ​ 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 92 James De Lacey, Strength & Conditioning Coach, joins us. Specifically you will learn: The importance of games in the warm up How to use games from the first minute 3 key types of games How to integrate these into the training session About James "James was the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Romanian Rugby Union. He has previously worked in America’s professional rugby competition Major League Rugby with Austin Elite and the NZ Women’s National Rugby League Team. He is a published author and has completed a MSc in Sport & Exercise Science from AUT, Auckland, NZ." Check James' websites: https://sweetscienceoffighting.com/ and liftbigeatbig.com FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode92 ​ 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 90, Martin Buchheit and George Perry, , join us. Specifically you will learn: When ego is useful or detrimental How to turn your ego volume up and down to suit the task at hand How to improve performance though ego optimisation About Martin and George "Martin: I am a very passionate strength and conditioning coach that progressively developed into an applied sport performance scientist, with a main emphasis on football (soccer). My work (>200 publications) has focused on intervention strategies and profiling assessments that may improve players’ physical and technical potential, using a scientific approach whenever possible. Using my background in strength & Conditionning (2 Msc), statistics (1 Msc) and a PhD in exercise physiology, I have developed different training 'tools' such as the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness to program high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and the 5'-5' (now 4'-3') running test to monitor training status using accelerometers, GPS and heart rate (variability). I also have extensive experience with fitness and strength training, injury prevention, recovery, nutrition, match analysis and youth development. I have been ranked as the 4 (2019) to 6th (2021) scientific expert in Soccer in the world. Currently, I consult and speak for various organizations, and hold the position of Head of Performance at Lille OSC, together with the role of Head of Performance Research at Kitman Labs, in charge of the Performance Intelligence Research Initiative with Derk McHugues" "George: George M. Perry is a track & field and athlete performance coach, sports businessman and writer... he has done a little bit of just about everything in the sports world. He lives in Tulsa, OK (USA)." Twitter: @mart1buch @AtlasCoached Instagram: @egoalsbook @mart1buch @georgeaboutsports Book: https://www.amazon.com/EGOals-Exercising-your-high-performance-environments/dp/B09HJ5VV51/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode91 ​ 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 90, Jonathan Charest, Director of Athlete Sleep Services at the Centre for Sleep & Human Performance, joins us. Specifically you will learn: How much sleep you really need How to improve your sleep hours and quality Physiology underpinning sleep and performance About Jonathan "Jonathan Charest is the Director of Athlete Sleep Services and a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Centre for Sleep & Human performance. He works to develop and optimize sleep for athletes (regional to international level). He focuses on how to optimize sleep, training and travel schedule for athletes, occasional athletes, and student-athletes. In addition to his bachelor’s in psychology (Sherbrooke University), Jonathan is currently completing his Ph.D. in psychology (Laval University). He possesses expertise in behavioral sleep medicine (CBT-I), circadian rhythms disorders as well as the specific reality of the athletic population. Jonathan has been an invited public speaker for sleep at International Conferences. As an ex-athlete, Jonathan believes in the importance of sleep, recovery and regeneration in the performance environment and alongside Dr. Samuels and the entire team at CSHP, brings a strong commitment to athletes, coaches, and teams to deliver education, screening tools, and research-based strategies to establish healthy sleep hygiene for athletes throughout their career, and for a lifetime." Twitter: @Jocharest1 Instagram: @jo_charest FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode90 ​ 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 89, Victoria Forsdick, Sport and Exercise Medicine Doctor at the Australian Institute of Sport, joins us. Specifically you will learn: Underpinning physiology of pregnancy in sport Special considerations when returning to sport How to support new mums in sport and exercise About Victoria "Dr Victoria Forsdick is a sport and exercise medicine doctor based at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Australia. Before joining the AIS for 2021 she has worked within women’s sport for the past couple of years as a team doctor for a Women’s Australian Rules Football Club. Victoria is passionate about women’s sport, health and equality and is undertaking research at the AIS in this area. Her research - The Mum-Alete project - is looking at women returning to elite sport after having a baby and the facilitators and barriers that contribute to a successful or unsuccessful return." Twitter: @drvforsdick Here is the link to our research website for Australian athletes to complete: https://www.ais.gov.au/health-wellbeing/the-mum-alete-project Here is the link to the AIS Female Performance Health Initiative page which has great resources for coaches, athletes etc. https://www.ais.gov.au/fphi FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode89 ​ 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