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Thanks for checking out The CVASPS Podcast! On our show will bring the best practitioners in the field of strength and conditioning from around the world together to discuss all aspects of athlete development. Each show has a unique theme that is designed to help your athletes in improve performance. We hope you enjoy the show, and if you do, like all our content, feel free to share it with anyone is the sport performance field who you feel will find value in the content.
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Jun 17, 2019 • 19min
My Thoughts Monday #89- Jay DeMayo- Looking At History May Help Us Find Our Role In Sport
“If we are improving performance then the byproducts of decreased injuries, increased strength, size, power, aerobic, anaerobic endurance, whatever they may be, are going to take care of themselves.”This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.htmlThis My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.comThe role of the strength and conditioning coach is something that has been a bit of an unknown for quite some time. In this week My Thoughts Monday I discuss a bit of the history of our vocation and where I’ve seen some curves and turns away from where the initial reason for training came from in the first place, to improve performance. We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

Jun 11, 2019 • 44min
Episode 189- Steffan Jones- Training For Transfer, Not For The White Board
“The question you should ask, by lifting 20 kilos more are they now improving their performance on the field?”“The guys who go out on the field and put their body’s on the line, those are the one’s that count, and we need to help them get better.”This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.Today we are joined by Steffan Jones to discuss the actual role of training when it comes to improving performance of fast bowlers. After a quick run down of how how he got where he is, including how his training as an athlete has driven him forward to some of his thoughts today, we dive right into what he seeing when it comes to improving bowling velocity. Steffan runs down the rabbit hole of how he evaluates his bowlers including what he looks at with jumps, and the role of different weighted throws, and how both drive the training for his athletes. This leads him into how he feels coaches need to be evaluated, and what his KPI is for his bowlers, and where he see’s in game data driving his training for his athletes. We finish off discussing the role of aerobic work, and why it has stood the test of time. Make sure to give him a follow on IG @steffanjones105 and check out his site https://cricketstrength.com! We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining,#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

Jun 10, 2019 • 14min
My Thoughts Monday #88- Jay DeMayo- Sport Performance Is Human Performance, So Handle Their Ups and Downs
“Sport performance is human performance, and everyone involved in sport is a human. They’re going to have their good days and bad days.”This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.htmlThis My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.comThis weeks My Thoughts Monday was sparked by a run in with a person at Whole Foods during my typical Saturday “decompress” routine that wasn’t the best. It got me thinking about how we monitor our athletes and how we look at those questions or technology for the answers as to how they are and how we should handle them, but like Anthony Donskov said “context is king.” We jump to conclusions all too often about the athletes mood and effort, but maybe there is some underlying factor to that behavior and how can we reach them better because of this?We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

Jun 4, 2019 • 32min
Episode 188- Nick DiMarco- Training The 21st Century Football Player
“If I see anything that closely resembles the game in a way that it will improve performance or improve the likelihood of keeping guys healthy then we’re definitely going to try to implement it.”“If 10 out of 10 hated it and I don’t think it’s a huge improvement, and I can do something else, then I’ll do something else if it’s going to give you the same results.”This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.In this weeks edition of The Podcast I had the pleasure of sitting down and talk with Nick DiMarco about how he trains his football players at Elon University. After a brief intro Nick dives right into some of the unique aspects to his programming. Coach DiMarco dives down the rabbit holes of change of direction vs agility and how they train both, the impact of autonomy on training, conditioning for football, and vetting your staff to make sure they would be open to using “different” means and methods than the traditional training programs. Make sure to follow @elonperformance on Instagram and subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbzj-v6lk5J3qVk2ABLr6OQ on YouTube.We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining,#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

Jun 3, 2019 • 14min
My Thoughts Monday #87- Jay DeMayo- The Second “Major” Difference With Our Summer Programming
“We talk about doing all this ground based training but typically we don’t address what’s going on with the ground.”This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.htmlThis My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.comIn this weeks My Thoughts Monday I follow on last weeks talk and share another large change we made to our summer programming. This is a combination of bringing back some things that we have done in the past along with adding some new “twists” to it to help us improve function and performance throughout the summer.We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

May 28, 2019 • 36min
Episode 187- Nick Grantham- Standing Shoulder To Shoulder With The Athlete
“You’ve got to historically where that sport has come from.”“Once I realized that there’s only four weird groups of people that like to lift for the sake of lifting, that was a big change in the way I coached.”“The athletes actually often know far more about what they need and how to get themselves in shape and how to keep themselves motivated, so, that two way street, listening, is really important.”“They can spot when you’ve not been in their world a mile off, and that instantly reduces that engagement.”This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.We are joined by Nick Grantham to discuss connecting with athletes in different sports and cultures in this weeks edition of The Podcast. After a run down as to how he has gotten to where he is today Nick dives right down the rabbit hole of connecting with athletes across multiple sports, including not just the sports but connecting with athletes of different cultures and backgrounds. This includes the idea of “positive pollution” and how that not only impacted how he works with his athletes, but his programming as well. Nick shares a great number of ways that he feels he has improved as a practitioner by working more with the athletes as opposed to dictating what the athlete is doing. He then shares with us how not just wearing hats, but also changing your language and direction is super important to increase how the athletes react to training. Make sure to check out his site http://nickgrantham.com and go check out http://nickgrantham.com/youre-hired/ to pick up your copy of You’re Hired!We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining,#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

May 27, 2019 • 16min
My Thoughts Monday #86- Jay DeMayo- A Brief Run Down Of Our Progressions and Regressions
“You never really want to be flat footed in sports, so we are working our way to that.”This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.htmlThis My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.comIn this weeks My Thoughts Monday I share one of the major changes we have made in order to, in our opinion, provide better for the guys not only during the season, but to better set them up to do better in our season long developmental plan. This includes our three progressions for our “primary” lower body exercises and what’s driving our programming for our upper body training with the team. Would love some input and feedback on this set up and the overall idea behind it.We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

May 21, 2019 • 30min
Episode 186- Daniel Back- The Practical Science of Jumping
“Look at the big picture and try to address everything we can there.”“Think critically and take measurements as you go and let those measurements guide you.”This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.Daniel Back joins us today to discuss all things jump training. After a quick run down of how he got down to Texas, Daniel shares with us how he’s evaluating the athletes he works with so he can provide best for them with their limited time schedules. We then discuss the limitations that they see with working with high school athlete’s who are also being “worked” with their sport teams at school. He then shares with us the work he did with one specific high school jumper and what seemed to improve this athlete’s performance. We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining,#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

May 20, 2019 • 16min
My Thoughts Monday #85- Jay DeMayo- Identifying The Issues Is Just A Start
“Don’t sit here and tell people what they should do and what the problem is if you’re not will to be part of the solution.”This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.htmlThis My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.comI’ve witnessed an uptick in the amount of people bringing to light the issues that are present in the Strength and Conditioning world on social media. While it’s important to point out where corrections need to be made, not providing ideas or directions to move forward may not truly help improve the situation at hand. In this weeks My Thoughts Monday I give credit to some people who are leading by example and discuss where I’m seeing some disconnect when it comes to finding solutions to issues at hand. We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

May 14, 2019 • 32min
Episode 185- Anthony Donskov- Respect The Context
“Respect the context because everybody works in a different environment.”
“I want our advanced level athletes and our pros to know their DNA is on their program, that’s important to me.”“Our programs are temporary hypotheses, and the goal is not to defend them, the goal is to try and find problems with them, and you can’t find problems if you don’t measure things.”This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.Today we are joined by Donskov Strength and Conditioning’s Anthony Donskov to discuss the training of hockey players and return to play protocols for injured players. Anthony starts off discussing with us his PhD work, and why he chose to look at dual force plates with hockey players, including the relation to KPI’s with training and return to play. Anthony then shares with us how they set up their programming, including an overview of how he looks at training new clients and advanced level athletes. We then run down the rabbit hole of how Anthony looks at coaching, including a story that really encompasses his view of being a successful coach. We finish off talking about his tissue remodeling block and how that impacts the rest of their off season training. We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining,#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics


