CVASPS The Podcast

This week’s podcast guest is another coach whose name has been dropped on many “My Thoughts Monday’s. I’m so fired up to get to chop it up with my good friend and former co-worker Mike Thomson this week. In the 30-minute chat Mike and I get into: 1)     Evaluating players (in this case pitchers), and how looking at their mechanics can improve specificity and drive better training prescription.2)     How they establish variables to look at and use to help drive, not just their training model, but prescription of training means to impact the sporting exercise.3)     The impact of understanding the language used in the sport, and the what the actual4)     Keeping training to help make those who are exceptional at certain things even more exceptional at those things based on evaluations5)     Working through the “continual in season” that we are now seeing in many sports6)     Where looking at the individual vs regressing to a mean can help identify not just what is working for each specific athlete but also what is NOT working.7)     Thought processes that drive his continuous growth and has helped him build this model Mike has had a huge impact the development of our staff and programming for our athlete’.  Make sure you give him a follow-on Twitter @Thomson19Mike and Instagram @mikethomson19 to see what he’s building in the training of all the teams he gets to work with. If you enjoyed the talk please feel free share it with a colleague and don’t forget to subscribe and give us a 5-star review! It’s greatly appreciated. 

I’m so happy to welcome Steve Georgio to The Podcast this week. Steve has been doing awesome work up at Fordham going through a very unique and trying three years, surviving three different head coaching changes in that time period, leading up to a fantastic season this year. Throughout the 30 plus minute discussion Steve and I talk about 1)     The importance of loyalty in a world and vocation that really lacks it at times2)     In a time where specializing in one sport is the norm, how working with multiple sports has helped him be ready for a vast array of situations, changes, curve balls3)     Key thoughts and themes of the conversations that he has had to better understand the direction a team is going to go with new coaches during times of transition4)     Understanding our role within the team, and how that changes, not just throughout the year, but season to season as teams change5)     How expanding your coaching skill set, through many different forms of education, is great, but doing so directed by the needs of the athletes and coaches is even better6)     Providing ever green content and “meeting the athletes where they’re at” through different mediums to help provide more education for the athletes  Make sure to give Steve a follow-on IG and twitter @georg1o and follow his performance team @rams_strength, they’re doing great stuff and putting out great content. If you enjoyed the talk please feel free to subscribe and give us a 5-star review! It’s greatly appreciated            

Today I am elated to welcome Eric Guthrie to The Podcast. Many of our listeners who have attended The Seminar have had the pleasure of meeting “Big E” at one of the events and know he’s one of the best people in our vocation. In the 35-minute discussion Eric and I get into:1)     What “improving the department” actually means to each of us, and how following/working under great directors allows you to keep the ball rolling.2)     The importance of a common vision and how communicating that throughout the department is vital to improving our position and their opinion of what we do.3)     Ways that we can impact things outside the weight room, including how sometimes less is more when building out these plans.4)     The idea of preparing the athlete’s better to prepare better for the game, how to build that out and monitor progress. Make sure to give Eric a follow-on IG and twitter @Ericguthrie07 and follow his performance team @GWSportsperformance, they’re doing great stuff and putting out great content. If you enjoyed the talk please feel free to subscribe and give us a 5-star review! It’s greatly appreciated. 

This week’s episode of The Podcast is some Thoughts from Old Graybeard where I reflect on this time of the year. All too often coaches suffer from extreme FOMO, and this time of year is one of the greatest culprits for experiencing it. For those whose seasons have come to an end we are, at times, in a rush to get back to training and really crank it up, but that isn’t always what’s best. What may be best for all of us is to do one simple thing that really isn’t that easy to do, and that is, slow down.  

In this week’s episode of The Podcast I have the pleasure of sitting down and chopping it up with Andrew Stuart. In the 30-minute talk Andrew and I get into: 1)     How taking the thought process back to a 5th grade science experiment could save practitioners a lot of headaches.2)     Where he sees an issue with being data driven, and how changing the thought process to data informed could help us be even better for the coaches and athletes we get to work with.3)     What the “applied” in applied sport science needs to mean, and why just doing testing to do testing leads us to road blocks in the process.4)     How the art of coaching and the basic pillars of what we do need to continue to be the back bone of our programming and the tech needs to support it.  Andrew is doing some awesome work at Nebraska, make sure to keep up with everything they’re doing by following him on Instagram at: @ coachastuart

I’m elated to welcome Ben Kenyon to The Podcast and introduce him as one of our presenters for The 2023 Seminar. I have had the fortune to know BK and call him a collogue for the past 18 years so this conversation has been a long time coming. Throughout the 45-minute discussion we get into: 1)     How career burn out impacted to him professionally, and how it led to a personal pivot that has allowed him to impact people all over the world. 2)     The importance of having your set of core values to drive your vision and career progression.3)     Finding the value in pausing and pacing yourself in your personal life and professionally.4)     Understanding that maximizing now and being patient and building the best of your situation is what opens doors later5)     What it truly means to be a master of your craft and why that is vital for our continued growth as a vocation Make sure you check out Great Day Squad (https://www.greatdaysquad.com) and per order Climb (https://www.greatdaytoclimb.com) today! I’m so excited to have BK on the docket and hope you are as well. I hope you and your staff are able to join us The Seminar, July 21 and 22 at PLAE HQ for this summer’s edition of The Seminar! For more info and to book your seats use the link here: https://cvasps.com/2023-seminar/

This week we welcome Dr. Craig Turner to The Podcast. Throughout this fantastic 42-minute discussion Dr. Turner goes into: 1)    The tactical similarities across team sports and how those similarities have helped both of us progress our careers from soccer to basketball, and create a better understanding of the games. 2)    The role of technology in coaching and how important having actionable data and actually acting on it is. 3)    Understanding what you are trying to measure when selecting what technology to add 4)    Touch points and communication points are both vital to keep track of and to a minimum so that you actually collect and communicate the most essential information.5)    Lessons learned from his time in the NBA, and how those lessons have impacted how he collects and communicates data today6)    What meeting where them where they’re at not only is in reference to the players but also is in relation to the communication methods utilized to get the info to the coaches that they need. 

This week we are joined by 2023 Seminar presenter, Kansas University’s Director of Sports Performance for football, Matt Gildersleeve. Our last discussion with Sleeve was OTR #79, and we catch up right where we left off. Sleeve dives into: What the first off season was like, and how it set up their program moving forward. The impact of the COVID summer and in what ways that continues to impact his program. A simple thing that has helped him not stay “stuck in his ways” and keep pushing to find better ways, means, and methods for all aspects of life. How the law of 100/100 has impacted him both professionally and personally What “really matters” and how “winning the off season” sometimes isn’t what leads to the best on field results. How becoming a father changed his thought process and how he sees the word “sacrifice” We hope you’re as excited as we are to welcome Coach Sleeve to The Seminar, July 21 and 22 at PLAE HQ! For more info and to book your seats use the link here: https://cvasps.com/2023-seminar/

It’s always great to catch up with Dr. Bryan Mann, and this week’s episode of The Podcast is no different. In the 36-minute discussion Doc and I go into:  1)     His new position and role at “The U”2)     Force Velocity Profiling, some of the issues and FAQ’s with it, and practical ways to implement it (oh and this is what his presentation is on at The 2023 Seminar)3)     How looking at averages at times is appropriate, but can also hinder development4)     How important math and physics are to what we do5)     The importance of asking why, along with how important who answers the question impacts our view of the answer. 6)     How our biases impact our perspective, and how that can impact our continued development as coaches7)     The importance of “letting it go”, and how that had a huge impact on him both at work and home. Can’t wait to have Dr. Mann back on the docket at The Seminar and hope you can join us at PLAE HQ this July 21st and 22nd! For more info and to book your seats use the link here: https://cvasps.com/2023-seminar/

I couldn’t be more excited to have had the opportunity to sit down and catch up with 2023 presenter Coach Boo Schexnayder on this week’s episode of The Podcast. After a quick catch-up with Coach Boo we get into: 1)     The role of science and practical common sense thinking in coaching, and how what is “scientific” vs common sense has come full circle.2)     What the role of research is in his coaching, and how he sees some limitations to research 3)     Why he’s very reserved when it comes to the flavor of the week fads and leans towards time tested methods and means4)     The role of coming up as a coach before the “technology movement” has helped him have a better understanding of what is and isn’t useful in sports tech.5)     Trusting your instincts when it comes to making decisions on programming and during training session.6)     How important mistakes are in a coach’s development ONLY if they are able to be critical of themselves.7)     The importance of having outside interests from coaching to help us stay grounded and avoid burnout.  I hope you’re as excited as I are to bring to Coach Boo back to The Seminar and can join us at PLAE HQ this July 21st and 22nd! For more info and to book your seats use the link here: https://cvasps.com/2023-seminar/