CVASPS The Podcast

Dr. Adam Petway, a researcher and practitioner in basketball biomechanics, shares his insightful journey from coaching to exploring sports performance. He highlights how critical mentoring shaped his training approach and discusses the importance of analyzing in-game data to enhance athlete development. Petway emphasizes the unique movement demands of basketball and the necessity for adaptive coaching methods. He also advises young coaches to embrace foundational roles and stresses the impact of diverse mentorship on success. Get ready for a thought-provoking discussion!

“There are some general principles about how we train and how we could train based on humans first based on how we respond to training.” This episode of The Podcast is a super discussion with Jonas Dodoo. During the 41-minute talk we cover: 1)     Principles and systems, the power behind them and why their vital for coaches2)     Different ways that the general impacts the specific in training3)     The rule of thirds, and how it can help us understand programming4)     Confidence as an objective of many aspects of training5)     The role and power of trust and what it leads to6)     Pro’s and con’s to “buckets” with athletes7)     A different way to look at time and distance to improve speed I’m so fired up to have Jonas on the docket as part of The Richmond Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us July 15 and 16 at The Marriott Short Pump! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-richmond-seminar/

“Being able to have something that you stand for, and being able to consistently deliver that message in a way that’s authentic and gets to the core root of the issue and to your audience, that IS coaching.” Always awesome to catch up with Ali Kershner, and this week’s episode of The Podcast is no different! Throughout the 40-minute chat we talk about: 1)     Ali’s new role and what inspired her to take the leap to step away from coaching athletes2)     Some aspects of growth strength coaches excel at, and some we may need to improve upon3)     A simple way to help improve communication between people, not just coaches. 4)     The importance of finding who you are as a coach5)     Ways that the “system” that we progress coaches through could be better6)     Sales, marketing, and personal brands and what their role is in coaching. We couldn’t be more excited to have Ali on the docket as part of The Richmond Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us July 15 and 16 at The Marriott Short Pump! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-richmond-seminar/

“It’s much more challenging to find solutions to problems then it is to complain.” Always great to catch up with Coach Brijesh Patel, and this episode of The Podcast is no different. Throughout the 35-minute chat we talk about: 1)     How a deep dive into fascia has had a massive impact on his programming2)     Eldoa, what it is and why it’s important3)     How isokinetic training can improve performance, and help with injuries4)     How coaches can build each other up to drive the profession forward5)     The issues with complaining vs providing answers6)     The impact of your “inner circle” and critical thinking, and how the two may not be symbiotic I’m elated to welcome B to the CVASPS family and have him as part of The Pittsburgh Seminar! I hope you’re able to join us April 29th and 30th at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-pittsburgh-seminar/

“You do what they can do, build in what they can do, circumvent the weaknesses and try to get them to that.” “There’s nothing really new, science has helped us understand the effects of things better, great coaches have made us understand it from their experiences. We’ve all learned from our fairs, unfortunately I’ve made the same mistakes a couple times, which makes me upset.” “The great ones, relative to your level, do things you can’t coach. Don’t uncoach them.” In this week’s episode of The Podcast, I have the absolute pleasers of sitting down and talking with Vermeil. Throughout the 100-minute chat we talk about: 1)     Two things “Young Coaches” should never stop doing.2)     A simple evaluation that coaches can use and ways to improve upon it3)     Why he feels coaches should start out coaching in high school, and the lessons it taught him. 4)     The importance of going to the source, and the originator of ideas5)     What factors he has seen to impact transfer of training to sport6)     The impacts of size and limb length on work capacity on athletes7)     The importance of working on technique when building sport skills8)     How your philosophy is the backbone of what you do as a coach and how coaches can make alterations based off that. We couldn’t be more excited to have Al on the docket as part of The Richmond Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us July 15 and 16 at The Marriott Short Pump! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-richmond-seminar/

“I tell young coaches and young trainers all the time, just because you have the title of strength coach at this school or the title of trainer at this school that really doesn’t mean anything, it means absolutely nothing other than the paycheck.”  “Ultimately, if the kids come to you and the athletes come to you and you help them and you come up with answers for them they’re going to keep coming to you.” I got the opportunity to chop it up with Boo Schexnayder in this week’s episode of The Podcast. Throughout the 35-minute chat we talk about: 1)     What coaching is, and where he sees the role of “problems” in coaching.2)     What the coach’s role in injuries actually is.3)     The importance of drawing knowledge from multiple fields4)     Some of the unique challenges to the educational progressions of coaches5)     What he truly loves about sports6)     What really drives buy-in and brings athlete’s back to a coach. 7)     How cultural norms hold us back from being elite8)     The effects of commercially driven trends and fads9)     Why some means and methods have stood the test of time We are so excited to have Coach Boo on the docket as part of The Pittsburgh Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us April 29th and 30th at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-pittsburgh-seminar/

“If you have the outputs you can have compensations and breakdowns in your technique. If you don’t have the output and you don’t have the ability to be a freak athlete then you better move really, really well and create impulse at the right time.”  In this week’s episode of The Podcast I got to catch up with Zach Dechant. Throughout the 35-minute chat we talk about: 1)     Zach’s new role at TCU and where he sees that progressing forward.2)     Some new things that he’s implementing with his baseball players revolving around resisted sprinting.3)     Metrics that he uses to evaluate his players, and what the data is showing him. 4)     The roles and symbiotic nature of general and specific strengths. 5)     The underappreciated value of training rotation, and where it impacts performance in areas we may overlook.  A huge thanks to Exxentric for supporting the show. Exxentric is the leader in fly wheel technology. Their kBox and kPulley have had a huge impact in the preparation and RTP programs. Make sure you hop over to www.exxentric.comand check out all their sensational products today! We couldn’t be more excited to have Zach on the docket as part of The Richmond Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us July 15 and 16 at The Marriott Short Pump! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-richmond-seminar/ 

“What am I going to do for this kid? Because he doesn’t even know what makes him good. Genuinely, we can say we do, we have no idea what makes these people good.”  In today’s episode of The Podcast I sit down and chat with Freak Strength’s Mike Guadango. During the 32-minute chat we talk about: 1)     The crazy world of being a “sport specialist” and the ebbs and flows of it that he’s lived through.2)     The role asymmetries in sport, and why coaches may not want to “correct” some.3)     A unique method to build “work capacity” in rehab that has helped his athletes improve at a greater rate. 4)     The role of psychology in high level sport and the mental gaps between the good and the elite. 5)     The misconceived connection between aesthetics and performance.6)     Understanding that the outliers do things differently because they’re outliers, and maybe “correcting” those “mistakes” is not what’s best for their performance.  A huge thanks to Exxentric for supporting the show. Exxentric is the leader in fly wheel technology. Their kBox and kPulley have had a huge impact in the preparation and RTP programs. Make sure you hop over to www.exxentric.comand check out all their sensational products today! We couldn’t be more excited to have Mike on the docket as part of The Richmond Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us July 15 and 16 at The Marriott Short Pump! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-richmond-seminar/

“You always figure things out when it’s too late. This is the problem of human nature. You figure out you’re on the wrong track when your athletes are not performing well, but that mistake has been made three months before when you didn’t see it, when you though “hey this is going great, I’m such a good coach.” Then they fail miserably, and then that mistake has been made before so always try to plan ahead.”  Always great to get to catch up with my good friend Henk Kraaijehnof in this episode of The Podcast. Throughout the 38-minute chat we talk about: 1)     Henk’s new roles in the world of coaching, and how some things have come full circle.2)     How a new location has allowed Henk to “do Henk things” with exploring and researching.3)     How hindsight is always 20/20, so identifying “mistakes” in training may be more difficult then we tend to believe. 4)     Trends that could be holding coaches back, and how we can all filter who we are learning from and what we are looking at5)     The importance of being your biggest critic 6)     Humility, and understanding that what may be great today may not lead to success tomorrow. A huge thanks to Exxentric for supporting the show. Exxentric is the leader in fly wheel technology. Their kBox and kPulley have had a huge impact in the preparation and RTP programs. Make sure you hop over to www.exxentric.comand check out all their sensational products today! We couldn’t be more excited to have Henk back on the docket as part of The Pittsburgh Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us April 29th and 30th at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-pittsburgh-seminar/

“As cool as our job is and as much as we all love training, and making them better and watching them do their thing.  At the end of it, what are we actually leaving them with and what are we helping them do?”We are joined this week by South Carolina Women’s Basketball Sport Performance Coach and my Free-VASPS co-host, Molly Benetti for this episode of The Podcast. Throughout the 40-minute discussion we dive into:  How COVID has continued to impact the preseason preparation strategies The pros and cons of having a veteran led team The role and importance of feedback from the athlete’s and staff The importance of educating ourselves outside of the world of S and C, and the irony of talking about that during an S and C Podcast. A huge thanks to Exxentric for supporting the show. Exxentric is the leader in fly wheel technology. Their kBox and kPulley have had a huge impact in the preparation and RTP programs. Make sure you hop over to www.exxentric.comand check out all their sensational products today!We are elated to have Molly on the docket as part of The Pittsburgh Seminar, and hope you’re able to join us April 29th and 30th at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA! Tap the link to book your seat today! https://cvasps.com/the-2022-pittsburgh-seminar/