The Adaptable Athlete Podcast

Send us a textFor today's episode, we've flipped the script, and I'm the one that's going to be answering the questions. Joining me today and asking the questions is Rich White(@richwhite44)  from Emergence!Recently I posted a blog post on the Emergence website Called "Bridging The Gap Between Return to Play and Performance".  This "Gap" I'm referring to, is the difference between the controlled and repetitive environment of rehab settings, to the dynamic and chaotic environment of sport.This episode really explores this topic.  Today's episode is meant to be a supplement to the blog post, so I would highly recommend you checking it out to truly appreciate the nature of the topic.I hope you enjoy the show! If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@igniteperformance.netEpisode Resources:Blog PostRich's Twitter Rich's Instagram Emergence Warmup Course Episode 1 w/ Rich and TylerCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

In this podcast, they discuss common misconceptions about ecological dynamics in athlete development, debunking ideas about technique, focusing on results over aesthetics, and the role of the environment in driving movement solutions. They also emphasize athlete-centered coaching and the importance of manipulating constraints for practice.

Send us a textWelcome to the athlete blueprint podcast for today’s episode I’m join by JD Howell!JD is in his 10th year as a Strength Coach with the Oakland A’s of the MLB . He’s currently the minor-league Sport Performance coordinator or prior to that was the Latin American strength and conditioning coordinator and affiliate Strength Coach.A native of Pennsylvania, JD was a student and football player at East Stroudsburg University…. He was a strength and conditioning intern at East Stroudsburg as well as Stanford, Albright college, and his first season with the A’s. JD Now currently lives in Phx w/ his wife Emily and son ronin.JD also has a bunch of certifications and alphabet soup letters behind his name but we don’t need to get into that on the shell.What I want to talk about though is JD’s experience as the Latin American strength and conditioning coordinator w/ the A’s. That position required JD to spend quite a bit of time over at the A’s facilities in Arizona  in the Dominican republic. One of the things that fascinates me about coaching and human interaction in general is social cultural constraints and how it impacts our coaching and communication. And as someone who had to coach and work w/ athletes of different backgrounds and languages, JD had to adapt his both his coaching style and communication.We get into all that and more in this conversation….before I let you get to the episode, if you’re enjoying the show, don’t forget to leave us a review on the platform of your choice….now onto my conversation w/JD!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@igniteperformance.netEpisode Resources:JD's Instagram JD's TwitterCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Send us a textFor today’s episode, I’m joined by Cal Jones! (@CalJonesJudo)Cal is a Judo coach from North Wales in the UK and holds both  UKCC level 4 and BJA level 5 coaching certificates.  Cal also also holds a masters degree in advanced coaching practice. His final project focused on representative learning design, and he was fortunate enough to be invited to contribute to the UK coaching Coach Learner Framework, discussing Representative Learning Design Speaking of the topic, that is what much of our conversation centers onI’m a huge fan of combat sports and was excited to talk with someone who’s putting Representative Learning design and ecological principles into practice.I’ve also included some judo videos in the show notes that Cal has sent me including some that use both decontextualized and contextualized training methods to help serve as an extra resource for this episode.I really enjoyed this conversation w/ Cal. I learned a lot about Judo and I think many of these concepts are transferable if you do you don’t work in combat sports...I hope you enjoy the show!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@igniteperformance.netEpisode Resources:Cal's Twitter Judo video-  Uchi-komi, (decontextualised, partial technique training)Judo video- Nage-komi (Executing a full throw against an unresistant partner)Judo video-  And, a highlight video of how throws are actually scored in judo contests, in contextCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Send us a textFor todays show I’m joined by Tyler Yearby (@TylerYearby) and Shawn Myszka (@MovementMiyagi)Tyler is the co-director education at Emergence and has appeared on the show before way back in episode 1.Tyler has been been a strength coach and football position coach in multiple stops at the collegiate level.   He now  works as a movement skill acquisition coach for athletes from various levels and is currently pursuing is doctor at eh university of Gloucestershire in the UK.Shawn has been served as a personal performance advisor & movement skill acquisition coach for NFL players since 2008 and up to this point has partnered w/ 5 NFL all pro and 12 pro bowl team members He is also the co director at education at Emergence as well.  and is pursing his doctorate along side Tyler They’ve  recently published  a paper titled “Applying an ecological approach to practice design in American Football” which seeks to shift the paradigm on how practice is designed and athletes are trained in American football This paper really is the first of its kind thats applied ecological dynamics to American football, so I was extremely excited to have them on.Besides the paper, we discuss a myriad of concepts that are useful to both sport coaches and practitioners. I hope you enjoy the conversation! If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@igniteperformance.netEpisode Resources:Tyler and Shawn's Paper Shawn Twitter Tyler's TwitterEmergence Website Emergence TwitterEmergence IGCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Send us a textFor today’s episode, I’m joined by NFL Linebacker Nicholas Morrow!Nick is in his 6th season in the NFL and in his first season w/ the Chicago Bears after spending the previous 5 w/ the Las Vegas Raiders Nick is known for his versatility on the field and in 2020 was the only player in the NFL to record 3 sacks and 9 passes defensed during the 2020 season.What really is remarkable about Nick is his story or his journey to the league…Nick went to college at Greenville University, which is a Division school and was undrafted after his senior season.To those of you who maybe aren’t familiar w/ football and the NFL, Division 3 football is one fo the lower levels of college football and the chances that someone makes it to the league from a D3 school, let alone has a multi year career are slim to noneIn fact, as of 2021 only 6 players from D3 school were on active rosters…which is only 0.35% of of the athletes in the league!Needless to say Nick has defied some EXTREMELY long odds.In this conversation, w/ nick  we discuss:his Long winding  journey to league nicks mentality when he was unknown and few people believe in him  really get into the real  psyche and daily life of a professional athlete. What traits besides your traditional speed, power, agility actually make a great football player, And of course so much more!Nick trains w/ us at Ignite and over the years I’ve gotten to know what a stand up and down to earth guy he is and this becomes clear during this episode If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@igniteperformance.netDon't forget to check out today's sponsor, Xero shoes!...Xero shoes are minimalis shoes that are reasonably priced and actually look GREAT!..They are allow your feet the flexibility and comfort to actually move the way nature intended.  They've been a game changer for me.If you wanna join the revolution,  visit  https://xeroshoes.com/go/athleteblueprint and get yourself a pair!Episode Resources: Ignite Performance Website Chicago Bears Website Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Send us a textFor today’s episode, I’m joined by Philip O’Callaghan (@Mr_Tennis_Coach)Phillip is Tennis coach and PE coach from Cork, Ireland...Philip is a graduate of University College in Cork , where he studied  Sports studies ad Physical Education. Phillip is a life long tennis athlete and over the last several years he has been involved in coaching tennis, including coaching the University of Cork Tennis Team.Philip is truly has a passion for coaching, and in fact spends much of his free time reading the latest research in Skill acquisition.  In fact, Phillip has a blog on his website Mrtenniscoach.com where he reads these research papers, and breaks them down into his takeaways ,and some practical applications that I think are useful for all coaches…he really does a great job there.In our conversation, we discuss everything from his blog, who he thinks the Best movers in tennis are, to various topics on skill acquisition!...I hope you enjoy! If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@igniteperformance.netBefore we get to the show I just wanted to share quick message from a product I’m very excited about and that's Xero Shoes!Xero shoes are minimalist shoes that are reasonably priced and actually look GREAT!..They are allow your feet the flexibility and comfort to actually move the way nature intended.  They've been a game changer for me.If you wanna join the revolution,  visit  https://xeroshoes.com/go/athleteblueprint and get your self a pair!Episode Resources:Philip's Twitter Philip's  Instagram Philip's BlogCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Send us a textFor today’s episode, I’m joined ny Tommy Flanagan! (tommy_flanagan_s2s)Tommy is the owner of Strength to Strength fitness in Broomfield, Colorado.Tommy’s mission at strength to strength:  Transform athletes bodies and minds to they can reach their full potential.In addition to being a performance coach and gym owner Tommy had a standout athletic career including being an all state football player in HS and a college All American in football Tommy does a great job with his athletes…Not only does he want them to be big, strong, and fast….He also wants them to be great decision makers and this is where much of our conversation center on today.We discuss how to make football players better decision makers,Some of the pluses and minuses of 7 on 7 and how it could make it more representative Some of the pitfalls of High School football in the social media eraOf course we discuss so much more!I think it’s important to understand that although many of the situations and examples Tommy and I use are from the sport of American Football…the concepts that we discuss can be applied to anyone who works w/ athletes at the end of the day, great athletes have to be great decision makers  and that’s what this episode is all about!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@igniteperformance.netEpisode Resources:Tommy's Twitter Tommy's  Instagram Tommy's email: tommy@s2strength.comStrength 2 Strength WebsiteCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Send us a textToday I dive into an important topic in Ecological Dynamics...Specifying information!On a couple episodes this term has been discussed, including the recent episode w/ coach Garrett Baker.Specifying information, is crucial element of representative practice design.   Information helps guide athlete movements and decision making, which is something that is relevant to anyone who works w/ athletes in skill acquisition....I hope you enjoy the show!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@igniteperformance.netEpisode Resources:Research Paper Emergence Website Rob Grey WebsiteCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Send us a textFor today’s episode, I’m joined by Garrett Baker! (@coachgbaker) Garrett is the Director of Baseball Player development at Inspiration Academy in Bradenton Florida…Think IMG academy but with a focus on baseball on tennis. Prior to that Garrett spent 3 season as the recruiting coordinator, pitching coach and strength coach at American International College.He also spent 1 season as a pitching coach at  and baseball strength and conditioning coach at Westfield State University As a player Garrett was a pitcher and spent 2 years playing independent professional weds baseballAs I’m you sure you can tell so far far by his bio, Garret has a strong background in the player development side of things, especially when it comes to pitching…and thats where much of our conversation we centers today.Pitching is often thought of as this rote, repetitious, repeatable movement train in isolation but Garrett has a different point of view that combines different theories on sport movement and skill acquisition.We get in to all that in today’s episode…This one was an exciting one for me.  Garrett is doing some really exciting things in player development and I think this episode will be super useful for anyone who works w/ baseball players or who is interested in sport movement...Enjoy the show!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@igniteperformance.netEpisode Resources:Garrett's Twitter Garret's  Instagram Garrett's email: coachgbaker@gmail.comInspiration Academy WebsiteCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav