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Episode 8: Tim Pelot
Tim Pelot is a Senior Physiologist/S&C Coach for the US Olympic Committee. In what I personally found a really interesting interview, Tim exposes how little I know about volleyball and gives...
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Podcast Feedback
This is an open letter to everyone who’s been listening to The World-Class Coaching Podcast. So far I’ve had some great feedback, some helpful constructive criticism and one fairly amusing troll on...
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Adaptability part 1: The Coach
One of the greatest things I think I’ve learnt from working in Alpine skiing is the importance of adaptability. Or even what it really means to be adaptable. I can’t say that this has been the...
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Episode 9: Rob Walsh
Rob Walsh is Head of Physical Preparation for the Netherlands Ski & Snowboard Federation. This role encompasses working with all snowsport athletes, both adaptive and non-adaptive alike. Rob...
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Episode 10: Simon Brundish
As well as having 20 years of S&C and PT experience with general to elite populations, Simon Brundish is now leading a physical literacy initiative in UK primary schools. He is doing some...
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Adaptability part 2: The Athlete (and a few coaching principles to live by)
In the last post (part 1), I tried to highlight the importance of being adaptable as an S&C coach by illustrating some examples and exercises based on my experiences. Mostly this was focussed...
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Episode 11: James Baker
In this Episode I interviewed James Baker on the back of the awesome Child to Champion conference to share his work with teenage athletes at St Peter’s High School. James gives loads of great insight...
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What some Universities don’t tell you: An open letter to all Sports...
Working in elite sport or any sport for that matter is an extremely rewarding career. I consider myself very fortunate to have the position and experience I hold and consciously appreciate it every...
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Episode 12: Rhys Ingram
Rhys Ingram is an S&C coach for the EIS working with GB Taekwondo on how the sport has evolved since London 2012, what it takes to win, interpreting subjective opinions from technical coaches and...
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Agility training for Alpine Skiers (and all sports!) involves “Reactive Work”
If you’re not familiar with the sport of Alpine Skiing, it is essentially a race down a snowy mountain with continuous changes of direction around poles and on skis of course. From technical to speed...
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