There are lots of voices in the coaching world. Few are as trusted as the Pacey Performance Podcast. Rob Pacey and his guests share the philosophies, ideas and insights in conversations that are the signal in the noise of the sport performance space.
Episodes
Jul 29, 2015
Jul 29, 2015
46 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I speaking with Alex Natera, senior strength & conditioning coach for athletics at Aspire Academy. Alex is a super nice guy who has a vast amount of knowledge after working in Championship rugby, Premier League football and at the English Institute of Sport. He is also currently completing his PhD on the expression of repeated bouts of power. This is the first of a two-part episode discussing his work with track and field athletes at Aspire.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Alex Natera (background/education)
- What Alex is doing now and who he is working with
- Developing a sprint programme - where to start
- Developing horizontal vs vertical force
- Transfer of training from weight room to track/field
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting paceyperformance.co.uk/podcast.
Alex can be found on Twitter @alex_natera
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PP
Jul 24, 2015
Jul 24, 2015
39 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking with Ranell Hobson. Ranell is the Training Director of the Academy of Sport Speed and Agility in Sydney. She has over 20 years experience in Strength and Conditioning coaching and specialises in Speed and Agility. She has a degree in sport science and coaching and is NSCA (CSCS) qualified. Ranell is also a Level 3 Advanced event coach (ATFCA) and an international Masters athletics champion over the sprints. She is also head of the sport and fitness department at Technical and Further Education in Western Sydney.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Ranell Hobson (background, experience and education)
- Acceleration drill progressions
- Top end speed drill progressions
- Importance of hip mobility on efficient running
- How to use the warm up to identify and fix movement issues
- Teaching running mechanics to reduce the risk of injury in youth athletes
- Why all coaches should throw away the speed ladders
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting paceyperformance.co.uk/podcast.
Ranell can be found on Twitter @Speedyranell
Academy of Sport Speed and Agility can be found on Twitter @assa_australia
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PP
Jul 15, 2015
Jul 15, 2015
43 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I speak with another Brit abroad in Dave Hamilton who is Director of Performance Science at USA Field Hockey. I have been trying to hook up with Dave for a while now and after some internet issues and on the second take we finally got it done. Dave is a super clever guy and has such wide-ranging experience in the field. There are so many things I wanted to speak to Dave about and we ended up covering so much.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Dave Hamilton (experience, background and education)
- Developing a coaching philosophy
- Assessing movement competency
- Performance markers in hockey
- Aerobic vs anaerobic training
- Fitness profiling
- Peaking for an Olympic Games
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting paceyperformance.co.uk/podcast.
Dave can be found on Twitter @dkhammy
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PP
Jul 8, 2015
Jul 8, 2015
37 min
In episode 40 of the Pacey Performance Podcast I have the pleasure of speaking with Matt Kuzdub who is the sports scientist at Train with Push, the makers of the PUSH band. A lot has been made of velocity based training (VBT) over the last few years especially over the last 12 months with the emergence of cheaper solutions such as the PUSH band. If you're new to VBT, check out this series on FreelapUSA (starting with Mladen Jovanovic) with contributions from some big hitters in the S&C game. It was a great chat with Matt after it took us weeks to sort it out and it gives a great insight not only into the PUSH band but VBT as a whole.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Matt Kuzdub and how did he get to where he is today
- What is velocity based training and how has it developed
- Using VBT in a team sport environment
- VBT to assess athlete readiness
- Why the PUSH band
- The future for velocity based training
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting paceyperformance.co.uk/podcast.
Matt can be found on Twitter @CoachKuzdub
Train with Push can be found @TrainwithPUSH
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PP
Jul 2, 2015
Jul 2, 2015
53 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I speak with Michael Watts who is Head of Performance at Aston Villa FC. I recently heard Michael speak in Seattle at the Seattle Sounders conference and was very impressed with is openness and honesty which is why I had to get him on the podcast. Michael and I also have mutual friend in Dean Riddle and if Dean speaks highly of someone, I definitely listen! At the Sounder conference, I think Michael caused a bit of a stir with how it actually is working in the Premier League which I respect massively. No fluff or jazzing up. Michael is a switched on guy and has some other very exciting projects that we discuss in this episode.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Michael Watts and how did he get to where he is today
- Developing your own coaching philosophy
- Using GPS
- Dealing with and presenting useful data
- Off season and pre season training
- Keeping players on the pitch
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting the links below.
Michael can be found on Twitter @MCW_Fitness
Enjoy
PP