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
Aug 27, 2015
Aug 27, 2015
35 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I have the pleasure of speaking with Ben Peterson, who is not only Sport Performance Manager at Catapult but co-authored Triphasic Training with Cal Dietz. This is part two of a two-part series with Ben. This episode we discuss all things triphasic training with part one discussing GPS. Ben is a super smart guy and made me feel very uneducated, not for the first time.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Ben Peterson (background, education and current role)
- Developing the model (how, when, why)
- The science behind the methodology
- Mesocycle & block breakdown
- The importance of muscle relaxation and using oscillatory methods
- Timed sets
- The sport squat
- Using the Triphasic method with team sports with short pre-seasons and long in-seasons
- French contrast 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.
Ben can be found on Twitter @Ben_J_Peterson
Enjoy
PP
Aug 19, 2015
Aug 19, 2015
40 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I have the pleasure of speaking with Ben Peterson, who is not only Sport Performance Manager at Catapult but co-authored Triphasic Training with Cal Cietz. This is part one of a two part series with Ben. This episode we discuss all things GPS with part two discussing the triphasic training model. Ben is a super smart guy and made me feel very uneducated. I asked people on Twitter for some questions to put to Ben for this episode so I appreciate those that fired them over - Michael Symes, Jake Kemp, Tom Williams and Carl Valle.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Ben Peterson (experience, background etc etc)
- What are the benefits of live GPS tracking in team sports (Michael Symes)
- Accuracy of Catapult
- Views on absolute vs relative speed thresholds e.g % MAS, pros and cons (Jake Kemp)
- From all the data points GPS provides, what are the most useful (Tom Williams)
- Whats the next step for Catapult hardware, specifically in terms of foot strike (Carl Valle)
- Although a very individual thing depending on the coach, how do you best present GPS data?
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting the links below.
Ben can be found on Twitter @Ben_J_Peterson
Enjoy
PP
Aug 12, 2015
Aug 12, 2015
49 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking with Matt Jordan, S&C coach and strength and power researcher. Matt was the first speaker I heard in Seattle at the Sounders sports science conference and I think I speak for all that were there, it was EXCELLENT. He got a bit mobbed at the end so unfortunately didn't get the meet face to face but knew I had to get him on the podcast.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Matt Jordan (background, experience etc)
- Why and how do we assess power?
- Force-velocity profiling
- Monitoring an athlete's readiness to train
- Assessing asymmetries and predicting injuries
- How does maximal strength benefit elite sport
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 @JordanStrength
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PP
Aug 5, 2015
Aug 5, 2015
41 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 second part of this episode discussing Alex's labor of love, repeated power. In such an under-researched area he talks about some really interesting findings and where he sees the area going.
In this episode you will learn -
- How 'repeated power' differs from power endurance
- Why this ISN'T CrossFit
- What has been researched in the area
- How can we train repeated power ability
- Where is the research area heading and what does Alex expect to find
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
Enjoy
PP