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
Feb 23, 2017
Feb 23, 2017
52 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking to Head of Physical Preparation at British Triathlon, Ian Pyper. Ian has come through the English Institute of Sport working with a number of different sports from boxing to table tennis. With the huge success of the British triathlon team over the last few Olympics with Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, Non Stanford and Vicky Holland, it was fantastic to get Ian on to discuss the facts behind this success.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Ian Pyper (education, background and current role)
- Prioritising what's needed for triathletes
- Evaluating risk of injury for the athlete & sport
- Tapering for events
- Strength training for endurance events, where & how it is built in
- Enhancing running technique
Ian can be found on Twitter @IanPyper
Feb 16, 2017
Feb 16, 2017
40 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking to Director of High Performance at USA Swimming, Keenan Robinson. Keenan has worked with one of the most famous and decorated athletes of all time, Michael Phelps, so it was great to chat to Keenan about his training and much talked about mindset.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Keenan Robinson (background, education and current role)?
- Programming differences between strokes and distances
- What coaches should bear in mind when moving from coaching dryland athletes to swimmers
- Mitigating injuries in swimmers
- Who influences Keenan's practice
Keenan can be found on Twitter @kkrirsh
Feb 9, 2017
Feb 9, 2017
40 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking to the newly appointed strength and conditioning coach and head of sports science at Notre Dame University, Jordan Webb. Jordan has a fantastic CV for someone so young with stints at Chicago Fire, Cleveland Browns and Oklahoma Thunder to name just a couple. Jordan is a great example of someone who straddles both sports science and strength and conditioning so to get him on the show was an absolute pleasure.
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Jordan Webb (background, education and current role)
- The importance for coaches to have a grasp of basic statistical analysis
- Being critical with technology
- Increased popularity of data visualisation software (Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI etc)
- The EXOS way and what you take from their methodology
- Influences in the field - what have you taken from others
Jordan can be found on Twitter @JordanVWebb
Feb 2, 2017
Feb 2, 2017
49 min
In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking to Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and Reseach & Innovation Manager at the RLF, Ben Jones. Over the last 18 months, Ben and I have become good friends and I was so pleased to get on a guy who is so busy with 3 jobs. Along with the 2 jobs listed above, Ben is Head of Academy Sports Science, S&C & Research at Yorkshire Carnegie Rugby Club...
In this episode you will learn -
- Who is Ben Jones (background, education & current role[s])
- How academia and pro sport can work together
- How Leeds Beckett works closely with Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Carnegie
- Who is currently and who should be guiding research
- The research cycle and how the practitioner can be involved
Ben can be found on Twitter @23benjones