Strength and conditioning in the NBA and the influence of sports science with Bill Burgos (Head of Strength and Conditioning at Orlando Magic)

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I have the pleasure in speaking to Head of Strength & Conditioning at Orlando Magic in the NBA, Bill Burgos. As President of the NBSCA (National Basketball Strength & Conditioning Committee) and current member of the NBA Sports Science Committee, Bill has a wealth of experience working in an around the NBA. Bill is actually the first practitioner I have had on the podcast who currently works in the NBA so it was a pleasure to get him on for a chat.

In this episode, you will learn -

• Who is Bill Burgos (background, experience, and current role)?
• Military influences and their effect on your current practice
• The role of the S&C coach in the NBA
  • How that has changed over the last 5 years
• Your training philosophy as an S&C coach
• Influence of sports science and how that has changed your practice
• Managing guys in the off season
  • Information that is/isn't given to player
• Keeping things fresh in the gym and on the court

Bill can be found on Instagram @bb_strong74

This episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast is sponsored by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord and the new Groinbar, a hip and groin strength measuring solution. They can be found at valdperformance.com and you can get more information on the groin bar at groinbar.com and on Twitter @groinbar.

This episode is sponsored by Coach Me Plus who can be found on Twitter @CoachMePlus and at their website coachmeplus.com.

This episode is also sponsored by Forcedecks. If you want to know more about ForceDecks, listen to episode #139 of the Pacey Performance Podcast with co-founder, Dr. Daniel Cohen.

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following on Twitter @strengthofsci or visiting strengthofscience.com/podcast.

Enjoy

PP