Pacey Performance Podcast

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking to Sophia Nimphius, Brian Gearity and Lorena Torres about the barriers encountered by females in strength & conditioning. Sophia is a Professor at Edith Cowen University and has featured on the podcast before chatting about change of direction, however this is an area that she is extremely passionate about and in this episode provides some stories that really shocked and disappointed me about our industry. Lorena Torres is Performance Director at the Philadelphia 76ers and, like Sophia provides an incredible insight into what its like being a female in such a male-dominated industry such as strength and conditioning. Brian is a Director of Online Sports Degrees at the University of Denver and recently co-authors the book, 'Understanding Strength and Conditioning as Sport Coaching: Bridging the Biophysical, Pedagogical and Sociocultural Foundations of Practice' so is well versed in this area. This is a great listen but be ready for some uncomfo

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to ex Professional Footballer, Paul Robinson and current Professional Footballers, James Coppinger and Romain Vincelot. It's been on my radar for a long time to get some current football players on the podcast to discuss their thoughts on sports science, how it has affected, or not affected their career and what we can do better as practitioners. It is absolutely fascinating to hear these guys talk about what really is important and this will be absolutely gold, especially for young coaches wanting to make an impact. In this episode we discussed... What value does the sports scientists/strength & conditioning coach/fitness coach (they're all the same) bring? (Paul) Has the sports scientist role become too influential in a football club? (Copps) Good examples of how sports science has helped your career? (Romain) From your experience, how important is strength training for a footballer? (Copps) What more could the sports scientist do to

Its episode 300... What an incredible journey it has been over the last 6 and half years. I have had the privilege to speak to so many great scientists and practitioners and episode 300 is no different as I am speaking to Head Coach at Englan Rugby, Eddie Jones and his Head of Strength & Conditioning, Jon Clarke. Eddie has been Head Coach of the England Rugby national team since 2015 having previously coached Australia to the 2003 Rugby World Cup final. Jon is a former professional rugby league players having represented Wigan Warriors, London Broncos, Warrington Wolves and Widnes Vikings. I am absolutely honoured to get both these guys on for episode 300. All I will say is that this episode does not disappoint. I hope you enjoy this episode with Eddie Jones and Jon Clarke. In this episode we discussed... Who are Eddie Jones and Jon Clarke (background, education and current role)? Transitions into coaching Teaching to coaching (Eddie) and playing to coaching (Jon) Passion for coaching What makes

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to the Director of Sports Science & Performance at San Antonio Spurs, Xavi Schelling. Xavi has been on my hit list for a long time so I was delighted when he said he would be happy to come on the podcast. Xavi's work on HIIT via his chapter in HIIT Science and his research detailing the integration of sports technology has been superb so it is these two topics that we focus on in this episode. Xavi is doing great work in San Antonio and to get someone on the podcast with his experience in basketball was an absolute honour. If you enjoyed this episode with Xavi Schelling, you may enjoy these with Matthew Varley and Stu Cormack. In this episode we discussed... Who is Xavi Schelling (background, education etc) The role of the sports scientist and how that is changing/has changed Sport technology Innovation within high-performance organisations Where does innovation come from? Process for choosing and implementing sports technology Cri

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Throws & Sprint Coach at Athletisme Metz Metropole, PJ Vazel. PJ and I have very similar passions with coaching and history and PJ managed to combine those 2 passions as a chronicler of international track and field competitions. This led PJ to become a coach and look after the hammer thrower who got silver in last year's World Championships. This is a slightly different episode in that it wasn't so much of the X's and O's but what we can learn from training methodologies of the past. PJ has great experience in the field and its well worth a listen. If you enjoyed this episode with PJ, you may enjoy these episodes with Cam Josse, Stu McMillan and Loren Landow. I hope you enjoy this episode with PJ Vazel. In this episode we discussed... Who is PJ Vazel (background, education and current role)? How far have we come with sprint training methodologies? A brief history Recent trends Frans Bosch's methods Sprint drills Reasons for includ

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Athletic Performance Coach for Football at Indiana University, Cam Josse. I am absolutely delighted to get Cam on the podcast today. I was lucky enough to see Cam present at the Coaches vs Covid-19 conference at the start of April and ask him a few questions. His presentation was incredible and we used that presentation as a framework for this episode. After having Jonas Dodoo on the podcast last week, Cam and I focused on max speed for today's focus. If you work with sprinters or with team sport athletes, there will be plenty of information in there for you. If you enjoyed this episode with Cam Josse, you may enjoy these episodes with Jonas Dodoo, Stu McMillan, Loren Landow, and Boo Schexnayder. In this episode we discussed... Who is Cam Josse (background, experience and current role)? Max speed Benefits of max speed in team sports Testing splits Enhancing segments with specific exercises Strength speed - speed strength - reactive and e

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Director of Performance at AC Sparta Prague, Ben Ashworth. I first spoke to Ben at the start of 2017 when he was at Arsenal FC. At that time the Ash test was still in its infancy and although Ben could detail what it was and how he uses it, he wasn't able to explain some of the work he was doing at various different clubs. This part two with Ben allowed me to dive deeper on some of the great work he has done as a consultant in baseball and rugby as well as his move overseas and into a Director of Performance at AC Sparta Prague. If you enjoyed this episode with Ben, you may enjoy these other episodes from coaches working in football; Tom Little, Mathieu Lacome or Jack Sharkey. I hope you enjoy this episode with Ben Ashworth. In this episode we discussed... Who is Ben Ashworth (background, education & current role)? Transition into Director of Performance RTP processes and norms across different countries and cultures Hamstring inju

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Head Coach at SpeedWorks, Jonas Dodoo. This is an INCREDIBLE episode with Jonas Dodoo focusing on acceleration with sprinters and team sport athletes. We discuss Jonas' new app, Binary and also dive into the detail on all things acceleration. We could have chatted for hours but unfortunately, we had to stop somewhere and line up a part 2 to cover the rest; game speed, sprint typing and more on Binary. I have been lucky enough to spend a day with Jonas and can say first hand that he has a fantastic eye for detail and there is a reason he has coaches numerous sub 10s sprinters. ENJOY! If you enjoyed this episode with Jonas Dodoo, you may enjoy these episodes with Stu McMillan, Loren Landow, and Boo Schexnayder. In this episode we discussed... Who is Jonas Dodoo (background, experience and current role)? Acceleration Acceleration principles Kinetics and kinematics Optimising step length and step frequency Where to focus our attention Sprin

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Research Scientist at Orreco, Dr. Georgie Bruinvels. I am absolutely delighted to get Georgie on the podcast. I did a short interview with Georgie for the PlayerMaker webinar a number of weeks ago which was fantastic so the first thing I did was text her to get her on the podcast. We dived into some really interesting topics around coaching the female athlete and these are topics that need sharing and often demystifying.  If you enjoyed this episode with Georgie, you may enjoy my podcast with Dawn Scott.  I hope you enjoy this episode with Georgie Bruinvels. In this episode we discussed... Who is Georgie Bruinvels (background, education & current role)? Who are Orreco and the work you guys do? Menstrual cycle Breaking down barriers Male coaches Mapping the menstrual cycle Common symptoms Health screening Training adjustments Common misunderstandings Nutrition adjustments during cycle Oral contraception Injury risk incre

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University, Stu Cormack. I first contacted Stu back in 2017 so you could say its taken a while to line up, but it was definitely worth the wait. I watched Stu's UKSCA presentation, 'Monitoring training load and fatigue' in the build up to this and I would highly recommend it. Its from 2015 but so many of the points are still applicable today. This episode compliments a lot of the messages from the recent episode with Matthew Varley so if you haven't listened to it yet, its well worth an hour of your time. If you are monitoring load and fatigue, this episode with Stu is a great episode. If you enjoyed this episode with Stu Cormack, you may enjoy these episodes with Hugh Fullagar, Matthew Varley and Jack Sharkey. In this episode we discussed... Who is Stu Cormack (background, experience and current role)? Sports technology Your journey with sports tracking technology GPS and inertial sensors Inter

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Head of Strength & Conditioning at Denver Broncos, Loren Landow. I am absolutely honoured to speak to someone I have admired from a far for a long time. I don't normally get nervous when jumping on a podcast but I certainly did when seeing Loren on the screen looking back at me. We talked all things movement and many of the talking points were based off some presentations Loren has given in the past, particularly his UKSCA talk, 'Movement mastery: "the art of multi directional speed" which was excellent and is well worth a watch. I hope you enjoy this episode with Loren Landow. In this episode we discussed... Who is Loren Landow (background, education & current role)? Agility & change of direction Frontal and transverse plane Exercises and drills to emphasise this Identifying energy leaks Foot positioning 'The knee is the servant of the foot and the hip' The role of foot stability and foot intrinsics to deceleration and C

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Senior Physiologist & Lead Sleep Scientist, Luke Gupta. Sleep is still a hot topic when it comes to discussions around recovery with elite athletes. But with a growing body of research and a lot of talk around its importance, I still think there is a confusion of how to action a lot of it in the real world. But this is where Luke comes in as he works alongside multiple disciplines (S&C, sports science, psychology etc) and with a large diverse group of players. It was a great chat with Luke which I think you will really enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode with Luke Gupta and want more information on sleep science, I have previously spoken to Ian Dunican, Meeta Singh and Shona Halson. In this episode we discussed... Who is Luke Gupta (background, experience and current role)? How should we approach sleep in sport? How is sleep regulated? And, why does knowing this matter?  How should we measure sleep?  How should we manage s

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Director of Performance Services at Nike, Keith D'Amelio. Keith was recommended to me via Blake Maclean, previously at OKC Thunder and now at UTS and I am glad he did. This chat with Keith was excellent and gave us a great insight into what's going on in a niche of the industry that many people don't know about. Keith was Head S&C Coach at Toronto Raptors in the NBA and before that worked for the Celtics, so we dived into those experiences as well as what he is doing at Nike and how working with lots of athletes from lots of sports has helped him develop. I hope you enjoy this episode with Keith D'Amelio. In this episode we discussed... Who is Keith D'Amelio (background, education & current role)? Sports science & data science boom Communication to other members of the organisation GM/ownership Athletes Data/information delivery methods Remote coaching What you have learned How can that help in the current situation

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Lecturer in Sport Science at La Trobe University, Matthew Varley. Matthew presented on the Performance MDT webinar recently (which you can watch below) and I really enjoyed his presentation, 'Athlete monitoring in team sports: metrics, methods, and meanings'. Matthew covered a number of topics that have come up on the podcast a number of times but aren't necessarily the sexy points to discuss when it comes to training load monitoring but none the less as extremely important. Thresholds, filtering, dwell times will all be familiar to those working with GPS systems but in this episode, we get into the nitty-gritty. If you enjoyed this episode with Matthew Varley, you may enjoy these episodes I did with Shane Malone & Shane Mangan, Tom Batchelor and Jack Sharkey who all discussed training load monitoring. In this episode we discussed... Who is Matthew Varley (background, experience and current role)? Validity and reliability Why do this?

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Head of Performance at Sports Surgery Clinic, Enda King. This podcast with Enda was supposed to be just one episode but because there was so much incredible information, we decided to chop it in half and release it across two weeks. Last weeks release focused on ACL's and this week focused on groin and hip injuries. Because of Enda's role at the Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin, he sees an abnormally large amount of injuries vs someone in a club. Due to this he has incredible experience in dealing with them and understanding them which is why it is such an honour to get him on. If you enjoyed this episode, check out the previous episodes I have done with Enda from 2017 and last week. I hope you enjoy this episode with Enda King. In this episode we discussed... Who is Enda King (background, education & current role)? Why do athletes get hip and groin pain? Why is diagnosis difficult and does it matter? Why do some get better and some

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Head of Performance Rehabilitation at Sports Surgery Clinic, Enda King. I spoke to Enda back in December 2017 and in this episode, we crank it up a notch. Enda shares some incredible information on the prevention and rehab of ACL injuries which he sees a lot of. He also shares some of the common problems that he sees when visiting elite organisations across the world. He recently visited Australia and met numerous NRL and AFL clubs and he shares some fascinating stories and learnings from that trip. If you're involved in the rehabilitation of injuries in any organisation, this is a must list. If you enjoyed this episode with Matt Jordan, you may enjoy my part 1 with Enda King from December 2017. In this episode we discussed... Who is Enda King (background, education and experience) Challenges in ACL Rehabilitation - what are we trying to achieve? RTP/Knee Symptoms/Second ACL Injury - where do we go wrong? Role/influence of graft selectio

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Coach and CEO at ALTIS, Stu McMillan. This episode is 5 years in the making after much stalking on my part to get Stu on and I am so grateful that he was able to squeeze me into a packed schedule, despite the corona virus disruption. There were so many things that I wanted to cover in this episode and given Stu's experience and knowledge, we could have gone for hours. Thank you to the guys that DM'd me with questions for Stu, I hope I did them justice. If you enjoyed this episode, check out the episodes with Jason Hettler and Matt Jordan that were mentioned in this episode. Hope you enjoy this episode with Stu McMillan. In this episode we discussed... Who is Stu McMillan (background, education & current role)? ALTIS The vision Education Team sports athletes Underpinning characteristics of speed Contextual vs isolated sprinting Transitioning from one to the other Weight room philosophy Team sport athletes vs track athlete

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Director of Sports Medicine at Healthy Baller, Teddy Willsey. I am absolutely delighted to get Teddy on the podcast. He works alongside his good friends, Blair O'Donovan who is Director of Physical Preparation at Washington Wizards and Strength and Conditioning Coach, Matt Boyd. As a strength coach who retrained as a physical therapist, Teddy offers a unique perspective on rehabilitation. He has also developed a thriving Instagram account that shares some fantastic information and is well worth checking out. If you enjoyed this episode with Matt Jordan, you may enjoy these other episodes talking about force plate data - Jason Lake, Daniel Cohen & Phil Graham Smith. In this episode we discussed... Who is Teddy Willsey (background, education and experience) Movement mechanics Restoring running mechanics during rehabilitation Using technology to understand issues Does a perfect model exist? Where does physio end and S&C start? (t

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to High Performance Manager at Fremantle FC, Jason Weber. Over recent years, Jason has gone a little bit under the radar but I am delighted to get him back on the podcast, 5 years after we first spoke. Jason is an incredible guy and someone I love speaking to. His passion for what he does, his ability to evolve as a coach as well as a scientist and his honesty make speaking to him invigorating and inspiring. We cover some really interesting topics in this episode whether you are a seasoned coach or a coach taking the first steps on the ladder. If you enjoyed this episode, check out my first chat with Jason on episode #12. Hope you enjoy this episode with Jason Weber. In this episode we discussed... Who is Jason Weber (background, experience and, current role) Building a coaching philosophy A new approach when dealing with modern players The increase in data since we last spoke Methods of dealing with its increase Assessing running mechan

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Director of Sports Science at the Canadian Sports Institute, Calgary, Matt Jordan. This is Matt's second time on the podcast after he featured in episode #46. We revisited a number of topics that we discussed back in August 2015 but also covered a few new areas. Matt is doing some incredible work when it comes to jump analysis and is quite rightly becoming very well known worldwide for this work. If you are interesting in monitoring jumps for performance, fatigue or readiness, this episode does not disappoint. If you enjoyed this episode with Matt Jordan, you may enjoy these other episodes talking about force plate data - Jason Lake, Daniel Cohen & Phil Graham Smith. In this episode we discussed... Who is Matt Jordan (background, education and experience) Jump analysis to inform decision making Asymmetries Performance RTP Thresholds? Making decisions based on the data Use of thresholds? Variables Sensitivity of various variabl