Chris Dikranis & Jeremy Borzillo - Coaching standards, Community, and a lot of SWEARING

2023-06-18

A clean, civilised, and incredibly thought provoking chat. If that’s what you’re after, this one’s not for you In all seriousness, these boys are highly respected coaches within the industry and Tyler absolutely loved having them down for a laid-back chat! There was passion, shouting, and a lot of swearing. Chris (Dirk) is one of the best up and coming coaches in Australia; the Head of Performance at Woodford Sport Science Consulting shares some of his learnings from his time in the College system at Iowa. Jeremy...

A clean, civilised, and incredibly thought provoking chat. If that’s what you’re after, this one’s not for you

In all seriousness, these boys are highly respected coaches within the industry and Tyler absolutely loved having them down for a laid-back chat! There was passion, shouting, and a lot of swearing. Chris (Dirk) is one of the best up and coming coaches in Australia; the Head of Performance at Woodford Sport Science Consulting shares some of his learnings from his time in the College system at Iowa. Jeremy (Brick) is a beast of a powerlifter, currently transitioning from athlete development to coaching powerlifting. His energy in the gym is unmatched.

The boys share some of their own personal coaching standards and talk about the importance of training environment and how they make WSSC a place that people want to come and train

0:00 - Everyone trains hard around Brick

3:06 - The emotional toll of injury and the importance of language

15:03 - We lose logic when it comes to the human body

20:05 - Every day is a fight

23:18 - The importance of community and showing up

28:25 - Be YOURSELF

31:16 - How do you create an environment where people want to show up?

35:59 - Coaching standards

43:44 - Brick losing and rediscovering his love of coaching

51:30 - Dirk’s time in Iowa

1:01:24 - Future of Brick & Dirk

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