This week on the Pacey Performance Podcast, Rob is speaking to Senior Director of Performance Science at the Kansas City Royals, Austin Driggers.
Although often flying under the radar, Austin is highly respected in the field having come up through the US Olympic Committee system working with winter sport athletes under the tutelage of Brad DeWeese.
This episode kicks off with Austin explaining how the Royals have developed a system which assesses each player throughout the year to understand their strengths and weaknesses. This then helps him and the rest of the team design programmes to keep each athlete fit and competing across the gruelling 180+ game season.
We also chat about how he has tapped into and learnt from other environments such as business. This is a fascinating part of the episode as sport can often seem in a bubble with people looking in but not much going the other way.
If you're aim is to reduce injuries with your athletes, check out this episode with Austin and press play on your chose podcast player.
Main talking points -
Measuring, managing, and maximising sleep with Luke Gupta (Senior Physiologist & Lead Sleep Scientist at English Institute of Sport)
Remote coaching and monitoring with Nike athletes with Keith D'Amelio (Director of Performance Services at Nike)
The future of player tracking and choosing the right GPS metrics with Matthew Varley (Lecturer in Sport Science at La Trobe University)
Preventing athletic hip and groin injuries with Enda King (Head of Performance at Sports Surgery Clinic)
Preventing and rehabilitating ACL injuries with Enda King (Head of Performance at Sports Surgery Clinic)
Contextual vs isolated speed training and the ALTIS weight room philosophy with Stu McMillan (Coach and CEO at ALTIS)
Athlete centred care; rethinking athlete rehabilitation withTeddy Willsey (Director of Sports Medicine at Healthy Baller)
Building a coaching philosophy; reflecting on 20+ years in strength & conditioning with Jason Weber (High Performance Manager at Fremantle FC)
Jump analysis, asymmetries thresholds and using the reactive strength index with Matt Jordan (Director of Sports Science at Canadian Sports Institute, Calgary)
Assessing movement quality, monitoring fatigue and enhancing recovery with Dave Hamilton (Director of Performance Science at Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Monitoring growth and maturation in youth athletes, and long term athletic development with James Baker (S&C Coach & Sports Science Lead at Aspire Academy)
Velocity based training and its impact on programming, profiling and athlete feedback with Dan Baker (Strength & Conditioning Coach, Lecturer & Speaker)
Improving movement, strength training, and the academy > first team transition in football with Callum Walsh, Ally Harris & Chris Haslam
S&C in schools, managing parents and the school to performance connection with Scott Drawer, Alan Richardson & Graham Williams
Force vector theory, glute development and the role of hip extension in speed development with Bret Contreras (Coach, Researcher and Owner of Glute Lab)
Mindfulness practice and its link to increased athlete physical performance with Pete Kirchmer (Mindfulness Coach & Director of mPEAK)
Load management, in-season training, and recovery in ice hockey with Matt Price (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at LA Kings)
Sleep science; sleeping pills, devrivation, insomnia and strategies to improve athlete sleep with Meeta Singh (Service Chief & Section Head at the Henry Ford Sleep Disorder Centre)
Skill based conditioning & periodisation stratgies in football with Tom Little (Head of Performance at Preston North End FC & Founder of Colour-Fit)
Jump training and plyometrics, resisted sprint progressions and sprint analysis with Håkan Andersson (Sprint Coach and Senior Advisor/Lecturer at the High Performance Center in Växjö, Sweden)
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