On this week's Pacey Performance Podcast Rob is speaking to James Wild. This is James' third time on the podcast and you can check out parts one and two here. James is another speaker at the Sportsmith speed conference in March and we got him on not only to give us a teaser of his presentation, but to take us through, using a hypothetical athlete, his process of understand what is required to improve acceleration.
So in the first half of the episode, James explains what he would do when first meeting an athlete. This may surprise some people but its not a lot. No extensive profiling, no in-depth screen. We also get an insight into how James' philosphy has changed on this too over the last 5-10 years.
In the second half of the episode, James details how he takes the learning of the more subjective first phase into a more objective second phase. We hear what gym based assessments he conducts to understand areas for potential physical improvement and then how he goes about actually trying to manipulate technique.
This was of my favourite episodes on speed and was incredibly refreshing to hear James's points of view on some polarising topics.
Main talking points -
How to individualise training and nutrition in team sports with Mike Potenza (Director of Strength & Conditioning at San Jose Sharks)
Load management and GPS. Are we missing a piece of the puzzle (?) with Tim Doyle (Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University)
Team sport nutrition, half-time refueling strategies and pre-season vs in-season fueling with Marc Bubbs (Performance Nutrition Lead at Men's Canada Basketball)
Predicting hamstring injuries, reducing hamstring injury risk and hamstring injury rehab with Josh Ruddy, Ryan Timmins & Jack Hickey
Working with paraylympic athletes; creativity, mental health and what training really looks like with Tom Paulson & Luke Sweet
How ready are you athletes to train? HRV, questionnaires and sleep hygiene with Erik Korem (Associate Athletics Director of Student-Athlete High Performance at the College of William and Mary)
Breaking down silos within performance and technical staff with Kyle Skinner (Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports at Notre Dame)
Maximising athlete recovery and sleep, and appraising current technology with Shona Halson (Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University)
Hamstring injuries; mechanisms, issues with traditional rehab and reducing injury risk with Jack Hickey (Lecturer in Musculoskeletal & Sports Injury Rehabilitation at ACU)
Benefits and risks of early specialisation in late specialisation sports with Luke Jenkinson (Head of Academy Sports Science & Medicine at Derby County FC)
Embracing chaos and making better decisions in the rehabilitation process with Jarrod Wade (Head of Performance at South Sydney Rabbitohs)
How can the industry do better to create more 'job-ready' graduate coaches with Steve Ingham (Performance Consultant and Director of Supporting Champions)
Working as a strength & conditioning coach in a foreign country with Dave Howarth (Head of Athletic Development at Connacht Rugby)
Lessons learnt from working as a sports scientist in the NFL and MLB with Dave Regan (Former Sports Science Coordinator at the Miami Dolphins and Performance Consultant)
Developing the most influential apps in sports science and what's next with Carlos Balsalobre (Lecturer at UAM Madrid and App Developer)
Training load monitoring in rugby union and managing player workloads in-season with Tom Batchelor (Lead Sports Scientist and Conditioning Coach at Harlequins Rugby)
Working with the countries most promising young football players at Arsenal academy with Paudie Roche (Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach at Arsenal Football Club)
Force vector myth, coaching weightlifting with athletes and spotting movement errors with Dan Cleather (Programme Leader for the MSc in S&C at St Mary's University)
The control-choas continuum; the process, weekly structures, and injury specificity with Matt Taberner (Head of Rehabilitation at Everton Football Club)
The acute chronic workload ratio; magic cut offs and questionable metrics with Franco Impellizzeri (Professor of Sport and Exercise Science and Medicine at UTS)
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