This week’s Pacey Performance Podcast sees Rob speak to Leigh Egger, Head of Performance at Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie. Leigh was formerly a semi-professional footballer in Australia, which has given him insight and empathy into both the emotional and physical side of playing.
Leigh discusses his time at Feyenoord, including how he has been influenced by Frans Bosch, John Pryor and Stijn Vandenbroucke. He goes in depth into the effective rehab framework the club’s coaches have been working on, including how to improve agility, speed and strength in footballers.
To learn some of Leigh’s excellent coaching practices for yourself, hit the play button now to learn what Feyenoord have been up to – and avoid some costly errors coaches often encounter.
On this week’s podcast:
Leigh can be found on Twitter @LeighEgger
Industry longevity, speed training education, and industry trends with Nick Ward (ALTIS Program Director)
Programming and planning jump training & the importance of variation with Joel Smith (Coach, Podcaster & Author)
Reducing hamstring injuries, assessments of risk, and optimising function post hamstring injury with Kristian Thorborg (Professor at University of Copenhagen)
Training load monitoring and recovery strategies in Major League Baseball (MLB) with Kate Weiss (Major League Sports Science Coordinator at LA Dodgers)
Resisted sprinting and what team sport athletes can learn from track athletes with Ken Clark (Associate Professor at West Chester University)
The Arsenal academy philosophy, the need for an S&C union and advice for young coaches with Des Ryan (Head of Sports Medicine & Athletic Development at Arsenal Academy)
Making decisions with simple statistics, innovation in the NFL, and training load monitoring with Patrick Ward (Director of Research & Development at Seattle Seahawks)
Developing agility and change of direction speed with Lee Taft (Athletic Performance Consultant)
Force plate fundamentals and developing sound return to play protocols with Lauren Green (Performance Coordinator & Analyst at University of California, San Diego)
Barriers encountered by women in S&C with Sophia Nimphius, Lorena Torres & Brian Gearity
A Players Perspective on Sports Science and S&C with James Coppinger, Paul Robinson & Romain Vincelot (Professional football players)
What makes a good S&C coach and tactical periodisation with Eddie Jones & Jon Clarke (Head Coach at England Rugby & Head of S&C at England Rugby)
Choosing and implementing technology and conditioning principles in the NBA with Xavi Schelling (Director of Sports Science & Performance at San Antonio Spurs)
Sprint drills, stride parameters and speed training methodologies with PJ Vazel (Throws and Sprint Coach at Athlétisme Metz Métropole)
Benefits of max speed in team sports & fitting a sprinters model onto a team sport athlete with Cam Josse (Performance Coach for Football at Indiana University)
Return to play processes, hamstring injury prevention, and the ASH test with Ben Ashworth (Director of Performance at AC Sparta Prague)
Acceleration principles, drive index, and optimising step length & step frequency with Jonas Dodoo (Head Coach at SpeedWorks)
Understanding the menstrual cycle, oral contraception, and injury risk in female athletes with Georgie Bruinvels (Research Scientist at Orreco)
The load and fatigue relationship, choosing the right load metrics, and sports technology with Stu Cormack (Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University)
Training deceleration, identifying energy leaks in agility training, and foot function with Loren Landow (Head of Strength & Conditioning at Denver Broncos)
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