Matt Tometz Performance Podcast

Tessa Grossman has done a bunch of stuff and been a lot of places so far accumulating a bunch of super cool and unique stories. Such stops have included playing softball at Dartmouth, coaching with the LA Rams, Cal Berkely, Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals as a Bill Walsh Fellow, Illinois State, and now Middle Tennessee State University. Here's what we talked about: 1:36 Impact of Tessa's pa...

Interviews can be intimidating, especially if you've never done it before. But what if you knew exactly how it was going to go down? I believe all interviews are more similar than dissimilar, but something as specific as an on-campus interview is a unique challenge in and of itself. Level up your skills and yourself as a professional by learning from my stories and experiences to help you cru...

Matt Kaskey who's been playing in the NFL since 2019 spending time with both the Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers joins TSP to walk us through the top stories of his journey from high school, to playing at Dartmouth, to the NFL. 1:18 His childhood experiences in the Kaskey household growing up, playing multiple sports 6:36 Realizing he could play at the collegiate level and committing to Dar...

4:41 Bill's childhood and parents, those experiences that've formed and shaped with current world view, habits, etc.: the influence his dad and brothers with sports had on him 9:05 The moment when Bill had to make a decision: talking trash and getting tossed into an Oklahoma drill, overcoming the fear 14:28 Fork in the road moment learning to be an entrepreneur: getting cut from independent ball a...

Sharing an interview with Carl Valle that's different than his traditional content, diving into his background and stories of everything that has led him to now. 3:14 Brief intro into Carl's background 9:57 First coaching role after graduating from college, "once I left the Tampa Bay Devil Rays they dropped the 'Devil'" 16:28 Moving back to Massachusetts and coaching in the private sector with pos...

Social media and growing your brand can be a powerful thing for you as a professional, making connections and opening doors you never thought were possible. I take you through my stories, lessons, and experiences about how to maximize and crush your social media. Understanding your reason, knowing what category you want to fall into, and my 5 action steps are all in this episode. 0:44 Storytime ab...

3:13 First fork in the road moment: deciding to go to the weight room before starting high school and receiving a brochure about a strength and conditioning degree 9:50 Coolest/craziest story: some of the stories his athletes would tell about the reason why they were late to training and the relationship they had 16:31 Biggest full circle moment: being at his first strength coach's retirement part...

5:04 One choice I intentionally made during freshman orientation at Truman State that ended up changing it all 7:59 Opportunity to train my advisor's son and friend for sprinting, and why I almost said no 11:24 Making it happen and doing speed training for my teammates (baseball and softball teams) after my internship 13:39 Walking into TCBoost and applying for an internship 16:47 My thought proce...

Being a coach (sports performance, strength and conditioning, etc.) and within coaching a lot there are going to be good and bad days, just like any other job, in contrast to the somewhat monotonous training day/week. That combined with the classic imposter syndrome creates quite an interesting emotional rollercoaster. A little different of an episode, here's an honest confession about recent feel...

1:15 Magic box question: Christmas gifts of training at TCBoost 2:41 His beginning as a coach at TCBoost and how that influenced his next steps 5:34 When Pat knew he wanted to start his own business 8:04 The first steps of starting PSP 12:31 What to do and what not to do before starting your own business 14:11 The conversations/questions/topics he brought to his mentors before starting PSP 17:04 H...

Getting away from more traditional vertical jump content, Tyler Ray shares his stories/lessons/experiences from all throughout his life ranging from his time as professional dunker, travelling across the world, starting and running his own business, and the rest of the timestamps below: 4:11 How Tyler got the nickname "Jukebox" 8:04 Sales pitch of Project Pure Athlete and how it got its name 13:25...

Recorded IN PERSON with Mike Sullivan, he shares his stories/lessons/experiences going from a full-time college strength and conditioning coach to now the private sector. A valuable topic for any coach interested in learning more about these sides of S&C to figure out what might be next for their career. 2:33 Typical day/week in the life as a college strength coach, comparing fall/spring/summe...

TIMESTAMPS (not including intro/ad) 0:33 Operational definition of "speed training" 1:43 Creating context for understanding the actual process of speed training beyond just getting faster 2:50 (1) Technique/mechanics matter 3:38 Analogy of ignoring mechanics is like cheating in Pokemon just using internet hacks 5:16 Going along with the counterargument "mechanics don't matter" and debunking it 6:3...

1:41 Most foundational story: taking a pay cut to get back into football with Kurt Hester 6:12 The process of deciding to take that role 8:11 The most underrated and overrated factors when looking and interviewing for new jobs 10:39 How sprint-profiling and doing a little less in the weight room have yielded huge results 16:22 Coolest/craziest story: a chronically injured athlete of his scored a t...

0:47 Storytime: "We'll end the Flying 10's there and call today a win" 3:17 Operational definitions: probability, probabilistic world, variance 1:07 The misunderstood probabilities of flipping a quarter and exponential probabilities 7:22 Lessons learned from betting on Alabama vs Texas A&M... 9:50 Learning from St Peter's during March Madness, quote from Head Coach Shaheen Holloway 10:55 Story...

1:57 Biggest fork in the road story: learning about himself and what he wants out of his career from working for a railroad company 8:16 Deciding to get his PhD in Australia 11:33 Biggest difference between training and high-level sport in Australia vs the United States: the "high-performance model" 15:49 Coolest/craziest story: first day on the job in Australia and his first staff meeting not bei...

Over 10 years in college strength and conditioning, Freddie shares all his experiences from the highs to the lows and everything else behind the scenes. 1:32 Fork in the road story: switching from being a film major freshman year 5:26 How film still influence his mindset nowadays, what he learned from the movie "Run Lola Run" and how it relates to training 13:04 Coolest/craziest story: first bowl...

Stuart McMillan, one of the world's top speed coaches, joins TSP to share some of his stories. 2:11 The story behind the iconic photo of Usain Bolt and Andre DeGrasse smiling at each other at the Olympics and Stu's impact on it 11:03 Lessons learned from coaching Ameer Webb after PR'ing in Europe and deciding not to come home, and it's impact on the 2016 Rio Olympics With some follow-up quest...

If you're an athlete or a coach who does speed training and is familiar with these speed training concepts/topics, listen to this episode all the way through to learn about the grains of truth and concepts behind these myths. 1:34 "I shouldn't train max velocity because I never reach it in games" 2:08 Not training max velocity is like intentionally not sleeping enough for training 3:45 Not trainin...

(21 min) Networking, job searching, pursuing your dream job, all those things sound nice in theory but what does it actually look like? Here's my real life story about how I almost got my dream job out of seemingly nowhere. However, once I started connecting the dots it all made sense. I'll take you through the full story and every dot that led me to almost getting my dream job. 1:23 Creating some...

Jimmy St. Louis, the man who does it all, exceling everywhere he goes from the NFL to Wall Street to Olympic rowing to now franchising shares his stories from everything in between: 1:48 How his athletic career led to the NFL (after he picked up football his senior year of high school) 7:26 Something that met, didn't meet, and exceeded his expectations about the NFL 9:09 Using the term "don't want...

Speed is crucial, we all know that. So it's time to take control of coaching in small spaces and/or with large groups of athletes when doing speed training. I share my stories, lessons, experiences, and videos/examples on how to maximize your speed training for these situations. YouTube: https://youtu.be/pYJOOVRiTkg 1:59 Making speed part of your sports story 4:49 Speed training definition 5:42 Tr...

A knock-down speed coach and businessman with many years of coaching for Ohio State Football, Eric Lichter and I discuss: 2:24 Tearing his ACL twice and his strength coach that talked him into coming back and was there every step of the way 8:50 "You never really know someone unless they're tested" 14:18 Coolest/craziest story how Ohio State came full circle after getting kicked out of the coach's...

Over 10 years of coaching across all levels of college and professional sports, Nick and I discuss: 2:33 His military background/family and the "biggest regret I don't regret" 12:28 How his military background affects (or doesn't affect) how he coaches 15:02 Learning what a winning program was at Salisbury experiencing 5 straight national championships between the men and women's teams and what th...

Literally the most real conversation and stories I've had on TSP, we discuss the vast range of experiences Ariel has had thus far in her life: 2:14 getting expelled her freshman year of college and her next years of college softball 6:49 her diagnosis of Huntington's Disease and changing the story she tells about it 15:20 preparing for her first MMA fight for over 2 years and the day of the fight...