AFL Performance Tips for Strength & Conditioning Coaches & Footballers

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Key fundamentals for performing agility actions on the game day - His stance for contact sports doing agility in the weights room and progression to weightlifting - Common challenges and solutions for team-based athletes looking to improve agility - He collaborates with tactical and skill coaches - What's on the horizon for Scott in 2023

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Work - tracking distance using GPS - Response to work using questionnaire and HRV measurements - Tracking athlete performance - Exercise Selection episode from Blood Flow Restriction podcast ‎ Are you ready to enhance your coaching? Uncover the strategies to build a thriving online platform, liberating yourself from the time-for-money constraints while pursuing a c...

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - People who influence him early in his career - Things footballers need to start practicing for their mental health - Biggest challenges in his career - Advice for dealing with trauma and self-care - Highlights of his career - Fave movie or tv series that impacted him

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - How coaches in new environments can increase athletes’ enjoyment of their sessions without compromising on the training - How he gets buy-in of fun in athletes - Common mistakes coaches can make when looking to incorporate games/fun activities in their warm-up - Where does he get his ideas for games - Differences between male/female, developing or maturing athletes

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Knowing your strengths - Consistency - Follow a program by an S&C coach, not a Personal Trainer - Enjoy the process - Bring intent in everything you do ‎ Are you ready to enhance your game? Our program is designed to propel footballers, like yourself, towards greater fitness, speed, and strength, ensuring you’re fully prepared to dominate on the field! ‎ Book a FRE...

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - When he started his passion for fitness - His focus points on his rehabilitation - Challenges he faced and what he learned from them - How he started his business, Body Fit Training - His favorite inspirational quote

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - What he learned from successful clubs from different leagues - His key focuses or big rocks for his daily and weekly training sessions - Advice for new coaches to get buy-in from athletes - Benefits of under-23 Australian rules footballer - Common programming mistakes S&C coaches make and how to prevent them

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Best performance gyms to gain coaching experience - Academy and online memberships to gain coaching education - Best courses and conferences for coaching - Coaching placement or internships - Coaching mentorships ‎ Are you ready to enhance your coaching? Uncover the strategies to build a thriving online platform, liberating yourself from the time-for-money constrai...

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Instagram and TikTok content strategy - His mentors and people who influenced him - Body Majic’s 8-week training program - Gerard’s favorite movie or TV series - His upcoming plan

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - How cognitive tunneling helps as a coping strategy when dealing with pressure - Performance mindset: Is it inbuilt or can be developed? - Common challenges and solutions for athletes looking to develop their performance mindset - Questions he asks to athletes who struggle to find their purpose - Common misconceptions with regards to a performance mindset

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Developing robust athletes - Mistake #1 Intensity wearing off - Mistake #2 Recovery culture - Mistake #3 Max velocity exposure - Mistake #4 Ability to train at max intensity ‎ Are you ready to enhance your coaching? Uncover the strategies to build a thriving online platform, liberating yourself from the time-for-money constraints while pursuing a career as an AFL S...

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Emily's advice to her past self when she was starting as a dietician - Her advice to newly hired dieticians on how to educate a club or team - Her strategies when working with elite athletes - Emily's approach to developing athletes who want to bulk up - Ideal snacks for athletes who are on the go - How she helps in improving an athlete's nutrition

Highlights from the episode: - Influencers and mentors that shaped his philosophy - How he came about the idea that physios can benefit by thinking more like an S&Cs - Effective ways for physios looking to think more like an S&C - Common misconceptions with regard to injury mitigation when developing robust athletes - What he learned as a physio from working with different sports

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Fuelling appropriately and how to get Jess Spendlove's ebook - Timing of your food - Hydration and best electrolyte sources - Confidence comes from competency - Motivation comes from purpose

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - JB's mentors and influencers - Tips to improve max velocity - How JB gives feedback and cues to athletes - Drills to improve hip extension - How he upskills himself

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Common challenges for performance teams and medical staff members to collaborate effectively - Using collaborative thinking and integration before providing advice to solve a problem - His advice for running effective meetings for the medical and performance team - Using the whiteboard method for collaborating and sharing ideas - His process in planning and or givi...

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - What is tempo running - Pros of tempo running prescription - Cons of tempo running prescription - What is Max aerobic speed (MAS) - What is MASASR - Using the Ratio of MAS to MSS to group athletes - Podcast updates ‎ Are you ready to enhance your coaching? Uncover the strategies to build a thriving online platform, liberating yourself from the time-for-money constr...

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - How to become a sports psychologist - Advice for aspiring sports psychologists who want to work in elite sport - How she built her rapport and soft skills with the athletes - Tips for an athlete who feels overwhelmed because of a mistake - How she resets a team that lost or won for the next game

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Key considerations when considering applying new research into your practice - Practically effective Research papers and coaches can apply - His goto metrics in a small-sided game - His non-negotiables to ensure optimal physical performance in AFL athletes - Area where sport scientists can provide the biggest impact on a pro sporting club

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Needs and profile analysis - Understanding the key strength exercises - Hip flection and hip extension - Having a Reactive Strength Index for testing - Podcast recommendations about marketing ‎ Are you ready to enhance your coaching? Uncover the strategies to build a thriving online platform, liberating yourself from the time-for-money constraints while pursuing a...

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Sam's inspirational quote and life motto - His pet peeves in his work life - His favorite way to spend his day off - What did their strength and conditioning session look like in his footy days - How Sam found his passion as a rock coach - How they started the SmartASSam podcast

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Strong mentors and influencers who shaped her philosophy today - Effective methods for measuring training load in team-based field athletes - Her criteria when adjusting training load for athlete recovery in preseason - Her non-negotiables to ensure athletes maintain an elite lifestyle - How she makes a group presentation engaging and actionable

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Using an iPhone calendar - Write down your non-negotiables for the day - Filter tasks from low, medium, and high-energy tasks - Why coaches must embrace chaos - Benefits of implicit-based learning ‎ Are you ready to enhance your coaching? Uncover the strategies to build a thriving online platform, liberating yourself from the time-for-money constraints while pursui...

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - How he manages his athletics load and when he started focusing on footy - What does his typical training week look like - He shares his experience when he got drafted - People who influenced his career along the way - His advice to young footballers

Highlights from the episode: ‎ - Common mistakes he notices while working with athletes and how to avoid him - Topics he recommends and advice for coaches planning to take their masters - Books he recommends to athletes or coaches - Warm-up drills for athletes who don't have access to S&C coaches in their club - His key focus when doing a group strength session