CVASPS The Podcast

“The bottom line is, we are here because of the athletes. We are here because we love what we do, and that drives our passion but can also could our thoughts because we want it so bad for them. Sometimes, simple is the best. Sometimes, just hard work can be successful.” University of Richmond Director of Strength and Conditioning Scott Brincks asks the simple question to all of us today, “do we do...

A little #ThursdayThrowback with a discussion from 2011. In the talk Dr. Yessis breaks down specialized exercises, what they are, and where the idea came from. ENJOY THE CONTENT? THEN YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THE STRENGTH COACH NETWORK! You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest...

“It’s the thought process, rather than the tech, that will help people make those decisions around the endurance, the fatigue, sprint athlete, the high intensity athlete.” In today’s edition of The Podcast Arsenal Football Club’s Ben Ashworth joins us to discuss the research he has been part of with looking at the shoulder. After a brief intro Ben starts out discussing what is going on at the club...

“In a lot of team sport situation mental toughness becomes a scape goat for underperforming athletes weather they lack tactical skill or physical conditioning it’s always convenient to blame mental toughness” Mental toughness is, and always will be, a point that divides our industry. Today, Jake Jensen shares his thoughts on it. Jake refers to research in to how he defines it, and looks to improve...

"There’s a lot of people out there you want to reach out the them and say, “how was it like early on?” because it wasn’t probably all the roses that they have now. They worked to get that respect. They worked there ASEES off to get that respect, and hearing how they worked their ass off, cause you’re going to be at a smaller school, or you’re gonna work for a coach that doesn’t really care for you...

“So, let’s stop all the complaining. Let’s come up with a solution. What we don’t need is observations and advise. What we need are announcements. We are announcing what we are doing. Let’s start changing activity into accomplishment.” ENJOY THE CONTENT? THEN YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THE STRENGTH COACH NETWORK! You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member...

In today’s edition of the podcast we are joined by Matthew Ibrahim to discuss training and relationships. After a brief introduction, we get into Hip Hinge 101 including where the idea came from and what the goal is of the program/class. He then shares with us some frequently seen issues with clients and athlete’s and offers some simple ways to help improve those issues. Matt is putting out awesom...

“You got to find that balance between understanding you can’t be a slave to the numbers. You use it as information and it’s hugely valuable, but at the end of the day you have to take it in conjunction with the subjective piece, and how these players are responding and feeling.” Jason Dierking from Louisville sits down to share with us how he evaluates his soccer players and how that drives his pr...

2017 Seminar Presenter and Michigan Tech’s Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Matt Thome joins us to discuss the idea of specificity. Having learned directly from Dr. Yessis, Dr. Bondarchuck, and Dr. Verkhoshansky, Matt has had a unique education on the topic. He shares with us some examples different ends of the “training spectrum” that can be specific for one, and complete general to the other...

Sam Gardner from The USOC sits down to discuss his role in California with Paralympians. He starts out sharing his role and discussing what different types of athlete’s he gets to work with. Next, we go through each of the four different groups of Paralympians he works with, vision impaired, amputees, spinal injuries, and CP athletes. He then gets into the real day to day with working with these a...

All too often athelte’s have issues or doubts with what is going on in training. Today, Lousiville Cardinals Assistant Strength Coach Chris Hays shares with how he handles this. Chris touches upon how it has helped with buy in, and building relationships. He talks about sharing the justification behind aspects of programming, training at different times of the year, adjustments you have made, and...

Today we are joined by Stanford University’s, and Strong By Science’s Max Schmarzo to discuss the world of applied sports science. Max starts out by sharing with us what his role is at Stanford, and how he got there. Next, he gives a step by step walk through on the process off how they develop the protocols they implement with the student athlete’s they work with and the collaborative effort it i...

USA Swimming’s Keenan Robinson joins us for this week’s edition of My Thoughts Monday. Keenan shares a quote from Michael Brooks of Kings Aquatic Club, “if they’re broke at 12 they’ll be broke at 16” and breaks down his thoughts on this. He shares how he sees this connects to technique work in the weight room, movement skills in all sports, and the role of the brain in all of it. Keenan also share...

Today we are joined by Dr. Teddy Willsey to discuss the connections between strength and conditioning and physical therapy. We start out discussing Teddy’s journey from strength and conditioning to PT, the role of his time at Pitt, and how the lessons he learned working with Buddy Morris has impacted him as a physical therapist. Next we talk about social media, how he uses it, and what he’s seen f...

In this edition of My Thoughts Monday Devan McConnell shares with us how his hockey guys handle things on game day. Devan shares with us some examples as to what the guys do on game day and the reasoning behind it, both from the scientific/practical side along with how it fits in with the culture of the team he works with. ENJOY THE CONTENT? THEN YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THE STRENGTH COACH NETWORK! Yo...

What is that last step to get an athlete back on the field? This is an ever-existing question, and that is exactly what Bill Hartman covers in today’s edition of The Podcast. We start out discussing how they work with people and athlete’s at IFAST to bring them to their return to play protocols. Next, Bill discusses connecting the two (therapy and training), and how they evaluate the athletes to m...

In this week’s edition of My Thoughts Monday, Jay DeMayo shares with us some recent experiences with career ending injury, and how he handled the situation. This is something that we need to talk about more as a profession, because if we are going to say that we are here for the athlete’s then we need to be there for them at their most trying times. This is most definitely, their most trying time....

Athletic Lab’s Mike Young joins us for today’s edition of The Podcast. Mike starts out sharing with us what is presently going on with the athlete’s he’s training down in North Carolina. He then discusses the impact that working in track, soccer, and academia have had on him, and how they’ve intertwined to develop him professionally. He then elaborates on how he has taken the work he does on the t...

"We have to stop and think and be realistic with ourselves about how many times we are actually dealing with freaks who are both completely advanced trained and elite level athletes." In today’s edition of My Thoughts Monday Dr. Bryan Mann discusses preparedness with us, and gives advices to coaches on how and when to look at using more advanced methods with their athletes. He starts out with anec...

Today we are joined by Mike Boykin to discuss the development of a coach. Mike starts out sharing with us what his thoughts were going into his three-year mentorship/internship position that led to an assistant position at ALTIS and then coaching his own group of athlete’s. We then get into some “Ah-ha” moments and top lessons he took from his time there that carry over to each portion of developi...

In our second edition of My Thoughts Monday, CVASP found and Richmond Basketball Strength Coach Jay DeMayo shares his thoughts on the importance of teaching athlete’s the technique in cutting jboth prior to moving to advanced exercises and in return to play protocols. Have something to contribute? We want to know! DropBox us your My Thoughts Monday to cvasps@gmail.com and get your own thoughts on...

In today’s edition of The Podcast Mississippi’s Chas Ossenheimer discusses his monitoring work with volleyball. Chas starts out reviewing how he got into using VERT with his student athlete’s, and what they were looking at initially. He then shares with us how they established baselines for the information they collected and what they looked at that were the actual drivers for the directions the p...

In the first episode of My Thoughts Monday, Jay DeMayo from The University of Richmond shares his thoughts on the language we use as Strength Coaches and why it's important that we use the same verbiage. Have something to contribute? We want to know! DropBox us your My Thoughts Monday to cvasps@gmail.com and get your own thoughts on an episode. ENJOY THE CONTENT? THEN YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THE STRE...

In today’s episode of The Podcast, the guys who I listen too most often join us. These six coaches are all putting out fantastic content that has helped impact me as a coach, and driven me to keep trying to put out better information. Each episode they reference is listed below. If you don’t already, I couldn’t recommend subscribing to their shows enough. They’re all putting out awesome stuff. Jus...

In today’s edition of The Podcast, Stanford University’s Sport Performance Coach Cory Schlesinger sits down and shares his training program with us. Cory starts out by giving us some incite into where FRC fits in his training and some of the success he has had utilizing it with his student athletes. We then touch up his use of “unconventional” training devices, where the ideas came from, and how t...