OAK PERFORMANCE RADIO

Check out Coach Danny McLarty on Episode #80 of OAK PERFORMANCE RADIO! Danny McLarty is a Fitness Coach and a Basketball Skills Coach.  He trains people out of his gym, MVP Training , in Roscoe, Illinois   He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Planned Periodization Specialist (PPS through Tudor Bompa). Danny feels that “there is no ‘magic trick’ to improv...

Eric Cressey is president and co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance , with facilities located in Hudson, MA and Palm Beach Gardens, FL. A highly sought-after coach for healthy and injured athletes alike, Eric has helped athletes at all levels - from youth sports to the professional and Olympic ranks - achieve their highest levels of performance in a variety of sports.  ...

Check out Emily Hartong of League One Volleyball on Episode 078 of OAK Performance Radio! Emily grew up playing a multitude of sports and eventually focused on volleyball earning a scholarship to the University of Hawaii. She was a four-year starter at Hawaii and was named the Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year in 2010. She was a Second Team AVCA All-American as a sophomore and a Fir...

We just couldn't get enough of Jade! Coach Adam is sits down with Jade Coffman again and discuss her freshman experience at Millikin playing volleyball and taking accounting courses.  Good Luck next season Jade! Go Big Blue! Enjoy the Show!

What better place to do a basketball podcast in the middle of a basketball court. Coach Adam sits down with JD Danforth, CEO of Joe Buckets Training.  JD is originally from Rockford IL and played ball at Auburn high school and finished playing at Kentucky Wesleyan University. He got into training after he graduated from college; during his basketball career, he fell in love with training and...

Coach Adam sits down with McKendree University Volleyball Player Nikos Xydakis. Nikos started playing volleyball when he was a freshman in high school. During that time he learn how to play the game from amazing clubs and coaches. Nikos is a hard working athlete. He is dedicated to put in work in the gym and on the court. Enjoy the Show!

Coach Adam is joined by Rockford Lutheran graduate Kylie Wilhelmi. Kylie will be continuing her volleyball career at Birmingham-Southern College.  She has been one of the most dedicated athletes we have ever had the privilege of training at Oak. She has been training consistently for the past 3 years both in season and out of season and has seen some major improvements. To say that Kylie has...

Coach Adam sits down with Zach Even-Esh, Best Selling Author, The Encylopedia of Underground Strength & Conditioning Zach is the founder of The Underground Strength Gym (Manasquan, NJ) which started in 2002 out of my parents garage & backyard. He became one of the earliest pioneers in the warehouse gym business for strength & conditioning. Zach is the creator of The Underground Strengt...

Coach Adam sits down with Martin Hyatte from Blue Bear Offensive and Defensive Academy. Blue Bear OL/DL Academy is collegiate level Offensive and Defensive line instruction for ages 10 and up! They teach OL/DL fundamentals and help with collegiate recruiting. They are located in Northern Illinois. Martin is very passionate about training not only small things to help the athlete dominate on the fi...

Coach Adam Sits down and talks with Will Waterman, Head of Human Performance and Sports Science of Proteus Motion. Proteus Motion’s patented technology is the only way to measure strength and power for every human movement.   To date, it has only been possible to measure physical strength and power for movements in a straight line, like a squat or a bench press. However, less than 5% of human...

Coach Adam is joined today by Rockford Raptors Club Director, Nick Roman. Nick also helps coach the goalies and a couple of the clubs teams.  Adam and Nick discuss how important being a well rounded athlete is for a decrease in sport injury, having fun and avoiding burnout during the seasons.  Rockford Raptors established in 1994, since then they have sent over 300 athletes to go and pla...

Coach Adam sits down with Hononegah seniors Keira Shannon and Ella Jensen. Both girls are currently playing volleyball for the 182 team at VC- United. They will be continue their volleyball career in college. Keira will be attending Marietta College- Ohio (DIII) and Ella will be attending UW- Whitewater (DIII).  Keira puts in the time on the court and in the gym and has made huge strides thro...

Come join Coach Adam as he sits down with Coach Mackenzie Long - Director of Operations of the new volleyball club, Madtown Juniors, in Sun Prairie, WI. Mackenzie was recently an Assistant Coach at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Long joined the Badger volleyball staff as the team’s volunteer assistant coach during the summer of 2020. A native of Walworth, Wisconsin, Long comes to Wisconsin...

Coach Adam and Coach Trace sit down and talk to Amber Rolfzen, 2x All-American Nebraska Volleyball and the newest addition to the VC- United Family. Rolfzen started her volleyball career at University of Nebraska- Lincoln between 2013-2016.  As a senior at Nebraska, Rolfzen took home AVCA Third-Team All-America honors; hitting .319 and averaging 1.38 blocks per set.  The Huskers reached...

Come join Coach Adam as he sits down with Penn University Assisstant Womens Volleyball Coach, Trevor Weiskircher, and hear all about how Penn University was the birth place for Sparta Science and how they still use it today in their volleyball program.  Trevor Weiskircher was hired as an assistant coach with the women's volleyball program in July 2021. His first season on Penn's staff&nb...

Adam sits down with Jackie Kirchner of Jackie Kirchner Nutrition and discusses working with runners and all things nutrition for runners! Jackie is a registered dietitian who works with enthusiastic, dedicated distance runners who want to fuel their bodies better so they can improve endurance and fitness, increase energy, recover faster, and run better than ever. As both a successful distance runn...

Coach Adam sits down with Coach Alex Gibson, CEO of APG Strength, and talks about coaching athletes to be strong but mostly why coaching female athletes to be strong is very important. Alex has been coaching youth athletes and adults since 2014. She has a passion for helping others unlock their potential mentally and physically.  Good coaching is an encompassing process that involves so much...

Adam sits down with Luke Summers of KidStrong! Luke is the Director of Programming for this booming start up!!! KidStrong is a child development training center focused on brain, physical  & character development for ages walking through 11 years old. They offer a science-based curriculum that is parent-focused and taught by professionals.  KidStrong uses the latest re...

Come join Coach Adam as he is joined by Katlyn Gao, CEO/Co-founder of League One Volleyball. Adam and Katlyn talk how League one started, what it is, and the new direction VC United is taking by partnering with League One.  League One Volleyball (LOVB, pronounced “love”) is a first-of-its-kind community re-imagining the future of volleyball.  We are launching our professional league from...

VC United Director Eric Schulze sits down with Coach Adam and discusses the awesome new opportunity by joining with League One Volleyball. League One Volleyball (LOVB, pronounced “love”) is a first-of-its-kind community re-imagining the future of volleyball. We are launching our professional league from the grassroots up – each pro team built from a foundation of ambitious junior volleyball clubs...

EDUCATE. TRAIN. INSPIRE. Listen to Coach Adam Lane talk with the founders of Bennie Baseball Joe & Robert Bennie about everything youth sports performance! Joe & Robert are former pro baseball players who started Bennie Baseball in 2018 and it has been growing since. The Bennie brothers do great things with each athlete that walks through their door. They believe in the athlete and bring o...

Coach Samantha Flaherty is a Power Athlete Nutrition Coach and a Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist. Adam and Coach Sam discuss the importance of nutrition, rest, and recovery in competitive athletes and how they can maximize their performance on the court, field, and track. Samantha's passion for strength and conditioning started at a young age. She grew up as a competitive gymnast and lea...

Mike Olim is the Founder and Director of Operations of Advanced Physical and Technical Training (AP2T). Mike originally started the company in 2008 and over the past 12 years has helped build it into one of the largest soccer specific athletic performance and technical training companies in the country. Mike has been responsible for the training protocol for thousands of athletes through his tenur...

Coach Zach Nagle teaches athletes of all ability levels how to run! Zack utilizes the TrueForm Runner treadmill technology to help athletes run efficiently and pain-free! Zack is also a Power Athlete Block One Coach and gets his athletes stronger as he gets them faster! There is more to running than just a good pair of running shoes. Check out TrueForm at https://trueformrunner.com/ Check out Zack...

Owner and CFO Carl Case has been CrossFitting for a decade and specializes in strength and conditioning coaching for sports. "I am passionate about empowering athletes on field performance, coaching and playing rugby, learning more about business, and the strength and conditioning world. What I love most about coaching is helping an athlete or general population member take themselves to a place t...