The Adaptable Athlete Podcast

Send us Fan Mail For today’s episode, I’m joined by Cal Jones! ( @CalJonesJudo ) Cal is a Judo coach from North Wales in the UK and holds both  UKCC level 4 and BJA level 5 coaching certificates.  Cal also also holds a masters degree in advanced coaching practice.  His final project focused on representative learning design, and he was fortunate enough to be invited to contribute to the UK coachin...

Send us Fan Mail For todays show I’m joined by Tyler Yearby (@TylerYearby) and Shawn Myszka ( @MovementMiyagi) Tyler is the co-director education at Emergence and has appeared on the show before way back in episode 1 . Tyler has been been a strength coach and football position coach in multiple stops at the collegiate level.   He now  works as a movement skill acquisition coach for athletes from v...

Send us Fan Mail For today’s episode, I’m joined by NFL Linebacker Nicholas Morrow! Nick is in his 6th season in the NFL and in his first season w/ the Chicago Bears after spending the previous 5 w/ the Las Vegas Raiders  Nick is known for his versatility on the field and in 2020 was the only player in the NFL to record 3 sacks and 9 passes defensed during the 2020 season. What really is remarkabl...

Send us Fan Mail For today’s episode, I’m joined by Philip O’Callaghan (@Mr_Tennis_Coach) Phillip is Tennis coach and PE coach from Cork, Ireland...Philip is a graduate of University College in Cork , where he studied  Sports studies ad Physical Education.  Phillip is a life long tennis athlete and over the last several years he has been involved in coaching tennis, including coaching the Universi...

Send us Fan Mail For today’s episode, I’m joined ny Tommy Flanagan! (tommy_flanagan_s2s) Tommy is the owner of Strength to Strength fitness in Broomfield, Colorado. Tommy’s mission at strength to strength:  Transform athletes bodies and minds to they can reach their full potential. In addition to being a performance coach and gym owner Tommy had a standout athletic career including being an all st...

Send us Fan Mail Today I dive into an important topic in Ecological Dynamics...Specifying information! On a couple episodes this term has been discussed, including the recent episode w/ coach Garrett Baker. Specifying information, is crucial element of representative practice design.   Information helps guide athlete movements and decision making, which is something that is relevant to anyone who...

Send us Fan Mail For today’s episode, I’m joined by Garrett Baker! ( @coachgbaker )  Garrett is the Director of Baseball Player development at Inspiration Academy in Bradenton Florida…Think IMG academy but with a focus on baseball on tennis.  Prior to that Garrett spent 3 season as the recruiting coordinator, pitching coach and strength coach at American International College. He also spent 1 seas...

Send us Fan Mail For today’s episode, my guest is Ben Kelto ! Ben is a physical therapist, and clinical director of Spooner Physical Therapy in Chandler, AZ  Ben is originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and has a strong background in athletics. As a former college wrestler, Ben has a unique understanding of what it takes to get an athlete from the table to back out on the field. One of t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Athlete Blueprint Podcast!...For today's episode, I'm joined by coach Mike Gee ( @coachmikegee ). Mike  is a volleyball coach and currently serves as Director of Volleyball at North Pacific Juniors VBC, a premier volleyball club based in Oregon and Washington. Prior to that, he coached on the division 1 volleyball level for several years In 2003 he told his mo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the athlete blueprint podcast! For todays episode, I’m joined by Korey Van Wyk (@ KoreyVanWyk ) Korey  is an educator and sports performance coach who has spent the last decade of his career bridging the gap between science and practice.  As a former professor of kinesiology and collegiate strength coach, he spent every day connecting the classroom and the weight room. ...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Athlete Blueprint Podcast! For today’s episode, I’m joined my Zach Elder! Zach is currently the direction of strength and conditioning, and athletic skill acquisition at Mac strength a private baseball training facility in Edina Minnesota. As a Minnesota native, Zach played everything from basketball,  baseball, basketball, football, Tae Kwon Do, and anything else h...

Send us Fan Mail For today's episode, I'm joined by Dr. Rob Gray ( @ShakeyWaits )!! Rob is an associate professor of  human systems engineering at Arizona state University and is the host of the wild popular podcast The Perception and Action Podcast .  His podcast which he has hosted  since 2015 and includes over 380 episodes focuses on taking the latest and greatest research in the fiel...

Send us Fan Mail For this episode, I am joined by Preston Hale! (p_hale3) Preston is a performance coach and DB coach, who also happens to be my business partner over at Ignite Performance!   Preston works w/ high level defensive backs from high school and to the elite pro level. He is one of the absolute best DB coaches in the country...I get to be w/ Preston everyday, so I'm excited to brin...

Send us Fan Mail For today’s episode, I’m joined by Adam Omiecinski! Adam is a Basketball Coach from Upstate NY who focuses on Player Development. He is currently coaching as an assistant at SUNY Adirondack and for Dags Basketball, where he gets to work with athletes from as young as the age of 7 to the occasional Professional. Prior to these positions, Adam assisted at his High School alma mater...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Athlete Blueprint Podcast! For today's episode, we will be taking a deep dive into one of my favorite topics, Jump training! More specifically, we will be debunking some common jump training myths!   This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart.  I have worked extensively w/ court sport athletes (volleyball, basketball) and I have noticed glut of misinform...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Matt Caraccio! For the last 6 years, Matt has been the Co-Owner and Co-Host of the Saturday2Sunday Football Podcast . His podcast is dedicated to year round NFL prospect analysis & discussion. During that time Matt has hosted three Summer Seminar Series on Skill Acquisition in American Football -those include The Nature of the Movement Problems in American Fo...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode I speak with Kevin Longoria! Kevin is the chief science officer of Biostrap , digital health company that has evolved from being a consumer wearable into a comprehensive health monitoring platform with a mission to improve human health on a global scale. Kevin is very accomplished and his resume is quite long (deservedly so) so I’m going to try my best to give y...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Athlete Blueprint Podcast! In today’s episode, had  the pleasure of speaking w/ Michael Zwiefel! ( @bbaperformance ) Michael is the owner and head of sports performance at Building Better Athletes in Dubuque Iowa.   In addition to that, Michael is also on the team at Emergence , some of whom, you’ve heard on this podcast before in Tyler Yearby and Rich White, back i...

Send us Fan Mail For Todays Episode, I’m joined by Dr. Kelly Romero! Dr. Romero ( @drkellyromero )  is a licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor with clinic locations in Scottsdale and Chandler, Arizona. She is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist from the American College of Sports Medicine. Her practice specializes in sports medicine, regenerative therapies, and hormone management.  Dr. Romero of...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Athlete Blueprint Podcast!...A podcast dedicated to long term athletic development and success! For today's episode, I decided to do a something a little different...A solo episode.  Just you and me! Following my interview  w/ Steph Allen on all things ACL (if you haven't listened to that one yet , here it is )  I decided I wanted to do dive deep into a to...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Athlete Blueprint Podcast!...A podcast dedicated to long term athletic development and success! For today's episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing  Steph Allen! Steph has been a practicing physical therapist since 2014 and has been at Boston Physical Therapy & Wellness for the past 4 years.   She specializes in, and absolutely loves ACL rehab in all it...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the athlete blueprint podcast podcast dedicated to long-term athletic development and success! For today's conversation, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kasey Crider.  Kasey is the associate head coach for the University of Miami Women’s Volleyball team. Kasey has been at Miami since 2015 and has helped lead them to  resurgence as a program, including reaching t...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Steph Mundt is a physical therapist, running coach & strength coach in Phoenix, AZ. Her business Volante PT & Performance specializes in helping female runners return to training & racing without fear. Steph has a special interest in helping to prevent and manage bone stress injuries in runners, particularly those with disordered eating or relative energy deficienc...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Athlete Blueprint!...A podcast dedicated to long term athletic development and success! On today’s episode I had the pleasure of speaking with CJ Appenzeller of ATS strength in West Berlin, New Jersey. CJ is a gym owner, a baseball  performance coach, and high performance consultant for various Division one baseball programs…In addition CJ is an adjunct professor at...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the athlete blueprint podcast podcast dedicated to long-term athletic development and success! For today’s special episode I’ve got to get with me Tyler Yearby and Rich White from Emergence .   Tyler is the co-founder and co-director of education and Rich White is the Innovations Manager Emergence is a movement skill education company that provides educational content a...