The TeamBuildr Podcast

We're excited to welcome Rachel Balkovec, the first woman hitting coach in the MLB to The TeamBuildr Podcast this week. In this episode we talk to Rachel about how she got interested in wanting to work in baseball, why she changed her name on her resume when applying for jobs, and what she means when she says "I'm Not Done Yet."

Welcome back to another week! Today we have Ryan Gallop here, Director of Performance at NAKOA Performance and Physical Therapy. In this episode, you'll get to hear how Ryan got into training action sport athletes, his experience with extremely cold ice baths to help with stress management, and how he is still able to keep up with young guys on his rugby team.

We welcome Erica Suter, a private youth athlete performance coach, to episode 7! In this episode we talk to Erica about early specialization, getting youth athletes to be thinking about more not less, and how as a coach you need to spend time taking inventory on your own life.

Deerick Smith is the Director of Strength and Conditioning and Assistant Football Coach at Southside Charter High School in Arkansas. He is a football coach turned strength coach who now has a passion for coaching all sports, learning new speed training techniques, and implementing technology in the weight room.

Jerred Moon is the founder and CEO of End of Three Fitness and Garage Gym Athlete which are both 100% online programs of educating coaches and training athletes, so he's basically ahead of the curve here. In this episode we chat about he prices his online programs, his solid morning routine, and the basics of a building a garage gym.

We're back with another episode and this week we had John Beerbower on the mic. John is currently at McHenry West High School in Illinois where he serves as the Assistant Divisional Chair for PE, Health, and Drivers Ed as well as serving as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the district. He has been awarded the Illinois Coach of the Year from the National High School Strength Coaches A...

Michael Rankin, the Director of Strength of Conditioning at Drexel University sat down with us for episode three as we talked about the future of college athletes amid the Covid pandemic, how he expects his athletes to return to training, his brutal birthday challenges, and his alumni program called Athletes For Life. 

Tex McQuilkin, Director of Training and Education at Power Athlete HQ tells us how he developed his training philosophy, got started working at Power Athlete HQ, where he sees the future of recruiting, training, and coaching as well his love of lacrosse. Episode 2 if full of insight from someone who has coached at the DI, DIII, and high school setting and has taught seminars all over the world.

Cory Walts, Director of Strength and Conditioning and The University of Pennsylvania also know as Penn sat down with us to talk about the importance of being a 'professional' in the world of strength and conditioning.