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Speed endurance, high intensity training, NFL Combine preparation (Rebroadcast) For track and field aficionados and followers of Olympic sports in general, the legendary sprinter Michael Johnson needs little introduction. But I’ll say a few words anyway as reminders: Michael is still holder of the 400 meter world record and a former holder of the 200 […]

Siri Lindley, Chrissie Wellington Ironman Coach Brett Sutton is one of the most successful and provocative triathlon coaches of all time. He’s particularly noted for having helped Siri Lindley, Loretta Harrop and Chrissie Wellington achieve multiple world championship, as well as working with the top males triathletes Greg Bennett and Ben Bright. For some he’s […]

Gregg Troy is one the leading swimming coaches in the world, heading up the U.S. Men’s Team that was so dominant in the London Olympics, as well as the boss of the perennial national-leading University of Florida Gators. Oh yeah, before we forget, Gregg is the guiding light for the world’s hottest property in the […]

Alex Hutchinson – Distance Runner – Sports Scientist – Blogger We talk to Alex about a wide range of myths and misconceptions that many coaches have about strength and conditioning, nutrition, stretching, hydration, and altitude training. We start by talking about the latest research on the effect coaches have when they praise and criticize their athletes […]

NFL, weightlifting, explosive strength John Welbourn is the big man behind CrossFit Football. A nine-year veteran of the NFL, he brings a multi-disciplinary approach to elite strength and conditioning. If you’re unfamiliar with the phenomenon that is CrossFit, you’ll learn all about it in this in-depth interview. Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a […]

Notre Dame: Women’s 2018 Champion This week we welcome one of the most experienced and successful college basketball coaches of all-time. Muffet McGraw has been coaching women’s basketball for 31 years, the last 26 at powerhouse Notre Dame. She’s compiled a hugely impressive 73% win record and notched up her 700th victory this past season, […]

Swimming, Pursuit of Perfection, Mental toughness (Re-broadcast) Misty Hyman is a young swimming coach with a bright future and a glorious past. Her gold-medal winning 200 meter butterfly at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 was an iconic tour de force, combining superb technique, optimal conditioning and a giant dose of mental toughness, not the least because […]

Cycling, Triathlon, Fat-Adapted Nutrition, Paleo Diet (Rebroadcast) Master endurance coach Joe Friel is back, this time to talk about a subject near and dear to many coaches I know – being Fast After 50. So whether you’re coaching older athletes or you are an older coach-athlete yourself, this interview is for you. We cover a […]

Lance Armstrong ex-teammate Tyler Hamilton (Rebroadcast) This week we welcome one of the world’s leading experts on skill acquisition, perfecting technique and performing under pressure: Daniel Coyle. Daniel is the author of The Talent Code, an absolutely indispensable book for coaches. He also knows quite a bit about the controversial world professional cycling, having written […]

Mental Fatigue; Brain Endurance Training; Re-broadcast  Can brain training make substantial improvements in endurance performance? Is self-talk really effective? The results from preliminary research are highly encouraging. This week’s guest is the man leading the studies, Professor Samuele Marcora. He is director of research at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University […]

Re-broadcast From Ironman triathletes, marathon runners, Tour de France cyclists to rowing, rugby and football – Tim Noakes’ research shakes up the consensus and opens the path to new, higher performance horizons. We cover dehydration and water intoxication, optimal training methods, and what coaches need to know about the connections between the brain and the […]

Choices, not chances; re-broadcast This week we have one of the leading  women’s basketball coaches in NCAA. Not just a coach but a thought leader and an eloquent proponent of how sports can be a powerful force for social good. Joanne P. McCallie, or Coach P. as she is widely known, has headed up the […]

Doping, Sex Confusion and Cheating Our favorite controversial, ueber incisive, sports scientist is back. Ross Tucker joins us from Capetown, South Africa, where he produces the wildly popular blog the Science of Sport Ross loves to take on contentious topics: Illegal performance enhancing drugs, I.e. doping, sex anomalies in Olympic competition, genetic testing, the limits […]

Growth Mindset, coaching expectations & outcomes (re-broadcast) Carol Dweck is one of the world’s most influential social psychologists. Her research is of vast importance to coaches and how they praise and criticize their athletes. Carol is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and an expert on how a person’s thought patterns and belief […]

Mental toughness & resilience for coaches A rebroadcast from 2014, with the first-ever American to be appointed as head coach (manager) of a British Premier League team – Swansea. Bob Bradley one of the most experienced and resilient coaches in the world. He has led the U.S. National Men’s team, the Egyptian National Men’s team, […]

Mindful peak performance, anxiety management Sports Psychologist Kristin Keim is our guest this week. She works across all sports, with particular expertise in cycling, where she was once an elite rider. She also works extensively with athletes in triathlon, running, rowing, swimming and several other sports. Dr. Keim has a PsyD in clinical psychology and […]

Injury prevention, over-training, recovery A doctor of chiropractic and a passionate running coach – it makes for a really interesting conversation about everything from injury prevention, barefoot running to raw kale smoothies. Richard Hansen is head of Roots Running, a Boulder, Colorado-based Olympic development group focused on distances from 1,500 meters to the marathon. Richard […]

Mental fitness; coach education Do you ever wonder what your brain on sports looks like? Sam Sommers knows. He is the co-author of an excellent book by that title and a social psychologist at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. This is a fun but also useful interview with lots of practical ideas. Among numerous topics […]

Athlete-to-coach transition, John Wooden UCLA legacy; Re-broadcast Adam Krikorian struck gold in his first Olympics as head coach – in London 2012 with the USA women’s water polo team. He began coaching the squad in 2009, in addition to having the same role at UCLA since 2000.           Adam is a […]

Decathlon: Ashton Eaton, Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Re-broadcast) For long-time followers of the podcast and or track and field, Harry Marra needs no introduction. He¹s graced us with his presence twice before. Back again after a triumphant season  guiding decathlete Ashton Eaton to World Championship Gold in Beijing and heptathlete Brianne Theisen Eaton to the silver in […]

Sports psychology, mental toughness, mindfulness (re-broadcast) This week we’re joined by Peter Haberl a senior sports psychologist for the United States Olympic Committee. Peter has worked with some of the most successful teams in recent history including medal winning squads in Men’s and Women’s Water Polo, Women’s Indoor Volleyball and Track Cycling Based at the […]

Sprinting, “The Female Usain Bolt” (Re-broadcast) Bart Bennema is coaching one of the biggest breakthrough athletes of the year – in any sport! She’s 23 year-old Dutch woman Dafne Schippers, recently crowned 200 meter sprint champion in the 2015 Beijing Track & Field World Championships, as well as the silver medallist in the 100 meters. […]

Sarah Hammer’s coach; Endurance expert getting ready for a breakthrough in Rio; Re-broadcast USA Cycling’s Andy Sparks is back to update us on what has been an excellent season. Since we last spoke, about two years ago, Andy has relocated to Colorado Springs and become USA Cycling’s Endurance Track Head Coach as well as the […]

Renewing USA Cycling (Re-broadcast) USA Cycling is in focus this time around. Jim Miller is USA Cycling’s Team Leader and Vice President of Athletics. Jim coached Kristin Armstrong to gold medals in Beijing and in London, where she was almost 38 years old at the time; quite an achievement. By the way, Kristin is not […]

An inspiring story of recovery, dedication and discipline Sensai Jimmy Pedro, sixth degree black belt, is one of the top judo instructors in the U.S. and the coach responsible for winning the country’s first Olympic gold medal ever – by Kayla Harrison in London 2012. She’s certainly in contention to repeat that massivement accomplishment in Rio. The […]

Illegal drug violations Spitting in the Soup: Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports – just in time for the Rio Olympics, we’re talking with the author of this new book. Mark Johnson has covered cycling and endurance sports as a writer and photographer since the 1980s A few years ago, Mark was embedded […]

Growth Mindset, mental toughness, sports psychology A deep dive this week into some of our favorite topics: mental toughness, sports psychology and the Growth Mindset. Derin McMains is our guest. He is Director of Mental Conditioning at the University of Notre Dame, working across about 20 different teams at that hallowed institution. Derin is formerly […]

We have pioneering strength and conditioning coach Rachel Balkovec this week. She’s the first ever female S&C coach to work for a professional baseball team – the Houston Astros organization, currently as Latin American coordinator. While still in the early stages of her career, Rachel has already paid quite a lot of dues, working previously […]

Mental toughness; athlete psychological skills Sports psychologist Professor Dave Collins is this week’s guest. He’s an expert on high-performance and specifically what makes a Super Champion versus an ordinary Champion and an “Almost.” He’s the lead researcher on a recent study into this matter, which we’ve featured on the blog. Dave’s current affiliations are with […]

Ironman coach, over-training expert One of our favorite guests is back for a third time: Endurance training and holistic health supremo Doctor Phil Maffetone. Well-known for working with six-time Ironman triathlon world champion Mark Allen, renaissance man Dr. Phil has been just about everywhere and done just about everything including helping musicians like James Taylor, […]

NBA scout, shooting coach, free throw expert Basketball’s in focus this week, and also skill development. We have perhaps the world’s leading expert on the free-throw, also known as the foul shot: Adam Filippi. Adam is also Director of Global Scouting for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA and author of the books Shoot like […]

Coaching skills, talent development We’re talking about plucking low hanging fruit and preventing mission critical failures this week with tennis coach Ash Smith. Based in southern England, Ash has particular expertise in wheelchair tennis and has coached numerous World Champions and Paralympic medal winners. You can check out his insightful blog at www.superhumanperformance.org. Excerpts from […]

Endurance running, Kenyan marathoners UK-based journalist Ed Caesar has written an excellent book taking us deep inside the world of professional marathon runners. It’s called Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon, and thanks to his meticulous, on-the-ground research, it tells you everything you’d ever want to know about running 26.2 miles at […]

Michael Johnson, Jeremy Wariner, Sanya Richards-Ross (re-broadcast) A living legend of track and field coaching. And not just living – still working and still helping win Olympic gold medals and World Championships. Sports Coach Radio is a weekly in-depth insight to the people and passion behind winning performances. It’s hosted by Sports Psychologist Glenn Whitney and […]

Mental fitness, over-training; sports nutrition This week’s guest is Brad Stulberg, one of those eclectic sports thinkers we like to have on the show for wide-ranging conversations. Brad covers health and human performance for Outside Magazine, Runner’s World and Competitor Magazine, among others. We cover some of the articles he’s written  recently, including How to […]

Speed and agility in high-contact sports are the focus with our guest the Melbourne-based Dean Benton. Dean is one of the world’s most experienced strength and conditioning coaches and high-performance experts in the worlds of rugby, Australian Rules Football and track sprinting. Among the numerous groups Dean has worked for are: the Australian National Rugby […]

Holistic Fitness for Athletes Number-one Primal Blueprint lieutenant Brad Kearns is this week’s guest. A former world-class triathlete, Brad has over the past 10 years focused on holistic health and helping endurance athletes as well as the average Joe or Jane avoid over-training syndrome, chronic injuries and worse. Brad is co-author with Mark Sisson of […]

Crossfit Mobility WOD Physical therapist and Mobility WOD supremo Kelly Starrett is back. If you’ve heard either of the two previous interviews you’ll know that any that with Kelly is going to be wide-ranging and high-energy. This time around we take quite a deep dive into the topic of whether Strength and Conditioning coaches are […]

Coaching Philosophy; Continuous Learning This week have one of the most discerning yet approachable coaches out there. Dr. Mike Davenport is the author of the newly published Sinister Truths of Coaching. He also writes the inspiring blog Coaching Sports Today. Mike is the head coach and director of the rowing program at Washington College in Maryland […]

We had Harry Marra on the show a few weeks ago for the third time, so it’s only fair to pair him with Coach Vern Gambetta, Harry’s long-time friend and colleague and also one of Sports Coach  Radio’s favorite guests. Coach Gambetta heads up the Gambetta Athletic Improvement Network or GAIN,  which you can find on gambetta.com. […]

Resilience, mental toughness, pain inhibition How bad do you want it? That’s the provocative question posed by a new book, with the subtitle: The Psychology of Mind Over Muscle. This week we talk to its author Matt Fitzgerald. Matt is one of the world’s leading writers on endurance sports. Some of his best known books […]

Performance enhancing vegetables, caffeine, creatine @AndyBeetroot as he is known on Twitter is this week’s guest. More properly speaking, we are joined by Andrew Jones, PhD, Professor of Applied Physiology at the University of Exeter in the U.K., head of Sport and Health Sciences there and leader of its Bioenergetics and Human Performance Research Group. Andy […]

Meghan Klingenberg, USA Women’s Soccer, Mental Toughness Sports Pyschologist Dr. Tiff Jones works with 2015 World Cup winning soccer player Meghan Klingenberg and numerous other elite, college-level and high school athletes from all sort of sports. Her primary background is in soccer, both as a national-level player and college coach, but she now regularly consults […]

Anti-doping; science of running, training innovations We’re all about courage and innovation on this show and for this week’s guest we’ve got a great example – running coach Steve Magness. Steve is currently Head Cross Country Coach at the University of Houston and writer of the provocative book and blog, both called The Science of […]

Sprinting, Jamaicans, Cycling, Doping This week we’ve got one of the best sports journalists out there, especially if you’re into cycling and/or track and field. Richard Moore’s latest book is The Bolt Supremacy, Inside Jamaica’s Sprint Factory. We talk a lot about training methods, winning mindsets, doping and lots of colorful characters, from Lance Armstrong, […]

Optimal training; cardio-vascular system; oxygen intake, blood-oxygen transportation Our favorite renaissance sportsman is back to talk about lots of interesting things – training adaptation, doping and other forms of cheating, cardiovascular health, oxygen intake, optimal nutrition, and lots more. Dr. Michael Joyner is based at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, researching among many topics […]

Justin Gatlin, Strength Training for Explosive Sports Just ahead of the World Championships in Beijing, here’s a rebroadcast of the two-part interview with Dennis Mitchell, Justin Gatlin’s coach, first aired on February 15 last year. Both Gatlin and Mitchell have attracted much criticism and both have been sanctioned for violating doping regulations. Mitchell addresses these […]

S&C training; diets for resilience & recovery Good news ­ one of our favorite guests is back ­the head strength and conditioning coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, Tim DiFrancesco. Similar to our first interview, last year, Tim and I cover a wide range of topics, everything from talent identification, over-training, the wonders of an […]

Mindfulness, mental toughness, sports psychology Brent Hogarth is a young sports psychologist doing research as well as work on the sidelines in the area of mindfulness for athletes. He also runs the website mindandsport.org >Sports Coach Radio is a series of weekly in-depth interview with world-class sports coaches, leaders and scientists, hosted by Glenn Whitney, a […]

Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer Teri McKeever is one of the leading swimming coaches in the world and has been guiding some of the very top women in the sport. In addition to heading up the USA Women’s Team in London, which took home 15 medals, Coach McKeever also served as assistant […]

Jet lag, athletes & seasonal affective disorder (SAD) Minimizing the effect of jet lag and optimizing performance using light therapy — this week’s guest is an expert. Toine Schoutens develops lighting technology, lamps and special wearable visors, and applies them to enhance the performance of world-class swimmers, soccer players, rowers, gymnasts and many others. If […]