Podcast appearances and mentions of loren seagrave

Be there, be present, and enjoy it. - Derek Touchette Derek is a Performance Enhancement Specialist, a U.S. Weightlifting Club Coach at Level 1, and a Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach for speed. Derek earned his Bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University in Exercise Physiology with a Nutrition minor. He has four years of experience as a Performance Specialist at the IMG Academies, and during his time there he prepared athletes for the NFL combine; worked with NFL, NBA, and MLB veterans, the MLS and WUSA teams, and trained the Under-17 Men’s National Soccer Team. He has had the opportunity to work under Loren Seagrave, one of the most renowned speed and sports performance coaches in the world, and Rana Rieder, one of the top USA track and field coaches. He also has experience advising all types of athletes in the area of nutrition; planning individual meals. Derek is dedicated to the development of his athletes and other fitness enthusiasts, which is evident in the fact that many of the people he has trained are still playing at the professional level and return on a regular basis. Kathy and Derek discuss nurturing confidence, drive, and determination to take it to the next level. He is an open book on how to offer guidance without being “that” parent on the sidelines. Derek speaks from a coaching and parenting perspective to emphasize cultivating curiosity, allowing for freedom to test things out (without over-involvement), and normalizing failure. You’ll want to listen to this episode to learn his five-minute timer technique and gain from Derek’s uplifting and motivating attitude!

Alex is the current Strength and Conditioning Coach for the St George Illawarra Dragons. Prior to this he spent 9 years working in the AFL for Hawthorn and the Brisbane Lions in both strength and conditioning and rehabilitation roles. He has also had experience working with Olympic sports during his time at the Victorian Institute of Sport and most recently with the Chinese Track and Field team in the lead up to the Rio games. Alex has a Masters of High Performance Sport and is an accredited ASCA Professional Coach Accreditation Scheme- Elite and ASCA Level 2 coach. Quotes “At the end of the day we aren’t training 100m sprinters... we’re training rugby league players” “A large proportion of your program needs to address body awareness (especially for taller players)” “Most sports require athletes to jump, roll, tumble, brace, fall and we get limited amounts to perform these movements in training largely due to fear of injury.. and gymnastics provides a really safe in evironment where we can perform a lot of these skills” “The most important thing is everything is a progression” "People can get carried away with collecting data in the gym and forget about coaching” “Its no so much about all the numbers you’re getting with monitoring, it’s about the conversations with the players” “Psychology and way we think have a far greater effect on performance than what we give it credit” Shownotes 1) The differences between working in China & Australia 7:19 2) The cultural & performance differences between NRL & AFL and why AFL may get away with a little less strength 11:56 3) Use of speed testing and Alex's current programming for speed 14:49 4) A typical field session focusing on speed for the Dragons 19:13 5) Rules for dealing with older players to reduce injury 22:21 6) More differences in speed & strength training for NRL & AFL 26:54 7) How to incorporate gymnastics with athletes 28:26 8) Modifications to gymnastics work if you have injured athletes 35:34 9) How Alex structures his weight room sessions 43:36 10) Day to day monitoring usefulness and a practical implementation 47:59 11) Clarkey’s half court basketball exploits 49:31 12) Working with coaches and relating to famous players 54:44 13) The best lesson Alex learned on the job 57:58 People mentioned 1) Dee Jennings @dee_jennings1 2) Simon Webb 3) Brentan Parsons @bpsandc 4) Uwe Hohn @hohnuwe 5) Randy Huntington @hunt895wr 6) Loren Seagrave @lorenseagrave 7) Peter Birch 8) Frans Bosch @fransboschbook 9) John Pyror @fit3k 10) SImon Black @simon_tblack 11) Johnathon Brown @jonathon16brown 12) Bill Knowles @billknowles_HPS 13) Suki Hobson @sukihobson 14) Andrew Russell 15) Buddy Franklin @buddy_franklin23 16) David Joyce @davidgjoyce

Coach Landow is highly sought after for his ability to analyze and correct biomechanics. He has trained thousands of athletes of all ages and abilities, including over 700 professional athletes in the NFL, NHL, MLB, UFC, WNBA and Olympic medalists. Coach Landow has worked with over 70 NFL All-Pro’s and over 20 first round draft selections in the NFL. He has been a National and International presenter for the leading organizations in the performance field, and also serves as a consultant for many professional and collegiate teams across the country including MLB Texas Rangers, USA Women’s National Soccer Team, and USA Bobsled Team. Coach Landow is the author of two books, My Off-Season with the Denver Broncos: Building a Championship Team (While Nobody’s Watching) and also Ultimate Conditioning for Martial Arts. Coach Landow developed the ACL prevention program and the ACL return to sport protocols for the world-renowned Steadman Hawkins Clinic-Denver. He currently is the owner and director of Landow Performance. Quotes “The more saturation of qualities in the offseason, the more we can retain these qualities during the season with less work” “Once I have their trust, I can throw a couple of jabs at them but then I show them I’m not going away and still going to be there for them” “Did the pillow feel better than success?” “I hear the argument all the time – I squat, I deadlift, I do all these things, I don’t need to strengthen my core, my trunk, whatever you want to call it… and I completely disagree” “remove the weight training completely (before a fight), and the guys are more suspectible to injury I find” “I need to give them what their sport and practices are not giving them” “If I’ve interfered with skill development, I’ve screwed up” “We can monitor all we want but if we are not doing anything with it, its just a waste of time” “If the stove is hot, quit touching it” Shownotes 1) What asthma taught him incl multiple nights stay in the ER, food allergies, and breathing 4:19 2) Stages of his career 9:55 3) Working with other staff including surgeons and knowing your stuff 15:13 4) Lessons from Velocity Sports Performance & the link with Athlete’s Performance/EXOS beginnings 20:28 5) "My Offseason with the Broncos" book 24:40 6) A typical day in offseason for an NFL pro 28:52 7) How the NFL offseason works now 31:07 8) Coaching & maintaining athlete motivation especially in a private sector user pay model 35:25 9) Loren's private sector business models 40:31 10) Trunk training continuum philosphipes 45:07 11) His UFC Ultimate Fighter experience & MMA training systems he uses in camps 52:43 12) Monitoring & testing tools for a private facility 1:06:20 13) Metrics on force plates and how much symmetry should we have e.g. +20% assym 1:11:25 14) ACL and return to sport considerations 1:17:18 15) Importance of demonstrating things right for coaches 1:29:46 16) Getting dorsiflexion from the right spot 1:32:48 17) Tendon philosophy – a blister vs a callous 1:43:04 18) Burpees for speed & explosiveness, “sloptimal mechanics” and what to do if you are a lousy O lifter or hurt 1:45:27 19) The importance of guidance for people post internship and why he loves the message from the Talent Code 1:57:50 People mentioned 1) Loren Seagrave @lorenseagrave 2) Rett Larson @rettasaurus 3) Josh Aycock @joshuaaycock1 4) Victor Hall @victoriusr837 5) Ken Vick @coachkenvick 6) Charlie Francis 7) Tim Gabbett @TimGabbett 8) Christian MacCaffery @run_cmc 9) Stu McGill @drstuartmcgill 10) Matt Jordan @jordanstrength 11) Tom Purvis @tompurvisptrts 12) Mick Stierli @mickstierli 13) Missy Franklin @missyfranklin88 14) Greg Roskopf @mat_hq 15) Dan Pfaff @dpfaff 16) Stephen Plisk

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Loren Seagrave, co-founder of Velocity Sports Performance--and a well-known speed and sports performance coach--about the factors that undermine kids’ confidence in sports. Coach Seagrave, who has worked with Olympic and World Championship medalists and Collegiate All-Americans, focuses on the role coaches and parents play in boosting kids' confidence. Leading “mental game” coach Dr. Patrick Cohn explains the difference between “practice” self-confidence and “performance” self-confidence.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Loren Seagrave, co-founder of Velocity Sports Performance--and a well-known speed and sports performance coach--about the factors that undermine kids’ confidence in sports. Coach Seagrave, who has worked with Olympic and World Championship medalists and Collegiate All-Americans, focuses on the role coaches and parents play in boosting kids' confidence. Leading “mental game” coach Dr. Patrick Cohn explains the difference between “practice” self-confidence and “performance” self-confidence.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Loren Seagrave, co-founder of Velocity Sports Performance--and a well-known speed and sports performance coach--about the factors that undermine kids’ confidence in sports. Coach Seagrave, who has worked with Olympic and World Championship medalists and Collegiate All-Americans, focuses on the role coaches and parents play in boosting kids' confidence. Leading “mental game” coach Dr. Patrick Cohn explains the difference between “practice” self-confidence and “performance” self-confidence.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Loren Seagrave, co-founder of Velocity Sports Performance--and a well-known speed and sports performance coach--about the factors that undermine kids’ confidence in sports. Coach Seagrave, who has worked with Olympic and World Championship medalists and Collegiate All-Americans, focuses on the role coaches and parents play in boosting kids' confidence. Leading “mental game” coach Dr. Patrick Cohn explains the difference between “practice” self-confidence and “performance” self-confidence.