Develop competent, confident, and effective coaches, and then competent, confident, and effective athletes will follow. As a director of coaching education at USA Weightlifting, Michael Conroy's mandate didn't just need to teach coaches about technique, he needed them to learn how to program creatively. On this week's episode he walks us through the scaffolding of programming and the key elements all good programs in any sport should contain.

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• On our last Episode 242, Nick explained the influence of Conroy's programming, the basic outline, and how he has integrated it into his own planning at Notre Dame High School.
• You can get in touch with Conroy and learn more about his facility on the Crown Performance webpage.
• The topic of how Olympic lifting fits into the training of non-lifters has been a topic we’ve addressed on numerous occasions on this site. In particular, check out the multi-part roundtable discussion we had with weightlifting coaches. We also covered weightlifting with Matt Foreman on Episode 82 and with Wil Fleming on  Episode 147 and Episode 236.
• USA Weightlifting CEO Phil Andrews was also a guest on GAINcast 162.
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