Dr. Mike Young is the Director of Performance at Athletic Lab Sports Performance Training Center and the Performance Director for the North Carolina Courage and the North Carolina FC professional football clubs. In the sport of track & field Mike was on the coaching staff that won 6 team NCAA championships at LSU, has coached 4 USA Track & Field National Champions, and has coached Olympic and World Championship competitors in a half dozen events. Outside of track & field, Young has served as the sport coach for athletes who have competed internationally in weightlifting, skeleton, and bobsleigh. In team sports, Young has been the High Performance Director for 4 professional soccer clubs, has trained World Cup, Super Bowl and World Series champions and has consulted for some of the top sports teams in the world including 4 World Cup Rugby teams and 3 Premier League Soccer clubs.

SHOWNOTES

1) Mike's journey as sports and performance coach

2) How to put training units together based on high neuromuscular or metabolic demand versus eccentric dominant or concentric dominant versus open skill or closed skill sport

3) Transfer of training to sporting performance and what to focus on

4) Change of direction work and changes to Mike's practice from the latest research

5) Sports technology and what Mike uses day-to-day

6) Straddling private versus professional performance coaching and the challenges / benefits of both

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Sophia Nimphius

Tim Suchomel

Greg Haff

Rob Newton

Dan Baker

Boo Schexnayder