Tim Rogers has been a strength and conditioning coach since 1991, working across a number of sports including stops in the NRL, international Rugby, Australian Institute of Sport, NSW Institute of Sport (twice) and has had stints in Malaysia, China, Samoa, New Zealand (twice) and France (thrice). He is currently back in Malaysia and alongside this is finishing his PhD on Off-feet conditioning through the University of Waikato. Tim has presented for the ASCA since 2004 in Australia New Zealand and India,and been a life member since 2014.

QUOTES

“The next generation of strength and conditioning coaches should be better than us”

“One of the main challenges for a S&C coach when starting, is why should athletes trust you?”

“Aiming for the highest level of sport is not necessarily where you learn the most as a strength and conditioning coach”

“The more you learn about the technical and tactical side of the sport, the more it will help you”

SHOWNOTES

1) Tim’s amazing journey in strength and conditioning

2) Challenges when starting a job and the logistics of strength and conditioning

3) Why you need to do your due diligence before starting in a new position and performing a gap analysis with your program

4) The benefits of being consistently involved in a program regardless of the sporting level and doing your homework on your own team

5) Hurrying slowly when you start a new position

6) Being a piece of the pie and mastering the basics as a strength and conditioning coach

7) The benefits of being at the same organization for extended periods and why it depends on what stage of career you are at

8) Deciding the balance of off-feet to on-feet conditioning based on the individual athlete you are working

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Keith Lyons

Martin Bevan

Nick Gill

Mick Crawley

David Pyne

Kelvin Giles

Peter Harding

Matt Blair

Dave Hatfield

Richie Dixon

David Joyce

John Lythe