In this episode of Complete Football Health Podcast, we hear from Nick Costelloe and Sean Casey, the founders of Universal Dialect.

Universal Dialect makes activewear that you'll love to wear while you're taking on the rest of life's daily adventures. Nick and Sean started Universal Dialect as a way to help get soccer balls to less-fortunate footballers around the world. They eventually created a sustainable model to fund the giving through high performance activewear. 

For every 2 products sold, they give a soccer ball to footballers around the world. They've already been to Peru, Tanzania, Colombia, and Haiti, and have given away over 2100 adventures to date! Be sure to follow them on their adventures as they continue to give kids around the world the entryway to some of life's greatest adventures - a soccer ball!

Universal Dialect Website: www.universaldialect.com

In this episode of Complete Football Health Podcast, I have a chat with Sam Blanchard about the growth of the women's game, differences between men's and women's injury profiles, and what it's like to work with professional female footballers.

Sam is a physiotherapist working in full time elite sport, having worked in multiple team based sports in the UK and the USA. He is a published author of theoretical models for rehabilitation as well as a contributing author in Clinical Sports Medicine 5th Ed. Sam shares his thoughts on clinical reasoning in physiotherapy and strength & conditioning via his blog post plinthsandplatforms.wordpress.com and lectures in the UK.

You can also follow Sam on Twitter (@SJBPhysio_sport) and Instagram (@sjb_rehab). To follow along with Sam's journey training for the Trisle of Wight, you can head to his website Trisle of Wight, or follow along on Instagram (@thetrisleofwight) or Twitter (@Trisleofwight)

Ways to follow me:

Website: Nicole Surdyka Physio

Blog: Nicole Surdyka Physio Blog

Courses: Managing the [Un]Injured Soccer Player

Twitter: @NSurdykaPhysio

Instagram: @dr.nicolept

In this video, I get the distinct privilege of sitting down with Tim Gabbett, leading expert on high performance and training load. 

Dr. Tim Gabbett has 20 years experience working as an applied sport scientist with athletes and coaches from a wide range of sports. He holds a PhD in Human Physiology (2000) and has completed a second PhD in the Applied Science of Professional Football (2011), with special reference to physical demands, injury prevention, and skill acquisition.

Tim has worked with elite international athletes over several Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006) and Olympic Games (2000, 2004, and 2008) cycles. He continues to work as a sport science and coaching consultant for several high performance teams around the world.

Tim has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and has presented at over 200 national and international conferences. He is committed to performing world-leading research that can be applied in the real world to benefit high performance coaches and athletes. His course is one of the best I've ever been to, and he is an exceptionally nice guy.

To follow Tim and learn more about the great work that he does, click one of the links below:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimGabbett

Website: https://gabbettperformance.com.au

To follow me and stay up to date on my blog, course offerings, podcast, and more, check out the links below:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSurdykaPhysio

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Website: https://www.nicolesurdykaphysio.com

P.S. I apologize for the audio quality - we were in a fairly busy hotel bar in London for my favorite conference - the Isokinetic Group Football Medicine Conference (link below): https://www.footballmedicinestrategie...

In this episode of Complete Football Health Podcast, I sit down with Sports Podiatrist Ian Griffiths to discuss the biopsychosocial model in the world of podiatry, and the role of podiatrists in football (soccer).

Ian has experience with a vast range of patients from the recreational runner completing their first marathon right through to professional/elite sportsmen and women. He is currently the Head of Podiatry at Pure Sports Medicine in London, and also consults for Bupa Health Clinics. In addition to this he provides Sports Podiatry services to the PGA European Tour, RFU England Rugby 7's, Surrey County Cricket Club, AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal Women FC.

You can learn more about Ian by following him on any of his various platforms: Website/Blog: http://www.sportspodiatryinfo.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sportspodiatryinfo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sports_Pod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportspodiatryinfo/

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In this episode of Complete Football Health Podcast, I sit down with Sports Podiatrist Ian Griffiths to discuss the biopsychosocial model in the world of podiatry, and the role of podiatrists in football (soccer).

Ian has experience with a vast range of patients from the recreational runner completing their first marathon right through to professional/elite sportsmen and women. He is currently the Head of Podiatry at Pure Sports Medicine in London, and also consults for Bupa Health Clinics. In addition to this he provides Sports Podiatry services to the PGA European Tour, RFU England Rugby 7's, Surrey County Cricket Club, AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal Women FC.

You can learn more about Ian by following him on any of his various platforms: Website/Blog: http://www.sportspodiatryinfo.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sportspodiatryinfo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sports_Pod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportspodiatryinfo/

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In this episode, I talk to Tim Walsh and Dillon Chapman, founder of Venice Beach Football Club (VBFC) about the importance of establishing culture within a club and how that translates to youth development and ensuring the future of football.

VBFC came out of a need to bring footballers together who wanted more from the game. "We are a collective of players, coaches, fans, artists, and locals coming together to take responsibility for the future of football - starting with our own neighborhood. We have our own history, our own language, and our own traditions. We have our own rules that we live and play by. We are locally raising footballers to represent our values and traditions because they are our future leaders and ambassadors for Dogtown."

In this episode of Complete Football Health Podcast, I talk to Julia Eyre, a Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Sports Psychology Expert in Köln, Germany, about the importance of training the mind as well as the body for optimal performance, and how the two cannot really be separated.

Since 2011, Julia has worked to promote long-term and individualized player development in NCAA Division I schools along the East Coast, USA, and in the private sector worldwide with her company, White Lion Performance. Additionally, she is a researcher at the Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, where she studies the psychophysiology (brain-body connection) of performance stress in athletes. For Julia, the question of "how do we optimise athletic performance?" is always in the foreground (in flashing lights). Regardless of what hat she wears on any given day, her primary job is to help athletes build stronger minds, faster bodies, and ultimately become better humans.

Links:

Homepage: www.whitelionperformance.com

Instagram: instagram.com/whitelionperformance

Facebook: facebook.com/whitelionperformance

Twitter: twitter.com/thejulialion

In this episode of Complete Football Health Podcast, we hear from Dr. Jarred Boyd, a Physical Therapist, Certified Athletic Trainer, and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist in Frederick, Maryland. Jarred tells us about how we can program sprinting into the rehab program in order to help patients and clients better prepare for the demands they will face in their sports.

About Jarred:

Dr. Jarred Boyd was born and raised in Roanoke, Virginia. He now resides in Frederick, MD with his wife Marlea Boyd who is a Physician Assistant at Capital Women's Care. Since high school he has had a strong interest in the anatomy and physiology of the human body. The ability to use neurological and musculoskeletal systems to influence performance and potential were always intriguing. As a result, Dr. Boyd attended Virginia Commonwealth University earning a B.S. in Exercise Science.

Two weeks after graduation he went on to attend school at the country's only dual degree program at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. Dr. Boyd had the opportunity to perform top clinical rotations at The University of Tennessee, United States Air Force Academy, and EXOS. It was during those experiences that he developed skills in the realm of sports and the physically active population, eventually earning a Masters in Athletic Training and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2015.

As a physical therapist and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Dr. Boyd's goal is to facilitate return to activity and enhance patients potential by identifying opportunities to improve function and empowering patients with the tools to live better.

In this episode, we hear from Coach Miguel Gutierrez (Coach Migzi to his players) who is a youth soccer coach in Northern California. It is so valuable to hear from youth soccer coaches on things like the state of youth coaching education courses, how coaches further their education after licensing courses, and where the breakdown between soccer medicine research and implementation on the field occurs.

Coach Migzi predominantly coaches youth female soccer players from ages of 5 through 18. He has been coaching for about 7 years, and his  experience involves coaching at the competitive club, high school and collegiate level. In addition, he trains players privately from all levels of play, including professional. In college, he was a kinesiology major in exercise science and human movement. Currently, he is conducting research in youth soccer and coaching behaviors within both gender roles. He is passionate about applying science such as sports psychology, exercise science, and biomechanics into his coaching to enhance overall performance within the soccer athletes with whom he works.

In this episode of Complete Football Health Podcast, I ask Erin Simon, a professional soccer player for West Ham United, about her experiences with injuries and persevering to achieve her dream of playing professional soccer.

Erin is professional soccer player who is currently playing in the FAWSL for West Ham United as a fullback. She was born and raised in Little Silver, NJ where she played for the Peninsula Eagles and FC Copa. She went on to continue her soccer career at Syracuse University where she was a four year starter for the Orange. After graduating from Syracuse in 2016, she went on to earn her first professional contract after attending open tryouts for Sky Blue FC in the NWSL. In her rookie season, she started 18 of the 19 games she played in and was an integral part of the backline. She spent 2.5 seasons at Sky Blue before being released in May 2018. She was then contacted by West Ham United shortly after and picked up by the 1st division club in England. After waiting for her Irish citizenship to be official in September 2018, she was finally able to sign for West Ham and is now currently a starter for the Irons on the backline.