CVASPS The Podcast

“Magnesium is the new vitamin D.”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at [email protected] or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

Today I get the pleasure of sitting down and discussing in season training in the National Hockey League with the San Jose Sharks Mike Potenza. After a quick rundown of how he got to the league and the Sharks we start diving right into the evolution of his in season training program. Mike has evolved it to a year long developmental model, and he shares how this program evolved and with what their focuses are and how he structures his training blocks. Next, Mike discusses how they evaluate the athletes, how often they evaluate them, and who gets access to the information to make sure the athletes are moving the the right direction. This leads him into how the warm up he uses with his guys is the backbone of all of their training where they check a lot of boxes to make sure the guys are best prepped and take care of. With all the travel in the western conference, Mike then discusses what’s involved in making sure the guys are good to go with all the travel and issues usually associated with it. Mike finishes off by sharing with us where the most important parts of nutrition and recovery he sees with todays athletes.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

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#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“If you can’t provide them with what they’re asking for you’re probably in the wrong position.”

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com

As a strength and conditioning coach we are in a support role, but all to often when we are questioned we get quite defensive. In this weeks My Thoughts Monday I share my thoughts as to how I see this idea of coaches providing input, and how we can be better at taking these critiques to help improve our athletes at a greater level.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!

The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“If you can’t provide them with what they’re asking for you’re probably in the wrong position.”

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com

As a strength and conditioning coach we are in a support role, but all to often when we are questioned we get quite defensive. In this weeks My Thoughts Monday I share my thoughts as to how I see this idea of coaches providing input, and how we can be better at taking these critiques to help improve our athletes at a greater level.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!

The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“Without objective data you’re just person with an opinion”

“You can always change your methods, you can never change your principles.”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at [email protected] or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

We are rejoined by Kentucky’s Dr. Chris Morris to discuss some real world situations that a rise being in the “performance science” world. After a quick catch up with Doc, Chris gets right into some of the strategies he has had some good success with, and the reasons he feels they were successful. He then is open enough to share with us some of the areas and situations where he has had issues with different portions of the “science” area of athletics, including how he found his role and position in the department in Lexington and the steps he took to get there. These four values are what drive his direction at UK. These values have changed how they assess the athletes, develop programs, monitor the process, and communicate through out the department. Included in this is an awesome way they profile their football players to make sure progress is made and increases buy in. Dr. Morris finishes off by sharing some strategies they are utilizing at UK to communicate the data with athletes that is becoming very successful to help push improve performance. We finish off with Dr. Morris giving his one piece of advice he would give to me if he could go back 10 years and help me build a program.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining,
#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“Without objective data you’re just person with an opinion”

“You can always change your methods, you can never change your principles.”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at [email protected] or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

We are rejoined by Kentucky’s Dr. Chris Morris to discuss some real world situations that a rise being in the “performance science” world. After a quick catch up with Doc, Chris gets right into some of the strategies he has had some good success with, and the reasons he feels they were successful. He then is open enough to share with us some of the areas and situations where he has had issues with different portions of the “science” area of athletics, including how he found his role and position in the department in Lexington and the steps he took to get there. These four values are what drive his direction at UK. These values have changed how they assess the athletes, develop programs, monitor the process, and communicate through out the department. Included in this is an awesome way they profile their football players to make sure progress is made and increases buy in. Dr. Morris finishes off by sharing some strategies they are utilizing at UK to communicate the data with athletes that is becoming very successful to help push improve performance. We finish off with Dr. Morris giving his one piece of advice he would give to me if he could go back 10 years and help me build a program.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining,

#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“I really think it is ok for us to believe that we absolutely can have as much of an impact on winning as we choose to.”

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com

Coppin State’s Chris Hays joins us this week to piggy back off of Episode #89 with his views of our impact as a profession on the outcomes of competition. At the present we, as a profession as a whole, deflect the blame when we are not successful to things like recruiting, instead of, where Chris see’s us going, taking on more responsibilities to make sure that we help drive better results.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!

The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“I really think it is ok for us to believe that we absolutely can have as much of an impact on winning as we choose to.”

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com

Coppin State’s Chris Hays joins us this week to piggy back off of Episode #89 with his views of our impact as a profession on the outcomes of competition. At the present we, as a profession as a whole, deflect the blame when we are not successful to things like recruiting, instead of, where Chris see’s us going, taking on more responsibilities to make sure that we help drive better results.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!

The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“These principles, no matter who you are, will never ever vary by kind, only by need. Really it’s the application of principles that change, not the principles themselves.”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at [email protected] or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

Tyler Ray joins us to discuss methods to evaluate and improve your athletes vertical jumping skills in this weeks edition of The Podcast. After a quick run down of his background Tyler gets right into sharing how he evaluates jumping technique and evaluates specific parts of the skill itself, including some terminology he utilizes at PPA. He then shares with us the incorporation of strength training, explosive work (jumps and plyos) and technique work together. Coach Ray finishes off sharing with us how he quantifies the jumps and looks at the numbers to drive training and increase jumping performance. Make sure you checkout and follow his IG @projectpureathlete, and subscribe to his YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/projectpureathlete Here’s a link to video he mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgPImK_zEyM


We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining,
#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“These principles, no matter who you are, will never ever vary by kind, only by need. Really it’s the application of principles that change, not the principles themselves.”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at [email protected] or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

Tyler Ray joins us to discuss methods to evaluate and improve your athletes vertical jumping skills in this weeks edition of The Podcast. After a quick run down of his background Tyler gets right into sharing how he evaluates jumping technique and evaluates specific parts of the skill itself, including some terminology he utilizes at PPA. He then shares with us the incorporation of strength training, explosive work (jumps and plyos) and technique work together. Coach Ray finishes off sharing with us how he quantifies the jumps and looks at the numbers to drive training and increase jumping performance. Make sure you checkout and follow his IG @projectpureathlete, and subscribe to his YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/projectpureathlete Here’s a link to video he mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgPImK_zEyM

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining,

#SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics

“If we are improving performance then the byproducts of decreased injuries, increased strength, size, power, aerobic, anaerobic endurance, whatever they may be, are going to take care of themselves.”

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com

The role of the strength and conditioning coach is something that has been a bit of an unknown for quite some time. In this week My Thoughts Monday I discuss a bit of the history of our vocation and where I’ve seen some curves and turns away from where the initial reason for training came from in the first place, to improve performance.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!

The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

#StrengthCoach, #StrengthAndConditioningCoach, #Podcast, #LearningAtLunch, #TheSeminar, #SportsTraining, #PhysicalPreparation, #TheManual, #SportTraining, #SportPerformance, #HumanPerformance, #StrengthTraining, #SpeedTraining, #Training, #Coach, #Performance, #Sport, #HighPerformance, #VBT, #VelocityBasedTraining, #TriphasicTraining, #Plyometrics