Adam is currently a Professor and Coordinator for Sports Science at the University of Vermont.

This episode is from the archive in 2018, when Adam was working for the New York Rangers of the NHL as a Performance Analyst.

Show Notes:

3:40 - Role of a sports performance analyst

5:45 - Quantifying physiological stress, role of heart rate

10:30 - Projecting stress levels, practice stress

13:00 - Communication with players

15:30 - Coaches' receptiveness to the science

19:00 - Balance point of optimum physiological performance

21:05 - Application to amateur athletics

25:30 - Youth specialization in sports

30:20 - When to start specializing

32:30 - Where the field is headed

Quotes:

29:20 : "One would think that specializing in a single sport would increase your likelihood for becoming a pro in that sport....when it actually increases your susceptibility for injury and the likelihood that you'll drop out or get burned out by the sport, and decreases the likelihood that you'll actually become a professional in that sport"

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