Elitefts SPP Mark McLaughlin Interview

Mark McLaughlin

Physical Preperation Coach

Owner of Performance Training Center

Topics Covered in this Podcast

Mark's Journey

Catastrophic injuries in youth athletics

3 cases that got Mark's attention to research training

Individual Training to Volunteer to Facility Owner

Assessments

Extensive medical questionnaire

Subjective information form athlete: What are your goals

Omegawave assessments

Warm-up and performance testing

Sports Specific Conditioning

Strength Assessments

How much time are they willing to train?

Balancing the athletes schedule with training

Number of games, fitness level, particular team or coach

Communication with Sport Coaches

Educating parents and the athletes to avoid

The Training is only one part of it

Recovering is a crucial aspect

Recovery need s to be individualized and personalized

Recovery becoming natural

Avoid glycolytic and lactic environments

Allowing athletes to recover naturally

HRV Fight or Flight vs. Rest and Relax

Training Youth Athletes

Ban AAU Basketball and youth club sport games

Educate coaches and parents

A Platform for the education process

Can science give us the data we need

Governing bodies

Long Term Athletic Development Model

The coaches don't have the tools to manage the process

Education for when is the right and wrong time

Differences between males and females

The Formula 1 Analogy

HRV and other technology

Charlie Francis observation of Ben Johnson

Jay Schroeder Auto-regulation

Coaches becoming great listeners

Technology to embody the mission statement

Buddy Morris, Tom Myslinski and the Omega Wave

Observation plus training methodologies

Learn from other coaches and how they implement their programs

Athlete Buy-In

Quality trumps quantity

Reducing Injuries in Athletes

Educating parents and athletes on playing sport year-round

Reducing games = reducing injuries

Consistency of being active

Helmets on before 9th grade?

Concussions reducing exposures

Best practices in terms of techniques

 What Athletes Need to Work on

Running technique can fix itself depending on age

Jumping, landing, bounding, etc

Strength training: single leg bodyweight movement first

Squat, Deadlift, Depth Jumps, etc. when the athlete is ready

Its not the exercises but how they are integrated

The best advice for young coaches

Be extremely open on everything

Best practices of the most successful companies

Develop a deep passion for learning

Communication by embodies your values and must connect with a multitude of work

The Mark McLaughlin File

Founder of Performance Training Center. Mark attended college at the College of Sante’Fe in New Mexico. He is a native Oregonian currently living in Portland. His passion of all athletics flourished throughout his teen years. He participated and competed on various teams and in a variety of sports. Through his years of participation in sports and later in his education, Mark developed a deep commitment not just to sport but also to the complete well being of the athlete. This passion and commitment leads to continual self-education in the field of athletic performance enhancement. Mark has been active in the field of athletic performance enhancement since 1997. Mark has trained over 700 athletes on every competitive level ranging from Olympic, professional (NFL, MLB, CFL), college, high school and grade school athletes. As well as working with individual athletes, Mark works and consults with professional organizations (NFL, MLB, NBA), NCAA universities, high school, club, and youth sport organizations. In addition to Mark’s training and consulting services, he conducts speaking engagements with various organizations locally, nationally as well as internationally.

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