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Episode 211: Derek Hansen - The life of a high performance sport consultant

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This episodes guest is Derek Hansen from sprintcoach.com and strengthpowerspeed.com

Derek is an International Sport Performance Consultant that has been working with athletes of all ages and abilities in speed, strength and power sports since 1988. His coaching career started in Track and Field, providing instruction to sprinters of all ages eventually working with collegiate sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers. His career evolved rapidly working closely with some of the top performers in the world as a coach and a consultant – including Olympic medalists, world record holders, Canadian National team athletes, and professional athletes from numerous sports. He worked as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Simon Fraser University for 14 years, the first non-US member of the NCAA. He also serves as a performance consultant to numerous professional teams in the NFL, NBA, MLS and NHL, as well as major NCAA Division 1 programs throughout North America, specializing in speed development, strategic performance planning, return-to-competition protocols and neuromuscular electrical stimulation programming. Derek is asked to speak on speed development and high performance training on a regular basis for major events around the world and has also authored a number of books, chapters and journal articles on these subjects.


On this episode Derek and I discuss:

  • Whats new with Derek
  • I ask Derek - What is the role of a sports performance consultant?
  • I ask Derek what is his process when he consults
  • I ask Derek how does he deal with any staff who perceive him as a treat to their role?
  • I ask Derek how does he stay in communication with his clients
  • I ask Derek does he seek feedback on his own performance as a consultant?
  • I ask Derek about what strategies he puts in place tm manage his circadian rhythms, sleep, nutrition, and exercise when his travels?
  • I ask Derek about executing some high CNS stimuli on the low days of the high/low model
  • I ask Derek what, if any, objective feedback measurements did he use when applying the High/Low model
  • I ask Derek how did Charlie develop the High/Low model?
  • I ask Derek what is he currently reading?
  • I ask Derek if there is anything he does on a daily basis that is essential to his day?
  • I ask Derek what are the biggest things he has learned since we last spoke in 2015
  • I ask Derek how he learns
  • I ask Derek how can you decide if someone is an expert?
  • I ask Derek if he wasn't Canadian, where would be like to have been from?
  • I ask Derek how he time in NYC with Pat Davidson and Doug Kechijian
  • I ask Derek, if he only had one year left on planet earth, how would he spend that year and why?
  • I ask Derek, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead and alive, who would he invite and why?

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    This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!

    Stay Strong,

    RB

     

    Show Notes:

    Website - sprintcoach.com

    Website - strengthpowerspeed.com

    Facebook - Derek M. Hansen

    Twitter - @DerekMHansen

    Instagram - derekmhansen

    YouTube - Derek M Hansen

     

    Podcasts Mentioned:

    ATSW: Episode 197: Tim DiFrancesco - Professional sports, coaching burn-out, happiness, and fulfillment



    Videos Mentioned:

    Family Guy - Peter asks Macgyver for help


    Books Mentioned:

    High Performance Training for Sports

    Game Changer

    The System: Soviet Periodization Adapted for the American Strength Coach

     

    People and Resources Mentioned:

    Mike Boyle

    Fergus Connolly

    Bill Hartman

    Alwyn Cosgrove 

    David Joyce

    Daniel Lewindon


    Tim DiFrrancesco

    fatiguescience.com

    Jeff Zeilstra

    Buddy Morris


    Charlie Francis

    Dan Pfaff


    Chris Korfish

    Greg Rutherford

    Stu McMillian

    ALTIS

    Val Nasedkin

    Omegawave

    Marlon Brando

    Benicio del Toro

    Stella Adler

    Jack Nicholson

    Vladimir Issurin 


    Daniel Kahneman

    Angie Coon

    Al Vermeil


    Rob Panariello

    Johnny Parker

    Al Miller

    MacGyver

    Richard Dean Anderson

    Jack White

    Doug Kechijian


    Pat Davidson

    Bruce Lee

    Jim Croce

     

     

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    Certified Program Design Specialist

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