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Episode 224: Paudie Roche - LTAD, coaching, and life!

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This episodes guest is Paudie Roche!


Paudie Roche is the Head Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach for Arsenal Football club, a position he has held for the past 3 seasons. For 3 years prior to this he was the Lead U.9-U.16 coach and was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Physical Development Framework for the Academy. Currently he leads the physical development programme for the U.18 and U.23 squads and works alongside 3 Strength & Conditioning coaches to implement an industry leading programme.

Prior to working at Arsenal Paudie gained considerable experience in a number of sports and in 2008 began work for the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) as the Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach for Munster Rugby. During his time at Munster he was fortunate to also hold the position of Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for the National Team and prepared players for the 2011 RBS 6 Nations and the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In his last season with the IRFU he was awarded the title of Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Irish U.20 Squad whom competed in the 2013 6 Nations and Junior World Cup Competitions.

Paudie holds a Master’s Degree from Edith Cowan University as well as accreditations from the National Strength and Conditioning Association of America, the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association and the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association.

In 2015 for his work in Youth Sport, Paudie was awarded the Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year for Youth Sport by the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association

 On this episode Paudie and I discuss:

  • Paudies background
  • I ask Paudie if he would like to do a PhD?
  • I ask Paudie to describe the day to day process at Arsenal's academy
  • I ask Paudie how he communicates and works with the technical and tactical coaches at the academy
  • I ask Paudie about monitoring 
  • We discuss the importance of making the process stimulating
  • I ask Paudie about Arsenals LTAD model -The Arsenal Arrow
  • I ask Paudie about his own self-management
  • I ask Paudie for his top and current book recommendations
  • Paudie and I discuss the importance of mental training
  • I ask Paudie if he only had one year left on planet earth, how would he spend that year and why?
  • I ask Paudie about his learning process
  • I ask Paudie, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why?


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

    Stay Strong,

    RB

     

    Show Notes:

    Website - Linkedin

    Twitter - @coach_roche_

    Facebook - Padraig Roche

    Email - [email protected]

     

    Podcasts Mentioned:

    Pacey Performance Podcast #228 - Paudie Roche (Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach at Arsenal FC)

    Pacey Performance Podcast #235 - Paudie Roche (Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach at Arsenal Football Club)

    Mind Muscle Project - EP 181 - DO YOU HAVE TO COUNT YOUR MACROS FOREVER? WITH ADEE CAZAYOUX FROM WAG

     

    Videos Mentioned:

    Bruce Arians A Football Life


    Books Mentioned:

    The Organized Mind


    Shoedog 

    First man in

    James Pattern Books

    High Performance Training for Sports


    The Strength & Conditioning Coach's Guide to Microsoft Excel

     

    People and Resources Mentioned:

    Arsenal Football Club

    Munster Rugby

    Des Ryan

    Mark McManus

    Fergal O'Callaghan 


    Aidan O'Connell

    Edith Cowan University


    Cork Institute of Technology 

    ASCA


    NSCA

    UKSCA

    Setanta College

    David Howarth


    Aaron Coutts

    Liam Hennessy

    Greg Lincoln

    Ken Gillard

    Niall O'Connor

    Steve Bould

    Noel Carroll

    Per Mertesacker

    Dan Pfaff

    Declan Kidney

    Phil Morrow

    Functional Movement Systems

    Krystian Bielik

    Perry Stewart

    Sean Cummings

    Gary Schofield


    Bruce Arians

    Joe Gibbs

    Leonardo di Vinci

    Adee Cazayoux

    Mladen Jovanovic

    Excel Tricks for Sports

    John Lythe

    Morgan Freeman 

    David Attenborough


    Graham Norton


     

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