The Robbie Bourke Podcast

Episode 260: Anthony Donskov - Coaching, training models, and learning

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This episode's guest is Anthony Donskov.

Anthony Donskov is the founder and head performance coach at Donskov Strength and Conditioning. He’s also the author of two books; Physical Preparation for Hockey: Biological Principles and Practical solutions, and The Gain, Go, Grow Manual: Programming for High Performance Hockey Players. 


Anthony hold's an undergraduate degree from Miami University, Ohio, a Masters Degree in Exercise Science from The California University, PA, and PhD in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from Western University, London, Ontario. 

 

On this episode Anthony and I discuss:

  • Anthony's background?
  • What was Anthony's PhD dissertation in?
  • Why did Anthony go from a business education to a career in strength and conditioning
  • Anthony's biggest influences?
  • Why is Anthony a coach?
  • I ask Anthony about coaching burn-out
  • Anthony's shares with us his training model
  • I ask Anthony about elastic-reactive strength development with ice-hockey players
  • How does Anthony Learn?
  • Anthony's top and current book recommendations
  • If Anthony could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why?

    • This was a great discussion with Anthony and I hope you guys really enjoy it.


    Stay Strong,
    RB

    Show Notes:

    Website - donskovsc.com

    Facebook - Anthony Donskov

    Twitter - @AnthonyDonskov

    Instagram - anthonydonskov

     

    Podcasts Mentioned:

    The Pinnacle Performance Podcast 2. Q&A - My Story, Top 3 Things Young Coaches can do to Get Ahead, Building a Business, & Biggest Mistakes of my Career

    ATSW - Episode 55: Interview with Buddy Morris

    Renegades: Born in the USA 

     

    Books Mentioned: 

    Physical Preparation for Ice Hockey

    The Gain, Go, Grow Manual: Programming for High Performance Hockey Players

    Force: The Biomechanics of Training

    The Tyranny of Metrics

    Nutrition and Physical Degeneration 

    Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics

    Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach

    Man's Search for Meaning 

     

    People and Resources Mentioned:

    The High Performance Hockey MasterClass

    Westside Barbell

    Mike Boyle

    EXOS

    Conor Harris

    Chris Poulin

    Jen Poulin

    John McMahon

    St. Mary's University - MSc Strength and Conditioning 

    Dan Dalrymple 

    Fergus Connolly

    Dan Pfaff

    Brett Bartholomew

    Joe "House" Kenn

    Hawkin Dynamics

    Devan McConnell

    Jim Reeves

    Anatoliy Bondarchuk

    Derek Evely

    Martin Bissinger

    James "The Thinker" Smith 

    Yuri Verkhoshansky 

    Frans Bosch

    Charlie Francis

    Buddy Morris

    Stu McMillan

    Karl Popper

    Tupac Shakur 

    Bruce Springsteen

    Dan Cleather 

    Aaron Haspel

    ...more
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