EvelChat

EvelChat

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EvelChat episodes

  • EvelChat #16 “Cells See Signals”: A Chat with Dr. Matt Jordan, PhD

    In this episode of EvelChat Derek & one of the top strength & sport performance experts in the world have their 1st chat about all things muscle, strength & periodization related.

    You can find Matt’s bio here:

    http://www.jordanstrength.com/meet-matt-jordan/

    Topics:

    • “1st Principles” of sport science knowledge & keeping up with new information
    • Using dual force plates & stumbling upon mentors Per Aagaard & Walter Hertzog
    • Mentor Charles Poliquin
    • Learning & absorbing information
    • Adding sarcomeres & the lengthening of muscle fibers through resistance training
    • Understanding lengthening muscle actions
    • Muscle architectural changes & pennation angle 
    • Common sense approaches to nutrition & performance
    • Relative Energy Deficiency in sport
    • Fat coaches
    • Fatigue & adaptation: low vs. high frequency fatigue, proof for the efficacy of periodization, Yuri Verkhoshansky, Complex vs. other training methods
    • Means vs. systems in training applications
    • “if you had one get out of jail free card…”

    2 hr 18 min
  • EvelChat #15: "The Hammer": A Chat with Don Babbitt
    Welcome to my 2nd EvelChat with US / Georgia throws coach Don Babbitt. This podcast is heavy on the hammer, with some general discussion about Don's former athletes at the beginning.
    - Reese Hoffa, massage, the Rubik’s Cube & my kitchen
    - Coaching Adam Nelson & Reese Hoffa
    - The SuperGroup
    - Changing faulty “go-to” moves and the relevance of timelines
    - Drilling vs. the intent to throw
    - The Hammer & the Pole Vault as cousins
    - Using drills in hammer training
    - The importance of single support competence
    - Balance in turns 3 & 4
    - Anticipation of double support & force applications in the hammer
    - Heel turn entries vs. toe turn entries
    - Positioning in single support
    - The importance of the entry as a setup for the throw
    - Bondarchuk, Sedych & teaching hammer technique
    - Interpreting foreign cues & instruction
    - Understanding & interpreting foreign translations in technical writings
    - Insights regarding Koji Murofushi’s training & technique
    2 hr 1 min
  • EvelChat #14 "US High School Endurance Running": A Chat with John O' Malley
    John O’Malley began coaching cross country & track at Carl Sandburg High School in 2003. His cross country teams have qualified for the Illinois State Meet every year since 2003 - including State champs in 2015 and runner-ups in 2014. He is the only U.S. high school coach with two different Foot Locker national cross country champions - Dylan Jacobs in 2017 and Lukas Verzbicas in 2009 & 2010. His 4 x 800 meter relay teams have been All-State every year since 2012 - including first place finishes in 2015, 2016 and 2018 and runner-up finishes in 2014 and 2017. His 2016 team holds the 4 x 800 Illinois State meet record with a time of 7:37.36.
    In this EvelChat John & Derek discuss many issues around the topic of endurance training for high school athletes, including:
    Objectives and views of coaching at various levels of coaching in the United States
    Priorities in high school coaching
    Proper developmental protocols vs. optimal training for success in high school
    Metabolic vs mechanical / speed approaches in endurance training
    Volume as a base metric for high school endurance coaches
    Demands & stresses on the US high school athlete
    Beginning a grade 9 endurance athlete
    Polar approaches to training in endurance training
    Using extended endurance runs
    Being “fast” vs. being “fit”
    Balancing being competitive against providing appropriate programming
    Long term impact of “The Grindfest” vs. prioritizing rest
    The realities of preparing US distance runners for collegiate competitive demands
    Culture vs. instruction in the US educational system
    The realities of child preparation post-COVID
    The problems with classic stage loaded / metabolic-only approaches in endurance training
    John’s approach to 800m training
    800m training in US high schools
    Organizing extended runs in training
    1 hr 51 min
  • EvelChat #13 "Speed Training": A Chat with Stu McMillan
    In this episode of EvelChat Derek and Stu discuss Stu’s approach to sprint training.
    Topics include:
    • Tempo running vs. specific sprint training
    • Dribble progressions as an alternative to tempo training
    • Intensive vs. extensive tempo training
    • Competing for specific resources in training prescription
    • Making technical changes in experienced athletes
    • Paula Radcliffe & the risk of changing technical models in experienced athletes
    • The Intensive Tempo Debate
    • Our single biggest mistakes as coaches…
    1 hr 35 min
  • EvelChat #12 "The Throws General(ist)": A Chat with Don Babbitt
    Legendary US / NCAA (Georgia) Throws Coach Don Babbitt has a resume second to few in the throwing world. Coach of numerous NCAA, World & Olympic Medallists, he is perhaps best known as the guiding force behind Adam Nelson (Olympic & World Champion) & Reese Hoffa (World Champion, Olympic Bronze Medallist). This is an EvelChat for all coaches, regardless of event.
    Topics include:
    Captain Azimuth
    Don’s generalist background
    Charlie Sheen cheating off him in high school
    How a Polish Decathlete made a difference in Don’s life
    Western & Eastern European influences in his coaching
    Eastern European vs. Western athletes
    Where weight room strength fits into throwing training
    Assigning strength loads for athletes at different levels
    Hanging with Jurgen Schult, Udo Beyer & Ulf Timmerman
    Athleticism in throwing
    Differences in coaching Adam Nelson & Reese Hoffa
    Bondarchuk & strength for the shot put
    Developing max strength in a throwing program
    Strength and power vs execution
    Variable implement weight throwing
    Periodizing variable weight implements
    Separation of throwing weights
    Choosing implements for teaching technique
    2 hr 39 min
  • EvelChat #11 "The Eccentric Curve": A Chat with Dr. Mike Young
    In this episode of EvelChat Derek gets a few things off his mind & then discusses eccentric training with Dr. Mike Young of AthleticLab a sport training center in Carey, NC that works with athletes from all along the sport development continuum, from novice youth athletes to elite professionals. Mike's experience in Olympic & professional sport is hard to match, having worked with various pro sport teams as performance director, biomechanist & performance coach. Mike's full bio and his sprint acceleration lecture can be found at https://www.eveltraksport.com/courses/2019-icae-lecture-series-with-dr-mike-young-acceleration-mechanics
    For more information on eccentric training check out Mike's strength lecture at https://www.eveltraksport.com/courses/2019-icae-lecture-series-with-dr-mike-young-developing-strength-that-transfers-to-sport-performance
    Topics include:
    Why coaches should avoid insecurity, the definition of eccentric loading, isometric, eccentric & concentric movements & their relevance to sport movements, force-velocity applications in eccentric training, eccentric vs. concentric stimulus thresholds in training, reaching eccentric stimulus threshold vs. risk, dynamic eccentric loading, eccentrics & the F-V curve, eccentric training & its transfer to concentric strength, prerequisites & preparation for eccentric training, introducing shock loads, concentric-eccentric progressions in training, neural recruitment & adaptations from eccentrics, eccentric training & its effect on speed qualities, recovery & programming considerations in eccentric training, tracking measureables in eccentric training and examples of loading parameters.
    1 hr 21 min
  • EvelChat #10: "The Prepared Athlete" A Chat with Stu McMillan
    Our 10th Episode!!
    In this episode, my 4th with ALTIS CEO Stu McMillan, we discuss what a well-prepared athlete looks like and we begin our discussion on speed.
    Topics:
    Stu’s “Embrace the Suck” challenge, Derek’s eye-opening experience, smoothness, fluidity and flow in skill development, the “Adapt or Die” coaching mantra, strength maximization along the developmental continuum, the art of “bring ‘em back from the dead” coaching, the challenge of developmental coaching and the lack of rewards, sport parenting, the effect of COVID-19 and screens on the maturing athletic population, defining speed terms and the problems with sport training terminology, individual needs in speed development, Stu’s principles in loading athletes, how mechanics underpin loading decisions, volume / intensity / density / variability in training prescription and determining individual prescriptions in loading athletes.
    2 hr 2 min
  • EvelChat #9: "The Progression" A Chat with Dr. Mike Young of AthleticLab

    In this episode of EvelChat, Derek sits down with Dr. Mike Young of AthleticLab, a sport training center in Carey, NC that works with athletes from all along the sport development continuum, from novice youth athletes to elite professionals. Mike's experience in Olympic & professional sport is hard to match, having worked with various pro sport teams as performance director, biomechanist & performance coach. Mike's full bio and his sprint acceleration lecture can be found here.

    Topics include:

    Mike’s background, coaching pedigree & AthleticLab, hyper-specialization & modern issues around youth development, structured training vs. play & the realities of modern day life, AthleticLab’s youth progression development (‘LabRats’, ‘Scholastic Prep’ & ‘Scholastic’… Mike walks us through each stage), exercise & loading parameters in programming for youth athletes, ‘bad exercises’ & other absolutes, the importance of progressions, why ‘specialization’ is not a dirty word, fitness & movement competency in the general population, when early specialization & breaking the rules might matter, sport specialization vs. hyper-specificity vs. training specialization, the myth of the 10,000 hr. rule is some sports, sport parenting & appropriate environments / training for youth, mistakes in sport parenting, Mike’s advice for sport parents. This is a valuable discussion for anyone involved in youth athletics or sport in general.

    1 hr 43 min
  • EvelChat #8: "The Specialist & The Generalist" A Chat with Stu McMillan
    This is my third EvelChat with Altis CEO and world class speed coach Stu McMillan and it does not disappoint. In it we discuss different coaching styles approaches to prescribing training for athletes in a number of different contexts. Other topics include:
    Coaching knowledge and effectiveness, ‘Old School’ vs. ‘Science Based’ coaching, the relationship between a coach’s technical knowledge and coaching practice, less is more vs. paralysis by analysis, approaches to coaching creative vs. analytical athletes, coaching the individual, specialist vs. generalist coaching and systems, which turntable Matt should buy, the evolution of the S&C profession, the coordination of support services in a training program, specific workloads and their introduction in the training process, non-specific approaches to training high level athletes, Jamaican approaches to sprint training, individual beliefs and various approaches to prescribing training, the compression of specific abilities and examples of high volume skill work and the introduction of our new ‘Derek rambling’ critic…
    2 hr 9 min

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