GAINcast with Vern Gambetta

For the final episode in our series of interviews from the US Ski and Snowboard Association's Center of Excellence we sit down with the boss: high performance director Troy Taylor. Taylor discusses leading a high performance team, supporting coaches, and developing a culture across multiple sports, as well as his thoughts on various trends in training. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/11/gaincast-episode-44-high-performance-with-troy-taylor/

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Coaches have a near limitless inventory of exercises to select from and navigating this topic can be difficult since even two exercises that look nearly identical can cause vastly different adaptations in an athlete. On this week's episode we give some suggestion on how to evaluate the application of an exercise to your goals by focusing on the function. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/12/gaincast-episode-43-focus-on-function/

Details about GAIN 2017 have just been released. Join us from June 13 to 17 in Houston. Learn more and sign up at http://www.thegainnetwork.com/

Coaches have a near limitless inventory of exercises to select from and navigating this topic can be difficult since even two exercises that look nearly identical can cause vastly different adaptations in an athlete. On this week's episode we give some suggestion on how to evaluate the application of an exercise to your goals by focusing on the function. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/12/gaincast-episode-43-focus-on-function/

Details about GAIN 2017 have just been released. Join us from June 13 to 17 in Houston. Learn more and sign up at http://www.thegainnetwork.com/

On this week's episode we continue to put together highlights from Vern's recent trip to the US Ski and Snowboard Association's Center of Excellence. Combining sport and science can be a difficult balance and guest Bill Sands joins Vern to talk about the approach that made him a pioneer in recovery and monitoring. Currently the sport technologist at the US Ski and Snowboard Association, Sands has a wide range of experience with several organizations and shares his best practices for sports science, big data, monitoring, evidence-based training and, of course, technology. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/12/gaincast-episode-42-use-the-data-with-bill-sands/

Details about GAIN 2017 have just been released. Learn more and sign up at http://www.thegainnetwork.com/

On this week's episode we continue to put together highlights from Vern's recent trip to the US Ski and Snowboard Association's Center of Excellence. Combining sport and science can be a difficult balance and guest Bill Sands joins Vern to talk about the approach that made him a pioneer in recovery and monitoring. Currently the sport technologist at the US Ski and Snowboard Association, Sands has a wide range of experience with several organizations and shares his best practices for sports science, big data, monitoring, evidence-based training and, of course, technology. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/12/gaincast-episode-42-use-the-data-with-bill-sands/

Details about GAIN 2017 have just been released. Learn more and sign up at http://www.thegainnetwork.com/

Next year will mark the 10th edition of GAIN. On this week's episode we reveal next year's faculty, give an overview of what GAIN is about, and walk you through a day at GAIN. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/12/gaincast-episode-41-gain-time/

You can also sign up for GAIN 2017 at http://www.thegainnetwork.com/

Next year will mark the 10th edition of GAIN. On this week's episode we reveal next year's faculty, give an overview of what GAIN is about, and walk you through a day at GAIN. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/12/gaincast-episode-41-gain-time/

You can also sign up for GAIN 2017 at http://www.thegainnetwork.com/

Last month Vern visited the US Ski and Snowboard Association's Center of Excellence in Park City, Utah. While there he had a chance to sit down with their performance staff to share experiences, ideas and more. This is the first in a series of episodes from his visit. In this episode Vern has a roundtable chat with coaches Mike Bahn, Tracy Fober, Tschana Schiller and Michael Bingaman. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/11/gaincast-episode-40-visiting-the-ussa-center-of-excellence/

This episode if brought to you by HMMR Media (www.hmmrmedia.com) and GAIN (www.thegainnetwork.com). Join Martin, Nick Garcia and sprint coach Joe McNab at an upcoming athletic development seminar in Los Angeles on December 17. Learn more and sign up here: www.hmmrmedia.com/store/seminars-and-consulting/los-angeles-athletic-development-seminar/

Last month Vern visited the US Ski and Snowboard Association's Center of Excellence in Park City, Utah. While there he had a chance to sit down with their performance staff to share experiences, ideas and more. This is the first in a series of episodes from his visit. In this episode Vern has a roundtable chat with coaches Mike Bahn, Tracy Fober, Tschana Schiller and Michael Bingaman. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/11/gaincast-episode-40-visiting-the-ussa-center-of-excellence/

This episode if brought to you by HMMR Media (www.hmmrmedia.com) and GAIN (www.thegainnetwork.com). Join Martin, Nick Garcia and sprint coach Joe McNab at an upcoming athletic development seminar in Los Angeles on December 17. Learn more and sign up here: www.hmmrmedia.com/store/seminars-and-consulting/los-angeles-athletic-development-seminar/

Knowing about speed is one thing, but teaching it is something else. This is where the art of coaching comes into play. On this week's episode Vern walks us through what he would do on the first day of speed training with a new group of athletes. It's a great look into the mind of a coach to see how they put together their session and why. For links and more information about this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/11/gaincast-episode-39-teaching-speed/

This episode if brought to you by HMMR Media (www.hmmrmedia.com) and GAIN (www.thegainnetwork.com). Join Martin, Nick Garcia and sprint coach Joe McNab at an upcoming athletic development seminar in Los Angeles on December 17. Learn more and sign up here: www.hmmrmedia.com/store/seminars-and-consulting/los-angeles-athletic-development-seminar/