GAINcast with Vern Gambetta

Sasha Rearick is turning a corner in his career. After a decade as head U.S. men's alpine coach and two decades with the federation, he's starting a new job guiding on of the world's top ski academies. He's bringing with him all the experience and lessons he's learned throughout his career and joins this week's podcast to discuss the demands of skiing and his approach to preparing the world's top skiers.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/06/gaincast-episode-217-at-the-apex-with-sasha-rearick/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. We just announced the lineup for next season starting in July 2021 and opened up registration. You can learn more here.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
• You can follow Rearick on Instagram (@sasharearick) and learn more about Apex 2100 on their website, or follow them on Instagram (@apex2100).
• We have had several other ski and snow sport guests on the GAINcast and HMMR Podcast in the past, including USSA High Performance Director Troy Taylor on GAINcast 44, a USSA roundtable on GAINcast 40, and ski academy founder Finn Gundersen on GAINcast 114. In addition, HMMR Podcast 222 looked at cross-country ski preparation with coach Tschana Schiller, HMMR Podcast 125 visited with USSA coach Tracy Fober, and HMMR Podcast 144 shared their setup for the 2018 Olympics.
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Every coach make mistakes, and some mistakes we all make over and over again. On this week's GAINcast, we talk about eight common traps coaches fall into and how coaches can avoid them.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/05/gaincast-episode-216-coaching-errors/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. We just announced the lineup for next season and opened up registration. You can learn more here.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
• Vern also shared some training do's and don'ts in two blog posts here and here.
• If you're looking for some practical tips to improve you coaching check out GAINcast 129 with tips for young coaches and GAINcast 30 on coaching shortcuts. Polarized training was also discussed in several of the errors. You can learn more about that topic from Stephen Seiler in GAINcast 188.
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We're changing things up on this week's episode. Rather than sharing a coaching perspective, we're looking at sport through the eyes of a former athlete, sports businesswoman, and daughter . . . not just any daughter, Vern's daughter. Kristen Gambetta Anderson joins this week's podcast to discuss her own under rated path through sport, her work in sports business, and provides a new perspective on Vern as a coach and father.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/05/gaincast-episode-215-peanut-with-kristen-gambetta-anderson/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. Sign up now to get access to all past and future events in the series.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
• You can follow Gambetta Anderson on Twitter (@kgambetta) and Instagram (@kgambetta).

We all talk about good coaching and see to know it when we see it, but often we are lost for words when asked to describe it. On this week's GAINcast we dive into coaching excellence by defining it, sharing examples from our own experiences, exploring how coaches get better, and looking at how different components contribute to success.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/04/gaincast-episode-214-the-good-coach/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. Sign up now to get access to all past and future events in the series.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
• Coaching excellence has been a topic on several past GAINcasts: GAINcast 158 on the characteristics of coaching excellence, GAINcast 144 on the pillars of coaching with Frank Dick, and GAINcast 50 on serial winning coaches with Sergio Lara-Bercial.
• A lot of resources from Wade Gilbert also look at improving your coaching, including GAIN Video 15: Good coaching – bad coaching and his interviews on GAINcast 7 and GAINcast 121.
• An example of coaching excellence from the athlete's point of view was discussed recently on HMMR Podcast HMMR Podcast 245, where six former athletes of Anatoli Bondarchuk shared anecdotes and discussed his style of coaching.
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Americans might not recognize the name Ellyse Perry, but she is perhaps the most successful and versatile athlete in the world currently. She has made the World Cup in two different sports, and was recently named the top women's cricketer in the world of the past decade. She shares an athlete's perspective to this week's podcast, discussion her own career path, approach to athletic development, and more.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/04/gaincast-episode-213-the-all-rounder-with-ellyse-perry/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. This month we'll look at training and rehabilitating the shoulder. Sign up now to get access to all past and future events in the series.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
• You can follow Perry on Instagram (@ellyseperry) and Twitter (@ellyseperry). You can also learn a bit more about her background on her webpage.
• The recent documentary 'The Record' tells the story of the Australian team's journey at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. You can watch the trailer here, or stream it on Amazon Prime.
• Perry has worked with Dean Benton recently. You can learn more from Benton on GAINcast 186. We've also done a couple of written interviews with him on rest, recovery and travel, tactical periodization, and using technology to integrate testing, training, and teaching.

We've been exploring speed training this month on both the GAIN Master Class and HMMR Media site. On this week's GAINcast we share our own thoughts on sprinting, including some recurring themes that have come up this month around mechanics, resisted sprint training, planning, and more.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/03/gaincast-episode-212-speed-to-the-max/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. If you missed this month's class on training speed with Vern, Brian FitzGerald, and Jimmy Radcliffe, you can sign up still to watch the replay or subscribe to the entire series to get access to all past and future events in the series.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
• New speed articles up on HMMR Media: What sprint coaches can teach us about speed training by Martin Bingisser, Speed 101: The essence of it by Vern Gambetta, How to start out in teaching the sprint start by Martin Bingisser, Coaching speed for children by James Marshall.
• New speed videos up on HMMR Media: Video Lesson 27: History of sprint training with PJ Vazel and GAIN Video 17: Soccer speed with Vern Gambetta.
• Previous GAINcasts about speed include GAINcast 211 on speed for kids, GAINcast 164 on team speed, GAINcast 139 with Brian FitzGerald, GAINcast 115 on training speed, GAINcast 89 on the science of speed with Peter Weyand, GAINcast 39 on teaching speed, GAINcast 21 on linear speed with Ken Clark, and GAINcast 16 on speed.
• We've got plenty more speed content in our archives as well. You can find our top speed related content here.

If running is a natural movement, then how come so many adults have poor running mechanics? Children can only develop skills in activities that they do, and therefore coaches and parents have to help them find the right activities that will nudge them in the right direction. On this week's GAINcast, James Marshall joins us to share his approach to coaching speed for children, as well as the role of testing in PE and youth athletics, ground-based agility, and details on his upcoming GAIN PE courses.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/03/gaincast-episode-211-speed-for-kids-with-james-marshall/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. This month we'll have three experts share three perspectives on speed training. Sign up now to get access to all past and future events in the series.
• Marshall is a host of the upcoming GAIN PE workshops on ground-based agility and grappling and post-pandemic PE. His co-host Andy Stone also contributed to HMMR Classroom Video Lesson 19 on wrestling.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
• Marshall is a regular contributor to HMMR Media. You can read his most recent article on coaching speed for children, and find his other articles here.
• You can get even more resources from Marshall on the Excelsior Group webpage. You can also find him on Twitter (@CoachExcelsior) and Instagram (@excelsioradclub).
• Marshall was previously a guest on GAINcast 160 and HMMR Podcast 175.

Recently, it seems everyone has discovered the value of sleep. While we all know intuitively how important sleep can be, the science of sleep in sport has been slow to follow. Pat Byrne was a pioneer of developing sleep and fatigue programs in sports. On this week's GAINcast he discusses what we know about sleep, and busts a few myths about sleep as well.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/03/gaincast-episode-210-sleep-science-with-pat-byrne/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. Sign up now to get access to all past and future events in the series.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more.
• If you want to dive into this topic more, read Inconvenient Sleep: Why Teams Win and Lose by Byrne and his daughter Suzanne Byrne. You can follow Byrne on Twitter (@sleepsports) and learn more about his consultive practice on his website.
• We have several articles on sleep in our archives: the science of sleep, sleep and stress, sleep and recovery, and creating sleep habits.

Following a strength training template is easy. Taking it, making it your own, and adapting it to your program is the hard part. It's an art, and one that Nick Garcia has mastered. On this week's podcast he joins us to talk about a case study of how he took and integrated elements of the 1x20 methods to meet the needs of one sport. We also talk about post-lockdown training considerations and returning to competition.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/02/gaincast-episode-209-genesis-of-a-program-with-nick-garcia/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. If you like today's podcast, you'll like this month's class. Nick Garcia will dive deeper into the genesis of his program at Notre Dame High School. Sign up now to get access to all past and future events in the series.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more. The February site theme is microdosing, with more content on the topic coming soon.
• You can follow Garcia on Twitter (@nick_g_garcia) and Instagram (@nick_g_garcia). He is the co-host of the HMMR Podcast and has been a guest on GAINcast 206, GAINcast 150, GAINcast 98, and GAINcast 46.

We often think about the stimulus of key sessions or training phases. But more often than not adaptations come from the accumulation of training over the long-term. On this week's episode we look at the cumulative training effect, the role of small doses of training stimulus, and how to connect sessions together to enhance the cumulative effect.

For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/01/gaincast-episode-208-the-cumulative-training-effect/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

• Our monthly GAIN Master Class Series features speakers from all aspects of performance. The series continues in February with a look at developing your own programming from Nick Garcia. Sign up now to get access to all past and future events in the series.
• The GAINcast is also sponsored by HMMR Media. Join HMMR Media to get access to a vast library of online training resources, video, articles, podcasts, and more. The February site theme is microdosing, with more content on the topic coming soon.
• For an example of microdosing, check out our latest video with Bill Knowles: GAIN Video 16 Philadelphia Union Warmup. Knowles also discusses more about the philosophy behind his approach on HMMR Podcast Episode 124.
• GAINcast 146 also looks in more detail about microdosing and individual session design.
• For more from Seiler about red and green zones of training, listen to his interviews on GAINcast Episode 188 and GAINcast Episode 104.
• The set up concept was detailed last week in an article from Vern.