HSSC 60: How to be a Flexible Strength Coach with Garson Skelton Harker Heights Texas

I talk with Garson Skelton from Harker Heights High school out in Texas. Had a chance to talk with coach over the weekend at the National high school strength coach association national conference down in Atlanta. Coach Skelton has a unique situation he is in being located right next to Fort Hood and having to deal with Military kids coming and going all the time. He needs to be ready for new athletes all the time at varying training ages. We talk about programming, motivation, being flexible, how to get the most out of your athletes and more. Very interesting stuff. Garson Skelton is in his 3rd year at Harker Heights High School.  He started his coaching career assisting the strength and conditioning staff at Baylor University in 2009, primarily working with Men and Women’s Basketball Teams. He also spent time working in the Exercise Biochemical Nutrition Laboratory. In 2011 he spent time at the University of Houston assisting their strength staff during the offseason for football, volleyball, women’s basketball, and swimming. Coach Skelton attended Baylor University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s degree in exercise physiology. He currently holds his CSCS with the NSCA, as well as completed the certification requirements of the Level 1 Olympic Lifting Coach through USA Weightlifting, and as the requirements to be a certified sports nutritionist with the ISSN. Contact Coach Skelton: email: [email protected] twitter: personal: www.twitter.com/wgskelton twitter: Knight Strength: www.twitter.com/Knight_Strength   My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching.  Thanks for checking out the website.  It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes.  This is why I created this podcast. I hope  you find it useful and valuable!  Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com  Contact me at [email protected] Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes and Google Play as well as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.  Thank you very much if you have already left a rating and feedback, I appreciate it greatly!