OAK PERFORMANCE RADIO

Coach Adam is joined today by Rockford Raptors Club Director, Nick Roman. Nick also helps coach the goalies and a couple of the clubs teams. 

Adam and Nick discuss how important being a well rounded athlete is for a decrease in sport injury, having fun and avoiding burnout during the seasons. 

Rockford Raptors established in 1994, since then they have sent over 300 athletes to go and play soccer at the college level, 3 players currently play in the MLS, 2x National Champions, National runner up in 2004 and 2005, and 5x regional champs. 

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Coach Adam sits down with Hononegah seniors Keira Shannon and Ella Jensen. Both girls are currently playing volleyball for the 182 team at VC- United. They will be continue their volleyball career in college. Keira will be attending Marietta College- Ohio (DIII) and Ella will be attending UW- Whitewater (DIII). 

Keira puts in the time on the court and in the gym and has made huge strides through the years. She understands that playing collegiate volleyball is not easy and is putting in all the hard work to make a big impact.

Ella has proven herself to be one of the hardest workers in the the gym. Her commitment to lifting and training has helped keep her healthy and one of the biggest jumpers in the gym. 

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Come join Coach Adam as he sits down with Coach Mackenzie Long - Director of Operations of the new volleyball club, Madtown Juniors, in Sun Prairie, WI. Mackenzie was recently an Assistant Coach at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Long joined the Badger volleyball staff as the team’s volunteer assistant coach during the summer of 2020. A native of Walworth, Wisconsin, Long comes to Wisconsin after serving as an assistant coach at Missouri S&T the last two seasons.In her two seasons at Missouri S&T, Long aided the Miners to a 36-25 record, including a 21-10 mark in 2019 to qualify for the Great Lakes Volleyball Conference tournament. S&T had one All-GLVC first-team honoree and two second-team all-conference selections during her tenure.Prior to joining the Miners, Long was a member of the coaching staff at High Performance STL Volleyball Club in St. Louis, since 2015. She served as an assistant coach from 2015-17 before being promoted to head coach prior to the start of the 2017-18 season, leading her Illinois High Performance 18 Elite team to a third-place national tournament finish.

A libero, Long was a four-year starter at Saint Louis University. She was selected to the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament All-Championship Team in 2016.  Long was also a two-time A10 Defensive Player of the Week, and concluded her Billiken career ranking among the program's top 20 career leaders in service aces with 130 and in digs with 1,441. She earned her bachelor's degree in sports business from SLU in 2018.

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Coach Adam and Coach Trace sit down and talk to Amber Rolfzen, 2x All-American Nebraska Volleyball and the newest addition to the VC- United Family.

Rolfzen started her volleyball career at University of Nebraska- Lincoln between 2013-2016. 

As a senior at Nebraska, Rolfzen took home AVCA Third-Team All-America honors; hitting .319 and averaging 1.38 blocks per set.  The Huskers reached the NCAA Final Four each of her final two seasons and she was an All-Big Ten pick both her junior and senior seasons. 

Following her colligate career, Rolfzen started her professional career in Europe for four years, making stops in Germany, France, and Italy. 

After her professional career she landed an assisstant coaching job at Bradley Volleyball. 

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Come join Coach Adam as he sits down with Penn University Assisstant Womens Volleyball Coach, Trevor Weiskircher, and hear all about how Penn University was the birth place for Sparta Science and how they still use it today in their volleyball program. 

Trevor Weiskircher was hired as an assistant coach with the women's volleyball program in July 2021. His first season on Penn's staff started with three straight wins, the Quakers winning their own Sheraton University City Invitational, and ended with the program's first true sweep of an Ivy League weekend since the 2012 season as Penn beat both Cornell and Columbia by 3-0 scores at The Palestra. Junior outside hitter Autumn Leak earned second-team All-Ivy honors as the Red and Blue exceeded preseason expectations.

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Adam sits down with Jackie Kirchner of Jackie Kirchner Nutrition and discusses working with runners and all things nutrition for runners!

Jackie is a registered dietitian who works with enthusiastic, dedicated distance runners who want to fuel their bodies better so they can improve endurance and fitness, increase energy, recover faster, and run better than ever.

As both a successful distance runner herself (having run dozens of road races and qualifying for the Boston Marathon 4 times!) and an expert in sports nutrition (with over 8 years of experience as a dietitian), Jackie is taking all her knowledge and experience on all things nutrition science and endurance athletics to bring YOU the tools you need to feel, fuel, and perform at your best.

Runners and endurance athletes who work with Jackie learn a process that will help them become the best athlete they can be. Chase a new distance. Get a new Personal Record. Heck, even go for a run and have the energy to walk the dog later in the day!

For more information about Jackie visit-

www.jackiekirchnernutrition.com

www.instagram.com/fuelbetter.runfaster

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ghTuhS5MgzI4v1lstt-Rw

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Jackie Kirchner Nutrition

Coach Adam sits down with Coach Alex Gibson, CEO of APG Strength, and talks about coaching athletes to be strong but mostly why coaching female athletes to be strong is very important.

Alex has been coaching youth athletes and adults since 2014. She has a passion for helping others unlock their potential mentally and physically.  Good coaching is an encompassing process that involves so much more than just coaching movement! Alex believes in coaching the whole person to help them achieve results they never thought possible.

If Alex is not coaching, you can likely find her outside hiking, trail running or mountain biking with her husband.

Check out APG Strength and Conditioning @

https://www.apgmethod.com/

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Adam sits down with Luke Summers of KidStrong! Luke is the Director of Programming for this booming start up!!!

KidStrong is a child development training center focused on brain, physical  & character development for ages walking through 11 years old. They offer a science-based curriculum that is parent-focused and taught by professionals. 

KidStrong uses the latest research to help kids develop resilience, independence, and self-worth. They use our "whole child" curriculum and affirmation to help empower kids to be the hero of their own story.

Check out all the awesomeness that Luke and the rest of the KidStrong crew are doing at www.kidstrong.com!

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Come join Coach Adam as he is joined by Katlyn Gao, CEO/Co-founder of League One Volleyball.

Adam and Katlyn talk how League one started, what it is, and the new direction VC United is taking by partnering with League One. 

League One Volleyball (LOVB, pronounced “love”) is a first-of-its-kind community re-imagining the future of volleyball.  We are launching our professional league from the grassroots up – each pro team built from a foundation of ambitious junior volleyball clubs located across the country.

Gao is an alum of Northwestern, Harvard Business School, Bain & Company, Coach, Sephora, and Lululemon, Katlyn contributes her experience leading iconic female centric consumer brands and her passion for female advancement.

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VC United Director Eric Schulze sits down with Coach Adam and discusses the awesome new opportunity by joining with League One Volleyball.

League One Volleyball (LOVB, pronounced “love”) is a first-of-its-kind community re-imagining the future of volleyball. We are launching our professional league from the grassroots up – each pro team built from a foundation of ambitious junior volleyball clubs located across the country.

By joining the LOVB family, junior volleyball clubs around the country expand opportunities for their athletes, including:

Eric spent 17 years with Club Fusion Volleyball where he served as the General Manager as well as the Director of Coaching & Player Development at the club's Marengo location. He began his career in 1997 at Sky High Volleyball in Crystal Lake. With ten top 5 finishes in the 18 Open division, Schulze has coached over 180 Division I athletes in his career. He is currently in his 3rd season as the Varsity coach at Woodstock North High School and has stints at Johnsburg, Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake), and Huntley. He lives in Wonder Lake, IL with his wife, Katie, and two daughters, Kylie (14) and Devynn (12) who are both aspiring volleyball players.

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