On episode 41 of the Platform to Perform Podcast I spoke to co-founder of the Modern Day GK, Mark Robinson. Today’s episode dives (pun intended) into all things to do with the movement and physical skills of goalkeeping in football as myself and Mark discussed:

· How he views and develops the physical, technical and perceptual qualities of elite level goalkeepers

· How to overload training sessions for a goalkeeper, with specific references to the athletic, perceptual and visual

· Challenging the thought processes behind ‘traditional’ goalkeeping movement technique

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

The Modern Day GK Non-grip gloves

A Basic Guide to Goalkeeping Psychology

Modern Day GK

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On episode 40 of the Platform to Perform Podcast I spoke to the P.E Specialist, Ben Landers.

Ben’s content has been hugely influential to my teaching and coaching, especially in relation to behaviour management of larger groups and younger kids, as we discussed:

· How Ben develops psychosocial skills such as conflict resolution, teamwork and persistence in the children he works with

· How Ben uses the Locomotor License Assessment to assess physical literacy in 5 year olds in a fun and engaging way

· How Ben develops relationships with his pupils to help them provide contextually meaningful experiences with physical education

Resources mentioned in the Podcast:

The Locomotor License Assessment – Download here

https://www.thepespecialist.com/

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On episode 39 of the Platform to Perform Podcast I am delighted to be joined by Paul Smith. Paul is England’s strongest man, was a world’s strongest man competitor in 2018, and won U23 world’s strongest man in the same year.

In today’s episode we discuss:

· The unique adaptations to be gained from Strongman exercises (and why textbook prescriptions of adaptations to training are sometimes limited)

· The psychological demands and unpredictability of strongman competition (and how this can be applied to the psychological preparation for other sports)

· Why trying to recreate the competition environment can sometimes be a poisoned chalice

You can reach out to Paul via his Instagram paul_smith_94 or email him directly through [email protected]

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In episode 38 of the Platform to Perform Podcast I spoke with co-founder of GMB Fitness, Ryan Hurst. Ryan has an extensive background in martial arts, and competitive gymnastics, which guides his teaching and coaching with GMB Fitness. In today’s episode myself and Ryan discussed:

· his ‘contrarian’ approach to fitness, and how this philosophy underpins everything GMB fitness delivers

· his 5 P framework for individualising the teaching of any advanced movement skill

· how he uses movement exploration principles to guide adults towards physical autonomy and kids towards physical literacy

If Ryan could spend time with another coach observing their work, it would be the founder of Judo, Kano Jigoro

To find out more about Ryan’s work with GMB fitness, check out gmb.io

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On episode 37 of the Platform to Perform Podcast I spoke to author of Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Runners, Dr Richard Blagrove. Richard’s work has heavily influenced my thought processes when working with athletes whose sports involve tolerating repeated impacts of the foot and ankle, as we discussed:

· Richard’s thoughts on screening running based athletes from the ground up

· How Richard would apply his capacity-strength-rate of activation model to an endurance runner v a court or field-based athlete

· The underpinning factors of running performance and how strength and conditioning can be used to improve these

To reach out to Richard, you can find him on Twitter @Rich_blagrove or contact him via [email protected]

If you feel you are in a position to support the Platform to Perform Podcast, or you simply want to improve your athletic development toolbox, check out my Patreon. Richard’s book has heavily influenced my thoughts on foot and ankle training for jumping athletes. You can find my presentation on this topic, along with other educational S&C content I’ve released exclusively via this platform, via the link below

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In episode 36 of the Platform to Perform Podcast I spoke with the owner of Strength Health Performance (or superhero performance, as he likes to tell his youth athletes), Tom Smith. I’ve followed Tom’s work for a while now and his use of obstacle courses to develop athleticism in children is something that particularly caught my eye as we spoke about:

· The concept of being a good mover, how this might look different in strength and conditioning settings v sport settings and how to find the sweet spot in between

· Whether strength and conditioning coaches inadvertently feed the beast that is early specialisation

· Progression through complexity vs load and how to strike the balance between the two

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In episode 36 of the Platform to Perform Podcast I spoke with the owner of Strength Health Performance (or superhero performance, as he likes to tell his youth athletes), Tom Smith. I’ve followed Tom’s work for a while now and his use of obstacle courses to develop athleticism in children is something that particularly caught my eye as we spoke about:

· The concept of being a good mover, how this might look different in strength and conditioning settings v sport settings and how to find the sweet spot in between

· Whether strength and conditioning coaches inadvertently feed the beast that is early specialisation

· Progression through complexity vs load and how to strike the balance between the two

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast

Child to Champion Conference (if you would like my notes on it drop me an email)

If you feel you are in a position to support the Platform to Perform Podcast, or you simply want to improve your athletic development toolbox, check out my Patreon below. In exchange for supporting the podcast, you will receive exclusive access to all of my Calisthenics Kidz lessons, my ever expanding movement library, all of my programs, and educational S&C content released exclusively via my Patreon

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In episode 35 of the Platform to Perform Podcast I had the privilege of speaking to one of the world’s most renowned proponents of long term physical development, Kelvin Giles. Kelvin has over 55 years experience in coaching and teaching, in a career that spans working with school children all the way up to national and international champions across multiple sports. Any coach who has the ability to distil their concepts and thought processes from the elite of the elite down to a school level will always be worth listening to in my opinion, and today’s podcast was no exception as I got Kelvin’s thoughts on:

· The logistical issues with assessing physical literacy (and how Kelvin would deal with these)

· Why the journey towards personal well-being and the Olympic podium involve the same 4 pillars

· Kelvin’s long-term development model for children, how this moves from general, to sports related to sport specific, and why behavioural outcomes are an overlooked but ever-present aspect of the education process

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast

https://www.movementdynamics.com/

Physical Competence and the ‘5 in 5’

Greg Thompson’s YouTube Channel 

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On episode 34 of the Platform to Perform Podcast, I spoke with a coach widely regarded as the multidirectional speed guy, Lee Taft, as we spoke out:

· Lee’s top down approach to analysing, improving and programming multidirectional speed

· The reasons Lee looks to ‘get out of the way’ when it comes to coaching multidirectional speed

· Logistics of coaching multidirectional speed within the P.E curriculum vs in an academy setting

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast

Lee Taft’s YouTube Channel

https://trainugly.com/

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In episode 33 of the Platform to Perform Podcast I had the pleasure of talking to the Strength and Conditioning coach of the University of York Strength and owner of Go Performance, Rob Milner. Rob has extensive coaching experience which including enhancing the athleticism of youth athletes, university athletes, and members of the general population. As someone who recommends the pursuit of imperfect action, I absolutely loved this chat with Rob as we discussed:

· How he prioritises which aspects of his coaching to develop

· How to fill the buckets of athleticism that sport doesn’t when it comes to training children

· The difference between programming conditioning for youth athletes v adults

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast:

Vald Performance’s Online Workshops

Can Ability Groupings in P.E Improve Children’s Physical Activity?

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