This week its part 2 of my chat with former footballer Robbie Elliott. Robbie spent two decades as a professional footballer, playing over 140 times for Newcastle United and over 250 appearances in total. Last week we chatted about his own playing career and some of the iconic managers he worked under including Ossie Ardilles, Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalgleish, Sam Allardyce and Sir Bobby Robson. 

This week we focus on his career post playing from his role at Newcastle in the sports science department to moving to the US to join the Nike research lab and the other performance work he’s been involved since his retirement. It’s a fascinating and insightful journey.

Show Notes: 

Mark Hulse - https://www.nufcblog.com/2009/06/27/coaches-hulse-and-elliott-leave-newcastle-for-liverpool/

Nike Portland Headquarters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pqsUfK2N1o

Nike European Headquarters - https://jobs.nike.com/ehq

Nike’s Innovation Kitchen - https://www.freshnessmag.com/2016/09/20/wired-magazine-nike-innovation-kitchen/

England Rugby Sevens - https://www.englandrugby.com/england/sevens-men#index

Seb Coe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Coe

LeBron James - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James

Tiger Woods - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods

LA Sports Teams - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_Los_Angeles

Red Bull Facility - https://www.si.com/edge/2015/05/08/sweat-mecca-red-bull-high-performance-center

Malcolm Gladwell Books - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Malcolm-Gladwell/e/B000APOE98?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1653303486&sr=8-2

The Checklist Manifesto Book by Atul Gawande - https://amzn.to/3G7Jk3m 

Maradona Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuErPYsoaR4

Living With The Lions Documentary - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Lions-Sir-Ian-McGeechan/dp/B0733RMVQ7

One Night In Turin Documentary - https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Night-Turin-Gary-Oldman/dp/B07N126MYG

ESPN 30 For 30 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_for_30

More About Robbie Elliott:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/robbieelliott3?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbie-elliott-6971383b/

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Elliott

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