Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 51!  
Today's guest is Alex Cost, Head S&C Coach for the Delaware Blue Coats in the GLeague. 

In this episode Alex talked about his experience in the GLeague, giving some nuggets about performance, nutrition and recovery. 

Find Alex : https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cost-36887519a/

Find me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/  https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/ 

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Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 50! 
After a very long break I have the pleasure to introduce our new guest, Coach Martin Rooney.

Coach Rooney is the founder of Training For Warriors.  An internationally recognized trainer, pioneer of strength and conditioning, speaker and author of two amazing books (Coach to Coach and High Ten) , Martin holds a Master of Health Science and Bachelor of Physical Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science from Furman University.

Hands down one of my favorite episodes!

Find Coach Rooney : https://trainingforwarriors.com/our-team/

Find me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/
https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

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Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 49! Today's guest is Dr Stephen Bird.
Dr Stephen Bird is a well-known author, speaker, and researcher with expertise in elite athlete preparation, strength and conditioning, and nutritional supplementation. He has been an elite performance consultant and advisor to professional sports teams since 2000.
Some of the topics we touched on are:
1:12 Background
3:52 What is stress
6:32 How to monitor stress
8:56 Assessing sleep
13:27 Accumulating sleep
15:46 Scheduling caffeine
24:23 Recovery tools
31:12 Psychological recovery
39:40 Managing stress for coaches

Find Dr Bird : https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenpbird/

Find me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/
https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

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Apple Podcast :https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202
https://www.spreaker.com/show/sport-vitamins

#podcast #basketball #sport #vitamins #sportvitamins #research #australia #communication #sleep #coaching #recovery #bodylanguage #stress #monitoring #phd

Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 48!
Today's guest is Benas Matkevicius.
Born in Lithuania, grew up in Germany, high school in Louisiana, college in Arkansas and then back to Germany before going to the Boston Celtics via Moscow.
Benas has now been working for the Celtics as an international scout for almost eight years, becoming one of the most essential parts of the Celtics operation

Some of the topics we touched on are:
1:00 Background 6:30 Playing career 16:45 Being passionate about the game 21:00 Transition from playing to coaching 29:00 Lack of effort vs Lack of focus 31:00 Body language 34:00 Becoming a scout 38:00 Best part of being a scout 45:00 Importance of traveling 48:30 Starting a podcast 54:30 Rapid Fire Questions

Find Benas : https://lt.linkedin.com/in/bmatke

The Benas Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/the-benas-podcast/id1558492852
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBenasPodcast

Find me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/
https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

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Apple Podcast
:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202

https://www.spreaker.com/show/sport-vitamins

#podcast #basketball #sport #vitamins #sportvitamins #nba #celtics #communication #playing #coaching #communicating #scouting #bodylanguage #effort

Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for Episode 47!

Today’s guest is the Suns and Mercury Executive Chef, Brendan Ayers.

Brendan and his team prepare the high-quality nutrition that fuels the Valley’s best athletes.

Nutrition is a key component of high level performance, but food must also be fun, tasty and meet the expectations of the athletes.

Brendan will walk us through the gourmet kitchen at the Verizon 5G Performance Center and unveil some of the secrets to become an NBA chef.

Find BRENDAN AYERS :
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-ayers-6a525514/

Find me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/ https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/
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SPORT VITAMINS is BACK with EPISODE 46!
Today’s guest is Antonio Squillante.
Antonio is a Strength and Conditioning Coach with over ten years of experience coaching high school and collegiate athletes competing at the national and international level.
Currently he is a Ph.D. student at the University of Southern California.
Antonio is also the author of several books on strength training.
Definitely a must listen episode for all the strength coaches out there.

Some of the topics we touched on are :
2:25 Background
8:47 Being an athlete
15:32 Competitiveness
22:09 Evaluating an S&C Coach
26:16 Coaching philosophy
29:38 Working with athletes with no training background
32:30 Applicable research
39:03 Applying the intervention
43:14Creating a manual
48:59 Antonio’s secret for success
53:31 Rapid Fire Questions

Find Antonio Squillante :
https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-squillante-22b584130/

Find me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/ https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

Find SPORT VITAMINS:
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Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 45
As I promised last week, today’s episode is a true Christmas gift for all the listeners out there.
Today’s guest is non other than Dr Nijem Ramsey.
Coach Ramsey was named Men’s Basketball Director of Sport Performance at KANSAS UNIVERSITY in September of 2019
Prior to that, he was the NBA’s youngest head strength and conditioning coach, directing strength and conditioning, sport science and nutrition for the Sacramento Kings.

Coach Ramsey is also the creator of the Applied Performance Coach Course, a 12 week certification course and mentorship program that focuses on 3 pillars of growth - content expertise, coaching practices, and career development.
I took this course last winter and it’s arguably one of the best courses I’ve ever taken.
Here is the link to the APC Program:
https://appliedperformancecoach.com/discount/ROBERTOIEZZI?ref=G6cpeuHR
If you decide to apply for the 2023 Winter Cohort, please use the CODE ROBERTO IEZZI at check out.

Some of the topics we touched on are :
1:36 Background
2:53 Biggest challenges in the NBA
5:16 Designing a weight room 8:56 Establishing culture
11:45 Talent 15:11 Having a mentor
17:46 Mentoring athletes and power dynamics
20:38 Leadership 23:09 Coaching philosophy
25:48 Lifting with intent and being present in the moment
27:22 Game days 29:15 How to periodize recovery
31:21 Being too focused on recovery
34:34 Recovery for coaches 36:55 Continuing education
39:09 APC PROGRAM 44:00 Rapid fire questions

Find Dr. Nijem Ramsey :
https://www.instagram.com/dr.ramsey.nijem/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ramsey-nijem-5b71964b/ https://twitter.com/DrRamseyNijem?s=20&t=A_ntTm8k9MualCA2EjgZ8w

APC PROGRAM:
https://appliedperformancecoach.com/discount/ROBERTOIEZZI?ref=G6cpeuHR

Please, use CODE ROBERTOIEZZI at checkout

Find me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/ https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

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Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 44!

Today's guest is Tristan Chai, Head of Medical Department of the Adelaide 36ers.

Some of the topics we touched on are:

1:00 Background
2:07 Day-to-day life of a physiotherapist
5:50 Private sector vs Professional basketball
10:25 Pre-season Assessment
15:16 Working hand-in-hand with the Strength Coach
18:23 Rehab continuum
28:30 Being present while on the physiological table
30:34 Recovery strategies
35:35 Communication
39:49 Rapid fire questions

Find Tristan:
https://www.instagram.com/36ers.physio/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristan-chai-b1176023/

Find me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/
https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

Find SPORT VITAMINS:
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Apple Podcast :https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202
https://www.spreaker.com/show/sport-vitamins

Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 43!

Today's guest is coach Zack Zillner.

Coach ZIllner has a vast amount of experience at four NCAA Division I institutions, Kansas University, University of Illinois, University of South Mississipi.

Currently he is in his sixth season as women's basketball sports performance coach for the Long Horns.

Coach Zillner develops, implements and supervises the training regimen for the Texas women’s basketball team in the areas of speed, strength, agility, conditioning and flexibility.
He also works hand in hand with the areas of sports medicine and performance nutrition. 

Some of the topics we touched on re :

1:00 Background
2:30 Adapting the work based on assessments
5:00 Communicating with the coaching staff during practice
7:00 Wearables
8.10 Biggest challenges at the collegiate level
10:00 How to get the buy-in of freshmen
12:00 Having a Head Coach that believes in what you do
14:22 Coaching philosophy
16:00 Unilateral vs Bilateral
17:30 Slowing athletes down in the weight room
21:17 Typical in-season session
24:00 Warming up athletes in the weight room for games/practices
25:30 Post-game lifts
28:30 Rapid fire questions

Find Coach Zillner:
https://www.instagram.com/zack_zillner/

Find me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/
https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

Find SPORT VITAMINS:
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Apple Podcast :https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202
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Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 42!

Today’s guest is coach James Davis III, Doctor of Physical Therapy and strength and conditioning coach with more than 15 years of experience at many levels, including the NBA.

Currently he is the Head Performance Coach at Overtime Elite, an Atlanta-based basketball league aimed at offering "the world’s most talented young basketball players a better pathway to becoming professional athletes”

The league recruits high school juniors and seniors, as well as "post-grad" players up to the age of 20 years old. 

Many stars and NBA players has invested into the league, including Devin Booker, Klay Thompson and Trae Young


Some of the topics we touched on are :

1:20 Background
3:30 Being a performance coach
6:45 Working in the NBA
9:00 Biggest challenges in the NBA
10:30 Being ready to be “like water”
11:00 Overtime Elite Basketball
13.30 Day-to-day duties at OTE
15:30 Weekly meeting
19:00 Philosophy
25:30 Stress management
27:30 How to hold young athletes accountable
30:00 Rapid Fire Questions


Find James:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-h-davis-iii-pt-dpt-ms-cscs-rscc-pes-ces-smtc-ab43b859/


Find me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/
https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

Find SPORT VITAMINS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60wOP7cCFBnRWwDAfJVEPc?si=63b31c72124b4216
Apple Podcast :https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202
https://www.spreaker.com/show/sport-vitamins