Episode 11 features James Baker. James is a Physical Education teacher and Strength Coach for St. Peter's High School in Gloucester, UK. At St. Peter's James developed the Elite Performance Pathway (EPP), a system focusing on the development of youth athletes in the school system and developing strength, speed, power, and agility from the ground up. James also owns Proformance, a performance company focusing on sport training and high level educational content for sport scientists and coaches.

SPP Episode #11  with James Baker

Athletic Lab is a Sport Performance Training Center in North Carolina, USA. The Athletic Lab Audio Inventory is a station dedicated to bringing athletes and coaches as much relevant training information as we can put out while maintaining our status as the premier sport performance and fitness training center in the Triangle region.

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Athletic Lab's Director of Scholastic Training, Matt Hunter, gives insight into a model for long term athletic development. Along the way, he covers training injured athletes, the use of games in training, and thoughts on periodizing training for youth athletes.

Training Youth Athletes with Matt Hunter - Insight Into Athletic Lab's LTAD Model

Coach Matt Hunter explains the differences in training change of direction ability vs. Agility and how to start/progress training.

Change of Direction Progressions and Considerations with Coach Matt Hunter

Coach Greg Gustin reviews an article by John Grace, originally posted on Fitforfutbol.com about how to simplify the athlete monitoring starter pack.

The Athlete Monitoring Start-up Kit

Coach John Evans picks Coach Mike Young's brain about how limb length matters in sprinting.

Limb Length Matters for Sprinters

In the latest episode of the Sports Performance Podcast, Ivan talks with Dr. John Kiely, Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance at the UCLAN Coaching & Performance Institute. This is Part 2 of a two part series.

SPP Episode #11 with James Baker

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