The Athlete Development Show

This conversation is with Dr Joe Eisenmann, a translator of scientific knowledge working ‘in the trenches’ with youth athletes and their coaches every day.  

He is also a scholar in paediatric sports science.  

Joe has a diverse skill set that includes exercise physiology, human growth and maturation, epidemiology, talent identification, data science and strength and conditioning. 

Now a visiting Professor of Leeds Beckett University in the UK, Joe completed his doctoral research at Michigan State University in the US and his Master's degree at Northern Arizona. 

In this episode, we discuss the ins and outs of knowledge translation and why Joe believes is it so important. 

Joe has spent time in LTAD environments across the world and I wanted to really understand what it takes to deliver a quality experience.  

We also discuss:

• COVID-19, unstructured play, and the future of coaching in youth sport;
• Motivation and mentorship;
• The importance of excellent leadership for creating change;
• What led to Joe falling in love with science;
• Why every youth coach needs to understand growth and maturation;
• The ‘living lab’;
• Joe’s advice for up and coming practitioners; and
• The comment made by one of Joe’s best friends and how it changed his life.

You can find Joe on Twitter @Joe_Eisenmann 

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“Everyone is a hero in life, everyone's got a story to tell, everyone's had to face and overcome adversity. And on that basis, being kind just seems like an obvious thing to do.” 

This conversation in with Chris Bullen, a leader in coach development at High Performance Sport New Zealand.

Chris has been working in education and sport for 45 years.

In that time, he's provided education for coaches across a wide range of team and individual sports, coached Badminton at the highest level, and taught in a number of schools, including time in the East End of London in the 1970's.

In this conversation, Chris and I go deep into the art of coaching, including;

• Being kind and showing empathy;
• The importance of authenticity in Chris' work;
• How to provide meaningful coach development experiences;
• Testing assumptions;
• Being a purposeful (grand)parent;
• Changing the sporting culture in schools;
• The coach-athlete relationship and the importance of establishing a connection;
• Living your values;
• Being mindful about your behaviours;
• Talent development and how we can spend our time, money and effort wisely;
• The subtly of asking great questions;
• Why change is so hard; and
• The value of attention in a highly distracted world.

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This conversation is with Dr Micheál Cahill, Vice President of Performance and Sport Science at Athlete Training and Health in the US.

He is also an expert in athletic development.

Originally from Ireland, Micheál has spent time working with hundreds of athletes across a broad range of sports from amateur to professional level.

His doctoral research examines the development of sprinting speed in youth athletes.

In this episode, we discuss the 8-18 year-old programme Micheál founded at ATH.

I wanted to really understand the overall approach they take to developing young athletes, the way they assess progress, and how they think about integrating research into practice.

We also discuss:

• Growing up in Ireland
• The impact of a great coach
• Work ethic
• Creativity
• Obstacles courses and climbing walls
• Speed training
• Growth and maturation
• Strength training
• Parenting

You can find Micheál on Twitter @MCahillPhD.

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