The Game Speed Podcast

Antonio Squillante is the author of the book "Power: The Training of Champions". Currently Antonio is conducting research at the Clinical Exercise Research Center at USC. Antonio research has led him to a great understanding of all things power and strength development. We went into specifics about a lot of different training methodologies and modalities.

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Dr. Andy Galpin joins us on the show this week. Andy is a professor at Cal State Fullerton. Along with being a professor Andy also trains professional athletes. In particular he trains several professional MMA fighters. In this podcast Andy shows us how he is able to combine everything he's studied and learned to the actual training of his athletes.

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Grant Fowler is the owner of Fowler Fitness. Grant's approach has resulted in his athletes greatly increasing strength and power. In addition to Grant's programming we also talked quite a bit about motivating athletes, and how motivation, or lack thereof, has a huge effect on the capabilities of the athlete.

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Erik Huddleston is the Director of Performance at IFAST. In this episode of the show Erik talks about how he uses various constraints, speeds, and positions to strengthen change of directions movement patterns. Despite a high volume of clients, Erik's extensive knowledge on change of direction allows him to individualize movement solutions so his clients can achieve optimal results.

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Jeff Moyer is the owner of Dynamic Correspondence Sports Training in Pittsburgh, PA. Through Jeff's passion for athletic development he has created a total holistic approach to training. In this episode we spoke a lot about training vision, and how it can not only help improve perception but also improve strength and mobility. We also talked about the 1x20 approach to strength training and other topics.

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Nick DiMarco is the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Elon University. Nick has appeared on various podcasts because he has such a wealth of knowledge on all topics of S&C. In this episode we covered a lot of topics ranging from 8 Vector Plyometrics, progressing agility drills, conditioning, and surrounding yourself with a good staff.

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Joel Smith is a strength coach, and also host of the Just Fly Performance Podcast. After speaking with so many great strength coaches over the years Joel has a wealth of knowledge about so many different topics related to strength and conditioning. In this episode we talked about evolving as a strength coach and then we talked specifically about the role of the foot in change of direction.

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@justflysports

Zach Dechant is the Senior Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at TCU. He oversees the development of Baseball, as well as the quarterback development for Football. Zach is also the author of the book, Movement Over Maxes. In this episode we really got into the subject of sport specific training and where the line is for strength coaches when training athletes. The further we went in this episode the more evident it was just how much Zach knows about the mechanics specifically of throwing and how much that helps him figure out what exactly he can do off the field to improve mechanics, and strengthen the movement.

IG: @zachdechant

Keir Wenham-Flatt is a strength and conditioning coach and consultant. Keir is most known for working with elite level rugby players and teams in the UK, Argentina, Australia, China, and Japan. Keir has been on numerous podcasts and written an article for Simplifaster on the state of the Strength and Conditioning Industry. We talked about this as well as some practical information related to speed development and what really is sport specific training.

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Ryan Harrison has been helping athletes improve visual performance since 1999. He has worked with many MLB teams and players, as well as pro athletes in the NFL, NHL, PGA, MMA, and the WTA. Vision is often overlooked by strength coaches but it's one of the areas we can have the most impact on sport.

IG: @slowthegamedown

https://www.slowthegamedown.com/

https://neurodynamicvision.org/