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The Impact of Sociocultural Constraints on Coaching and Communication w/ JD Howell


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Welcome to the athlete blueprint podcast for today’s episode I’m join by JD Howell!

JD is in his 10th year as a Strength Coach with the Oakland A’s of the MLB . He’s currently the minor-league Sport Performance coordinator or prior to that was the Latin American strength and conditioning coordinator and affiliate Strength Coach.

A native of Pennsylvania, JD was a student and football player at East Stroudsburg University…. He was a strength and conditioning intern at East Stroudsburg as well as Stanford, Albright college, and his first season with the A’s. JD Now currently lives in Phx w/ his wife Emily and son ronin.

JD also has a bunch of certifications and alphabet soup letters behind his name but we don’t need to get into that on the shell.

What I want to talk about though is JD’s experience as the Latin American strength and conditioning coordinator w/ the A’s. That position required JD to spend quite a bit of time over at the A’s facilities in Arizona  in the Dominican republic. 

One of the things that fascinates me about coaching and human interaction in general is social cultural constraints and how it impacts our coaching and communication. And as someone who had to coach and work w/ athletes of different backgrounds and languages, JD had to adapt his both his coaching style and communication.

We get into all that and more in this conversation….before I let you get to the episode, if you’re enjoying the show, don’t forget to leave us a review on the platform of your choice….now onto my conversation w/JD!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @[email protected]

Episode Resources:

  • JD's Instagram 
  • JD's Twitter

Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io

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