The Mind Your Body Show

Nathan Kiely is a level 2 ASCA Strength and Conditioning Coach, an ESSA Accredited Exercise Scientist and Accredited Sports Scientist and holds a bachelor with honours degree in Sport and Exercise Science from the University of Technology Sydney. He has worked as a strength and conditioning coach with a variety of athletes and sports at the high school, academy, and elite professional levels. His experiences include working with teams in rugby league, rugby union, basketball, and cricket. Currently, Nathan is a Physical Performance Coach at Cricket New South Wales where he leads the pathway strength and conditioning program and acts as an assistant with the NSW Blues and Breakers. In this episode, you’ll learn:  How Nathan minds his body The common evolution of strength and conditioning coaches How to run faster The running drills Nathan uses to coach his athletes to run faster and why he uses these drills What “priming” is What a “French contrast” is How to improve your vertical jump How to develop agility What supra maximal strength training is, when to use it and why Examples of supramaximal training methods How to develop eccentric strength The importance of training for deceleration  Examples of drills to train deceleration  How to train to handle the 9.5x bodyweight going through the foot of fast bowlers in cricket How to train for one-sided sports like cricket, tennis, hockey, and golf The risk factors for hamstring injuries How to condition your hamstrings for speed The ideal distances you need to sprint to condition your hamstrings  The unique training methods to meet the needs of a sport whereby you play 5 days, stand in the field for hours at a time, and spontaneously need to sprint (test match cricket) Plus, the benefits of isometric training, when to use it, and why.   Connect with Nathan:   Instagram:    Twitter:   Facebook:      Want more? Connect with me on & for behind-the-scenes footage! Plus, Nathan and I will be live on Instagram to dive even deeper into this episode and answer all your questions!

Anthony Hazeldine is the former Head of the National Talent Identification Program at the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence in Qatar. He has recently returned back to Darwin, Australia where his family resides and is enjoying much valued time with them given the impact that the global pandemic has placed on people’s lives. This podcast shares some of his experiences, thoughts, and where the future of sport may lie for him and others seeking to pursue or maintain a career in the sports industry.  Anthony has over twenty years of experience in the field of athlete preparation and identification at both a State and National level. He has a degree in Human Movement and Exercises Science at Southern Cross University, including undertaking Heat-related research on athlete performance as a Sports Scientist, at the National Heat Acclimatisation Centre in Darwin, Australia.  Anthony has worked in the field of athlete preparation as the Head of Strength and Conditioning at the Northern Territory Institute of Sport and Head of Player Performance in Rugby League in the UK. His experiences in Talent Identification started in 2007 at the Australian Institute of Sport where he was involved in a number of talent development initiatives, working directly with the National Sports Federations to recruit and identify potential athletes in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympics. Anthony gained valuable knowledge and insight into the discipline of Talent Identification, working amongst world-class coaches, Olympic medallists, and a suite of professional staff all working to develop future sporting champions on the global stage. As the former Head of the National Talent Identification Program at ASPIRE Academy in Qatar. Anthony shares his experience in helping provide expertise in the field of talent identification, to help the sport grow, and to improve the performance qualities of each sport’s current and future talent pool. He has an interest in physical literacy and how children learn and acquire new movement skills, particularly in a free play environment. In general, Anthony considers himself a creative and innovative thinker, with a coaching philosophy to inspire the mind, teach the movement, and enhance athlete performance. In this episode, you’ll learn:  About growing up barefoot with no TV in the Solomon Islands The importance of having a personal connection to why you’re doing something How sport builds character to instill great values and help individuals become great people The value of free-play in identifying talent  The importance of balancing structured play with unstructured play The differences Anthony sees when out walking with his daughter compared to when he grew up (3 decades apart in time but only a few hundred meters apart in distance)  Why making things safer may actually make them more dangerous How to blend sport and mental health issues The similarities between Australian Indigenous communities and the Middle East How the Aspire obstacle course test came to be Why kids are natural coaches The similarities in mindset between Ramadan and training for sporting success How we’re changing human movement intelligence  The cross-over and benefits of playing multiple sports Plus, some great famous quotes  Want more? Connect with me on & for behind-the-scenes footage! Plus, Anthony and I will be live on Instagram to dive even deeper into this episode and answer all your questions!

Sam Ajisafe has a lot of years of elite sports experience. He was a professional athlete (triple jumper for the Al Rayyan Sports Club, Qatar) and also as a coach with the Aspire Academy for sports and excellence Doha Qatar for 12 years. He has a master’s degree from the Southern Cross University NSW Australia. He presently has a career in Education with the Department of Education NT where he works as a teacher. He is still very active in sports. He volunteers for a number of sports clubs’ coaching positions across Darwin. In this episode, you’ll learn: What Aspire Academy is and why it’s one of the world’s leading sports academies How the swim program started at Aspire The benefits of swimming to develop fitness and aerobic endurance Why ALL athletes should incorporate aquatic programs How to incorporate swimming into your program How long to give it before you start seeing results What’s going on at a cellular level in the cardiovascular system in response to swim training What hypoxic training is and its benefits Aspire’s greatest success stories Plus, some of the biggest names in sport Sam met at Aspire, including who he considers BIGGER than Ronaldo, Messi, Beckham, and Rooney! Connect with Sam: Instagram: Want more? Connect with me on & for behind-the-scenes footage! Plus, Sam and I will be live on Instagram to dive even deeper into this episode and answer all your questions!

Tim has a background in engineering with exposure to the aircraft industry, the dental profession, and the mining industry. He now works as a Coach and Athlete Development consultant and specialises in building contemporary pathway systems for sporting organisations. Working in this capacity, Tim has been servicing Triathlon NT for 9 years and has fulfilled a contract of a similar nature with NT Rugby. Tim was also engaged by the Northern Territory Institute of Sport to design and implement the NTIS Coach Development Program between 2014-2017. Tim likes spending his free time with family, triathlon training and racing, and rock climbing. In this episode, you’ll learn:  How Tim’s 9 kids made him who he is and why he wants more What sport and development looks like for the 99% Where the experts “should” sit in sport The real purpose of sport The astronaut simulator program for sporting excellence How to structure a session with 60-70 kids so you can see each person one on one The importance of identifying each skill in its best form Why the skill of running is so important  How to gamify sporting skills How to structure the ideal session with big rocks and little rocks Connect with Tim:   Want more? Connect with me on & for behind-the-scenes footage! Plus, Tim and I will be live on Instagram to dive even deeper into this episode and answer all your questions!