Coach Chris Barnard reveals the two essential elements that distinguish elite athletes from the rest: unwavering presence and a relentless competitive drive.

Drawing from his coaching experience, he shares insights on how cultivating these traits can propel athletes to the top of their game. Tune in as we explore the secrets behind dominance in sports.

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In this podcast episode, Coach Chris explores core training for athletes, emphasizing four essential trunk patterns: flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation.

He recommends addressing these patterns weekly for a well rounded core training routine.

The core training progresses through three phases:

Coach Chris stresses gradually progressing and using proper form for optimal results.

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In this podcast episode, Coach Chris Barnard shares valuable insights on how coaches can improve their conversion rate when signing up new clients at their gym. He begins by emphasizing the importance of sales skills for coaches who want to grow their business. His ultimate goal is to help coaches create an effortless sales process that significantly increases the chances of converting potential clients.

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In this podcast, Coach Chris shares his unique take on training soccer/fútbol players for elite performance. He's all about finding the sweet spot between on-field action and targeted exercises that build strength, power, and core stability.

Instead of just piling on more of what players already do during practice and games, he focuses on mobility, absolute strength, and plyometrics. And guess what? It works! His athletes are seeing big improvements in their speed, agility, and power.

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In this episode of the podcast, Coach Chris Barnard delves into the topic of strength programming for athletes. With the abundance of information available online, Coach Barnard highlights how strength training has become increasingly complex. However, he advises coaches to resist the temptation of incorporating too many different modalities and methodologies into their programming, emphasizing that simplicity is often the key to success.

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Todays podcast discusses simple programming to maximize linear speed. The coach breaks down a 4-day split to focus on this:

Day 1 (Plyometrics): Focus on horizontal force with exercises like broad jumps, single leg broad jumps, resisted jumps, and pogos. This directly translates to acceleration in the first 10 yards of sprinting.

Day 2 (Sprinting): Work on acceleration drills for 10 yards. Focus on proper stance, start, and developing a low heel recovery and positive trajectory through each step to efficiently push off the ground. Drills include dowel behind the back ankle, ground starts, and half kneeling starts. Cues like "piston action" are used to ingrain proper mechanics.

Day 3 (Plyometrics): Focus on vertical force with exercises like box jumps and seated box jumps. This translates to top speed as athletes display more vertical force when upright during sprinting.

Day 4 (Sprinting): Work on top speed and maximum velocity with longer sprints, builds, and drills done in an upright posture with a cyclical motion. For more advanced athletes, mechanical inefficiencies may be addressed, like applying force from the front to back side. Drilling is important to reinforce desired motor patterns.

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In this episode, Coach Barnard shares three crucial tips for coaches to enhance their effectiveness in serving athletes. The first tip introduces the LEADER acronym system, emphasizing a systematic approach to teaching movements with a consistent cadence of Lead, Educate, Advise, Demonstrate, Execute, and Resolve. The second tip underscores the importance of active coaching, presenting the 100Q method where coaches provide 100 cues per session to adjust form and technique (technical cues) and motivate athletes (motivational cues). The third tip focuses on the coach as a "general of the floor," stressing the need for total control over the training environment and session timeline to ensure smooth progression through a circuit. By implementing these tips, coaches can elevate their professionalism, maximize athlete results, and make a significant impact on the coaching experience. Coach Barnard emphasizes that attention to these details can help athletes reach their full potential, making this episode a valuable resource for improving coaching abilities.

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In this episode, we dive into the importance of in-season training for athletes. It is crucial for athletes to maintain their athleticism throughout the season, and in-season training plays a key role in achieving this. By focusing on speed, power, and strength, athletes can prevent a decline in their performance.

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In this weeks episode, Coach Chris discusses OTA's strategy for filling your gym up with athletes. He explains having the right infrastructure in place in order to execute the methods we use to attract athletes and become the go to gym in your area. Come with a pen and paper. Enjoy.

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In this podcast, Coach Chris discusses what he believes is the missing piece or holy grail for developing athletic performance - developing the lower limb, especially the foot and ankle complex.

He argues that while coaches typically program strength training, plyometrics, speed, agility, mobility and corrective exercises, they often lack programming and understanding of how to truly develop the lower limb. True adaptation of the foot and ankle requires exceeding the daily volume we put through walking, through increased intensity and load over an extended period of time.

Developing the lower limb can greatly benefit athletes. With a strong foot and ankle complex, athletes can minimize ground contact time, spring more efficiently, cut and change directions with more force, and jump higher.

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