The mission of this podcast is to provide athletes, coaches, and healthcare professionals up to date evidence based content & knowledge through real life experiences. Whether you are an athlete or on the sports performance/medicine side, this podcast's knowledge should help you become a strong individual within your setting. I hope to help assist in the space I am so passionate about to assure we are all strong together and that there are no weak links.
Episodes
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
On this episode I interviewed Conor Daly who is the current Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach with the Milwaukee Bucks and previous Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Essendon Bombers.
This episode was recorded before he started his new role with the Bucks so that part is not discussed in this.
This episode focuses on strength and power within team sports.
Topics discussed…
- Conor’s journey through multiple sports and professional teams
- His approach to strength and power training in team sports
- Methods he uses
- Differences if any in training a more aerobic-based sport such as AFL compared to a more size/strength-driven sport such as rugby
- Importance of developmental pathways and some recommendations he has in that space
- How he structures his season and weekly schedule
- How he fits his program with the rest of the training
- Differences in training for size and leaning out
You can follow/connect/contact Conor below
Linkedin: Conor Daly
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
On this episode I interviewed James Morehen who is a Senior Performance Nutritionist with the Bristol Bears.
This episode covers an array of topics in regard to maximizing nutrition to help athletic performance.
Topics discussed…
- How he views tech as a measurement tool more than just performance
- How James approaches athletes trying to add lean mass in athletes
- How he approaches athletes who want to lose fat mass and how he works with others to achieve this
- How he shifts his focus to performance when it comes to nutrition and not just calories in and calories out
- How he communicated the principles of nutrition to the athletes
- The importance of nutrition during injury
- His key recommendations on macronutrients and supplements during each phase of the rehab plan to optimize recovery and performance
- His recommendations for nutrition post concussion
You can follow/connect/contact James below
Instagram: @morehenperformance
Linkedin: James Morehen
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
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Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
On this episode I interviewed Jarred Edwards who is the owner of RSP Physiotherapy and Head Physiotherapist at Norths Rugby Union Club.
This episode highlights the importance of nailing the diagnosis and how to set up the early stages of rehab to get the best result in the long run.
Topics discussed…
- Jarred’s view on the importance of the early stages of the reheb
- What the biological healing stages are and the importance of each one
- What general healing timeframes are for tendons, ligaments and muscles.
- What differences he considers when starting to design the early phases of a rehab program for the different connective tissues
- What the key components of the acute phase he feels are important and often overlooked in rehab
- His approach to bracing/booting/etc. during the early phases and ways he reasons through it
- What his main focuses pre-op and post-op if one is needed
- The importance of getting the diagnosis right and ways he reasons through this process
- How to build the assessment process
- How he utilizes tech during his rehab
You can follow/connect/contact Jarred below…
Instagram: @j.edwards_sportsphysio
Clinic Instagram: @rspphysio
Clinic Website: https://rspphysio.com.au
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpaddywood
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Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
On this episode I interviewed Sasha Birge who is a physio, athletic trainer and strength and conditioning coach currently working for Vald
This episode gave Sasha’s view and experience of integrating tech as a measurement tool within the health and rehab space.
Topics discussed…
- How he views tech as a measurement tool more than just performance
- Where he recommends to start for integration and use
- How he utilizes tech during the initial objective assessment
- How he explains the use and findings to patients
- Pre season screening
- Importance of making sense of the data
- How often to test
- Using tech as not only testing, but part of the exercises as well
- How some practitioners have gotten creative with custom iso testing
You can follow/connect/contact Sasha below…
Instagram: sports_rehab_physio
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpaddywood
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Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
On this episode I interviewed Andrew Lowndes who is the NRL Physiotherapist & Reconditioning Coach for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
This episode’s main topic explored the experience and learnings Andrew took from visiting Bill Knowles with Tom Trbojevic.
Topics discussed…
- A brief overview of the 2 week schedule and how it was all structured
- Bill’s main focuses and thought process with looking as the body as a whole
- How much specific hamstring work was actually done
- How the total volume was managed in order to get benefit but not overload with longer sessions
- How much/if any gym work was done
- The use of the pool
- The key components Bill wanted to nail before profession to the field
- The main principles, mechanics and drills did he focus on during the field
- Andrew’s biggest takeaways and things he’ll implement
- Any changes in how Tom is going to train/warm up/etc
You can follow/connect/contact Andrew below…
LinkedIn: Andrew Lowndes
Email: alowndes@seaeagles.com.au
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
On this episode I interviewed Klinton Hoare who is currently the Head of Athletic Performance for the Wallaroos. He has also formerly worked as Head of Performance with the Gold Coast Titans.
This episode’s focus is Speed in Team Sports
Topics discussed…
- Klint’s general overview and approach to speed training
- Things he considers when making a yearly plan
- How he sets up pre season
- What a general session looks like
- Main focuses when drilling/cueing speed
- How often he likes to run fast
- What GPS metrics he looks at and considers
- How to keep players as engaged as possible
- Considerations across the coaching, performance, and rehab departments for speed training
- Biggest changes he has seen through his time coaching within speed training in team sport
You can follow/connect/contact Klint below…
Instagram: @klintonhoarepc
Email: performance.coach@bigpond.com
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
On this episode I interviewed Jackson McKellar who is the NRL Rehabilitation Coach with the New Zealand Warriors.
This episode’s focus was expanding on what his role entails as well as Jackson’s emphasis of the importance of coming up through community sport or different grades before making the transition to pro and how he has adapted to his new role.
Topics discussed…
- Explains the duties of his role
- What his day/week looks like
- What other staff members are involved
- How he works with others in the department
- Lessons learned from grades that he has used in pro
- The transition from a private clinic to pro and importance of his community sport and coming up through the different grades
- How his daily consultations are different to a private clinic
- How seeing athletes every day changes his treatment
- Differences in pressure of pro vs lower grades
- How to communicate with the coaching staff
- How did he manage with all the resources and technology to not get caught up in it all and make use of it in an efficient way
- Main principles of rehab having S&C and physio knowledge
You can follow/connect/contact Jackson below…
Instagram: @jmckellarphysio
LinkedIn: Jackson McKellar
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
On this episode I interviewed Jared Hoare who is the Athletic Performance & Rehab Coordinator for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
This episode’s focus is field rehabilitation progression and set up.
Topics discussed…
- Jared's journey and time in the US college system.
- How the overall return to performance process works at South Sydney
- Who is involved.
- How the rehab plan is developed and the stages progressed through.
- How volume is progressed and general overload is progressed in the gym and field.
- How GPS is utilized to track the progression of the return to performance process.
- How the general field session layout for the day and week is set up.
- How high speed is integrated back into the rehab process.
- How integration back into the main squad happens and how to manage multiple athletes.
You can follow/connect/contact Jared below…
Twitter: @hoarehey
LinkedIn: Jared Hoare
Email: jhoare@rabbitohs.com.au
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
On this episode I interviewed David Dwyer who has worked across multiple sports in different countries including with the Western Force in Super Rugby.
This episode touches on his experiences across the different sports/countries, but focuses on the rehab/reconditioning of contact field sports
Topics discussed…
- What is was like working across multiple different sports in different countries.
- His biggest takeaways from a professional perspective.
- His biggest takeaways from a communication/cultural perspective.
- What his main focuses are when a player gets injured.
- What he considers when developing a plan for the player
- He keeps the player as aerobically fit as he can during the injury period with training methods, etc.
- What his progressions back into contact/collision/combat are following injury for a lower and upper limb injury.
- How he integrates them back into drills and things he considers to determine readiness
- What he does to feel comfortable allowing them to return to games.
You can follow/connect/contact David below…
Instagram: @davejd19
Email: daviddwyer@hotmail.com
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
On this episode I interviewed Alex Calder who is the Head of Sports Science with the Houston Dynamo in the MLS
This episode touched on sports science, but the main topic was hamstrings.
Topics discussed…
- Alex’s definition of sports science
- How he utilizes sports science in a practical way
- What metrics/data is he collecting in relation to the hamstring to determine readiness or robustness
- Ways he is looking to improve these metrics in the gym and on the field
- How he monitors hamstrings through the season
- How he incorporates sprints and higher velocities
- NordBord usage in hamstring testing readiness
- Nordics, when and where he uses them
- Asymmetry important or not?
- End stage hamstring rehab
You can follow/connect/contact Alex below…
Instagram: @calder_05
Twitter: @calder_05
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
On this episode I interviewed Simon Thomas who is the Head of Performance for AG Rugby in the Major League Rugby competition in the USA.
This episode’s main topic was quantifying and training for contact in a field based sports setting.
Topics discussed…
- How ST tries to quantify training
- How he uses game demands to program for training
- How he tries to understand the conditioning side of contact
- Examples of conditioning for contact
- How he programs the gym side to aid in contact training
- How ST incorporates wrestle into programs and uses a team of professionals to help
You can follow/connect/contact ST below…
Instagram: @st_performancecoach
Twitter: @stsandc
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
On this episode I interviewed Steve Hooper who is a Performance Coach with the Gold Coast Titans rugby league club.
This episode’s main focus of this topic was design and periodization of a conditioning program for rugby league, but has other great takeaways for any team field sport.
Topics discussed…
- Important aspects of a pre season conditioning program
- The metrics Steve looks at to monitor/measure and improve
- What conditioning tests he uses
- How he implements the test results into training
- How he structures a week of conditioning/speed/multidirectional
- A general example of how a conditioning session would look for them
- How he plans gym along side field conditioning and max velocity work
- How this can best be applied at the sub elite level
- Biggest mistakes in designing a pre season conditioning plan
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
On this episode I interviewed Toby Edwards who is a strength and conditioning coach and researcher who just finished his PhD.
This episode’s main focus was Toby’s PhD and speed training for junior/youth athletes.
Topics discussed…
- Toby’s time interning as an S&C coach in the US college system
- Why he decided to go over and do that
- His biggest takeaways
- Why he decided to pursue his PhD
- Importance of determining if change is real in research and practical coaching
- Why speed is important for field based athletes
- Important components of acceleration and max velocity
- His PhD takeaways and how to implement them
- Biggest focuses for speed training in junior/youth athletes
- Drills and training a big group
- How he goes about limitations with time
You can follow/connect/contact Toby below…
Instagram: @tobyedwards_phd
Twitter: @tobyedwards_phd
Research Gate: here
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
On this episode I interviewed Jacob Tober who is a Strength & Conditioning Coach and the Co-Founder of Metric which is a velocity based system used on your smart phone.
This episode’s main focus was velocity based training.
Topics discussed…
- Theory and principles behind VBT
- What it is and how it works
- Applications for VBT in training
- Misconceptions about VBT
- Best ways for coaches to get started with VBT
- How to integrate VBT into training
- How VBT is used alongside different goals such as strength or power development and rehab
- Jacob’s Metric application and his vision for the future of VBT work
- How his application works and differs from others on the market
You can follow/connect/contact Jacob below…
Instagram (personal): @vbtcoach
Instagram (metric account): @metricvbt
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
On this episode I interviewed Hayley Gosman who is the Gold Coast Suns Academy Head Physiotherapist.
This episode’s main focus was physiotherapy and rehabilitation at the elite youth/junior academy level
Topics discussed…
- Biggest differences Hayley has noticed with these athletes compared to sub-elite youth/junior athletes and even adults
- Youth players dealing with their first major injury and how that is approached and dealt with
- Different rehab phases she uses when an injury does happen to a player and ways she keeps them training
- How herself and the Gold Coast Suns have built a culture around educating players from a young age the importance of communicating niggles/injuries and staying on top of them before they get worse
- Her collaborating with the strength & conditioning coach and some of their implementations to help reduce injury risk
- Common injuries at this age group and level
- Other factors this level and age group has to deal with being young and an elite footballer
- Their thought process of long term development and not prioritizing the now if it’s not best long term
You can follow/connect/contact Hayley below…
Email: Hayley.gosman@goldcoastfc.com
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Jamie Bouziotis, who is the Head of Strength and Conditioning at Melbourne Strength Culture.
This episode’s main focus was a different thought process to training “gen pop.”
Topics discussed…
- Redefining gen pop.
- Sport can be the limiting factor and you are sometimes unable to push athletes as much as “retired athletes/gen pop”
- How Jamie reasons through his programming for this population.
- Balancing multiple qualities.
- His main general training focuses for all.
- Changing and adapting training depending on the clients goals which can fluctuate throughout the process.
- Dealing with motivation in these clients.
- Training with and around previous athletic injuries.
You can follow/connect/contact Jamie below…
Jamie: @jamiebouz
Gym: @melbournestrengthculture
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Khaleel Waqar who runs and is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Rise Athletic Development.
This episode’s topic focused on athletic development within the community level/sub elite athlete in the private sector.
Topics discussed…
- The importance of athletic development even within local/community or sub elite athletes.
- How Khaleel conveys the importance to the athletes.
- What principles and goals he focuses on when training this level of athlete.
- What myths or misconceptions he usually has to dispel.
- How he goes about educating athletes on these topics.
- What “issues” or deficits he commonly sees at this level.
- What he does for lifting during season and how he tries to convince athletes the importance of it.
- How time and money affect training and his ways to work around this.
You can follow/connect/contact Khaleel below…
Instagram: @riseathleticdevelopment
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Steve Collins who is a Physiotherapist and Strength & Conditioning Coach. He works at the Joint Physio Clinic, Norths Devils Rugby League Club, the AIS with squash players, and is a Physio Lecturer at Australian Catholic University.
This episode’s topic focused on jumping and plyometrics within rehab.
Topics discussed…
- How Steve approaches his rehab in general to set the base when explaining plyometrics.
- How he defines a plyometric exercise.
- Three components of a true plyometric exercise.
- His different phases and exercise progressions for plyometrics.
- Different focuses and making it specific to the athlete.
- Lower limb plyometric specifics.
- Upper limb plyometric specifics.
You can follow/connect/contact Steve below…
Instagram: @steve_coach_physio
Physio Network Blogs Page: Here
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Dr. Teddy Willsey who is a Physical Therapist and Strength & Conditioning Coach. He is also the founder of Healthy Baller Physical Therapy.
This episode’s topic focused on finding, analyzing, and applying research in a practical way.
Topics discussed…
- How Dr. Willsey developed an interest and passion for staying up to date with the research.
- How he searches for the most up to date information with the massive amount of it out there.
- Tips for general learning/researching and staying up to date for practitioners and athletes/patients.
- His recommendation for specific searches.
- What tests or steps he goes through before he implements new information/findings.
- An example of something he recently changed and implemented due to new findings.
- Common challenges he faces when trying to implement new information and how he goes about dealing with them.
- How to walk the line of being evidenced based and clinically practical or using clinical experience.
- A piece of advice for the rehab and performance side of the spectrum.
You can follow/connect/contact Dr. Teddy Willsey below…
Instagram: @strengthcoachtherapy
Website: https://citizenathletics.com
You can contact/follow me below…
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
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Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Dr. Jarred Boyd who is a Performance Physical Therapist for the Memphis Grizzlies.
This episode goes through some rehab/performance frameworks and models Dr. Boyd has put together. They give a great outline to how he reasons through rehab and performance programming and can be implemented straight away.
Topics discussed…
- His principles > methods pyramid, how he came up with it and why.
- What each level of the pyramid represents: principles, heuristics, methods.
- In depth discussion on the subcategories of each level and examples of each.
- An outline of his reconditioning framework.
- How his reconditioning framework intertwines with his methods over principles pyramid.
- How you can apply each.
- How he looks at graded demands of exposure.
- What his pendulum of mechanics represents and how he implements that.
You can follow/connect/contact Dr. Jarred Boyd below…
Instagram: @dr.jfitboyd
R2P Academy Website: https://rehab2perform.com/academy
R2P Academy Instagram: @r2pacademy
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Dr. Jordan August who is a Physical Therapist and Strength & Conditioning Coach who works with athletes and is also a research reviewer for Science for Sport.
This episode’s topic focused on the early injury management and the integration of rehab and S&C principles post injury.
Topics discussed…
- What Dr. Jordan August recommends for early stage management.
- How it has changed and evolved over the years.
- What role using ice has and is there any benefits?
- Importance of mobilizing early.
- How to tell when you are able to progress to mobilizing.
- What S&C principles need to be added to the early and mid stages of rehab.
- How he incorporates general movement patters and the importance of doing so.
- Importance of periodization in rehab of athletes.
- The most important aspects of optimizing performance and decreasing injury risk.
- Importance of strength training in decreasing injury risk.
- Recommendations of early specialization in youth athletes.
You can follow/connect/contact Dr. Jordan August below…
Instagram: @jaug.dpt
Science for Sport Instagram: @scienceforsport
Science for Sport Website: https://www.scienceforsport.com/
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Don Singe who is the Head of Performance at the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
This episode’s topic focused on the importance of training monitoring and recovery in order to still continually challenge players.
Topics discussed…
- When Don first started looking at how he could maximize recovery to continually challenge athletes.
- How he used to view this vs how he does now and his evolution over the years.
- Two sides to recovery being physical, but also the less talked about, mental side.
- How Don monitors and trains the mental side of athletes.
- How Don monitors and trains the physical side of athletes.
- When he focuses on one more vs the other in different parts of the season.
- How traits/backgrounds of an athlete can affect both physical and mental sides of performance and recovery.
You can follow/connect/contact Don below…
LinkedIn: Link Here
Website: https://www.wellcollegeglobal.com/donsinge.html
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Steve Moore who is the AFLW, CCOS and Academy Strength & Conditioning Coordinator at Carlton FC.
This episode’s topic explores how Steve developed and uses a training program to allow athletes to have autonomy in their training.
Topics discussed…
- What inspired Steve to start testing out the idea of athlete autonomy.
- How he came up with his process of using athlete autonomy.
- What his autonomy system looks like.
- What he thinks are the benefits of giving athletes autonomy.
- How he prepares athletes to be able to fit into his autonomy system.
- How he assesses if athletes are on track to where he wants them.
- What his in season training goals and principles are and how he incorporates his autonomy system.
You can follow/connect/contact Steve below…
Instagram: @coachstevemoore
Email: steve.moore@carltonfc.com.au
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Coach Sean Connolly who is a High Performance Specialist at Land Performance.
This episode taps into some great knowledge, principles, and ways to apply them from all of Coach Connolly’s experiences.
Topics discussed…
- How Coach Connolly keeps things simple to get the best results.
- The thought process he goes through when designing a program.
- The main principles he focuses on for his athletes.
- Certain commonalities he sees within successful athletes.
- In Coach Connolly’s opinion, how much carryover does resistance training have and how specific with training do you need to be?
- Key components of helping keep athletes on the field/court/etc.
- How he approaches collecting data and using outcome measures to measure progress of athletes.
- His thoughts on plyometrics.
You can contact/follow Coach Connolly below…
Instagram: @coach_connolly
Website: https://coachconnolly.com.au
Land Performance Centre Instagram: @landperformancecentre
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Joey Guarascio who is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for football at Florida Atlantic University
This episode focuses on the development of speed and utilization of tech to aid speed development.
Topics discussed…
- How Coach Joey G become interested in speed development and when/how did the start of utilizing tech come about.
- His main principles he focuses on to develop speed.
- What different pieces of technology he uses to help monitor and measure the markers he looks for in developing speed.
- Specific things he does in the weight room as well as the field.
- How much field vs weight room work he does.
- How he organizes and presents all of the data he collects.
You can contact/follow Coach Joey G below…
Instagram: @coachjoeyg
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
This episode was the first roundtable discussion with three previous guests that have a special interest in returning athletes back to sport post ACL injury. It covers a multitude of topics dealing with sports rehab for ACL injuries.
The panel includes three physiotherapists; Justin Richardson from Athletes Authority, Adam Walker from Performance GC, and Jorden Radliff from Woodford Sports Science Consulting.
Topics discussed…
- Early ACL management, what to do early to set up success later on?
- Thoughts and potential uses of compex and BFR
- When to return to run?
- The criteria that each use when returning athletes to run
- Importance of plyometrics and how they implement them
- The importance of field based rehab and how each of them implement it
- Managing quad tendon graft ACL patients with pain and rehab progression
- Timing of return to sport, criteria based mixed with general timeframes
- How to address patients coming to you months after ACL injury and how to manage
You can contact/follow the guests below…
Justin Richardson
Instagram: @jrehab_
Athletes Authority Instagram: @athletesauthority
Adam Walker
Instagram: @performance_gc
Podcasts: Cut and Run (Apple Podcast), Cut and Run (Spotify)
Podcast Instagram: @cutandrunpodcast
Jorden Radliff
Instagram: @radliff_rehab
Website: https://radliffrehab.com.au/
Melbourne Sports Academy Instagram: @melbournesportsacademy
Melbourne Sports Academy Website: https://www.melbournesportsacademy.com.au/
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Cameron Ferguson who is the Head of Conditioning and Rehab at the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL. Cameron has also had prior experience working with the Gold Coast Suns AFL team.
This episode talks about Cameron’s position as a rehab coach and gets some of his insights seeing things from both the rehab and performance perspectives across the continuum.
Topics discussed…
- What his job as a rehab coach entails.
- How he communicates and helps the cross over between the rehab and performance teams.
- How different philosophies of high performance managers, head coaches, and sports change the planning, preparation, and training of a club.
- What some return to sport/performance criteria he commonly uses and tech he uses to help with that.
- His main goals/principles to help try and keep players on the field read to play instead of injured.
- Rugby being a physical sport, how does he modify and try to keep athletes training during season when they constantly come in with a minor injury week to week from the last game.
- Biggest piece of advice/knowledge for working across the performance and rehab continuum for both the physio/S&C and athletes.
You can contact/follow Cameron below…
LinkedIn: Cameron Ferguson
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Sam Moore who is the Director of Sports Science and Assistance Strength and Conditioning Coach at North Carolina State University.
This episode talks about the menstrual cycle and how to optimize it to increase performance.
Topics discussed…
- A general overview of the menstrual cycle and the phases.
- How long the phases are.
- What hormones are present at each stage and what that means.
- Common symptoms at each stage and ways to manage them.
- Reframing the menstrual cycle from a personal health issue to a performance topic and how to openly discuss it.
- What Sam considers when designing a program around the cycle.
- How she structures the programs to optimize the menstrual cycle.
- How the cycle effects performance, strength, hypertrophy, etc.
- The impact of contraceptives.
See helpful menstrual cycle timeline image here
You can contact/follow Sam below…
Instagram: @sammoorestrong
Twitter: @sammoorestrong
Website: https://www.mooresportscience.com/
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Adam Parr who is the Interim Head Fitness Coach and Sport Scientist at Minnesota United FC in the MLS.
This episode talks about S&C within soccer as well as the application of sports science in an elite sporting setting
Topics discussed…
- Thoughts and experiences with a negative connotation of S&C within the soccer community and athletes.
- How do you explain and show the benefit of S&C for performance and injury risk reduction in soccer players?
- What his general programming for soccer looks like through pre season to competition period.
- What he implements into his programs to focus on injury risk reduction for soccer athletes.
- What his focuses are from a conditioning aspect and how he implements that.
- Taking on multiple roles during COVID, what data did he prioritize?
- How did he use that data?
- If he had more help/time, what else would he have implemented or what data would he have gathered through the season?
- US vs UK and Australia sports science field and education.
- Importance of usefulness and application of sports science.
You can contact/follow Adam below…
Instagram: @aparrfitness
LinkedIn: Adam Parr
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
On this episode I interviewed Dan Howells who has previously worked with the Houston Astros MLB team and professional rugby in England as a strength and conditioning coach/coordinator.
This episode talks about interpersonal and communication skills within the sporting environment as well as the differences and lessons of working in different sports in different countries.
Topics discussed…
- The importance of communication in sports and in a high performance setting.
- How Dan created his personal philosophy to reflect his values and tips in creating your own.
- Understanding your personality type and personality types of others and how to interact.
- Recognizing personal biases and how to deal with them.
- How to go about conflict arising.
- Perception relating to athletes and other staff and how to navigate it.
- Examples of athletes and staff stories relating to perception and conflict.
- Making sure everyone is on the same page.
- Biggest differences to the US vs the UK within S&C and different sports.
- Pros and cons of each setting.
- Biggest lessons he’s learned with his sporting transition.
You can contact/follow Dan below…
Twitter: @howellsdan
Instagram: @collaborate_sports
Website: www.collaboratesports.com
Email: info@collaboratesports.com
Dan’s Interactive Personal Development (IPD) Program information below!
Dan formed Collaborate Sports during the initial lockdowns through Covid as a means of connecting developing coaches and practitioners through a personal development focus. Since then, he has reached over 400 hundred practitioners from varying countries using the personal development platform he has created. He provides opportunities to others through Bespoke Coaching/Mentoring, Monthly Interactive Webinars with guest presenters, and the Interactive Personal Development (IPD) Program. The IPD was the main focus of building a platform to network other coaches together in a learning environment and make mentorship more affordable for younger and developing coaches. The IPD allows 10-12 coaches to partake in a 6month course, focusing on specific content dependent on the Technical or Non Technical nature of the programs. Live attendance means interaction is central to the program where attendees can take the information shared and navigate how to apply it to their own world through the help of Dan and others in the program. The costs are more affordable due to the group nature of the program, and the online platform provided to allow coaches to communicate between monthly meet ups means that attendees get to coach and help each other daily as required.
Currently, the S&C Technical IPD is open for enrollment with some spaces still available for the commencement on January 31st 2021. The programs reach coaches on all time zones based on running 2 cohorts at any one time. If you are interested in learning more about the course, you can visit www.collaboratesports.com for more info, or email Dan direct at info@collaboratesports.com to ask questions or arrange an informal discussion about the opportunities Collaborate Sports aims to provide.
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
On this episode I interviewed Nalesh Murti who is an Athletic Performance Physio for the GWS Giants AFL Club.
This episode goes over multiple topics and how the GWS giants staff goes about them such as, monitoring, return to performance, and more!
Topics discussed…
- What is your initial screening for new players and returning players?
- How often do you screen?
- What is your purpose of screening?
- The pressure of getting players back in high performance sport.
- What are the biggest factors when considering when/if a player can return?
- How you go about developing criteria for return to performance?
- The 5 phase model used with the giants.
- What tech is used in the screening and return to performance situations and why?
- Nalesh’s thoughts on tech.
- An example of how Nalesh and the Giants would reason through a protocol and adjustments.
- How the Giants performance and medical staff work together to provide the best care for their athletes.
- And more!
You can contact/follow Nalesh below…
Instagram: @theathlete_physio
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
On this episode I interviewed Adam Walker who is a Physiotherapist with a special interest in ACL’s and a current PhD candidate within this topic.
This episode first talks about Adam’s research into how to implement ACL rehabilitation/reconditioning programs. Instead of looking at the specifics he is looking at the process of compliance and best ways to deliver. It then talks on females and ACL injuries and then into the specifics of how he structures his ACL rehab/reconditioning sessions.
Topics discussed…
Adam’s current research on ACL compliance and barriers that prevent people from finishing the long rehab/reconditioning process.
What he suggests is the best way to implement a program from his findings.
The importance of months 6-12.
Female athletes’ ACL injuries, is it biomechanical or lack of strength and training age?
How he structures his ACL program with gym based sessions and field based sessions.
The components of his activation, plyometric, and strength gym session.
The importance of also doing field based sessions.
Main focal points of shuffling, cutting and other field based movements.
You can contact/follow Adam below…
Instagram: @performance_gc
email: performancegoldcoast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.performancegc.com.au/
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
On this episode I interviewed Kaiti Jones who is a Senior Performance Coach at the University of Louisville. Kaiti has experience as an Athletic Trainer (ATC) and Strength and Conditioning/Performance Coach (CSCS).
The main focus of this episode was how the sports performance and sports medicine professions can best blend their experience and work together. Specifically this episode focuses on Athletic Trainers and Performance/Strength and Conditioning Coaches within the USA college system, but can have take always for other settings as well. This also touches on what reconditioning is and the importance of this process for the injured athlete.
Topics discussed…
The gap between Athletic Training and Strength and Conditioning
What Kaiti believes are barriers the college system has that prevents an ideal set up for athletic performance and reconditioning
Ways both professions can improve
How Athletic Trainers and Strength and Conditioning Coaches can learn from each other
How Kaiti defines reconditioning
How they do reconditioning at Louisville
You can always do something as an athlete
How to mesh the Athletic Training and Strength and Conditioning roles during reconditioning
How she develops a plan for the athlete to return to sport and performance
Letting athletes be athletes during reconditioning
How to communicate with coaches and athletes on a return to sport/performance “timeline”
What schools that don’t have the budget for technology can do to still set criteria and test
You can contact/follow Kaiti below…
Instagram: @kaitijones
You can contact/follow University of Louisville Performance below...
Instagram: @uoflperformance
Website: https://www.cardinalsperformance.com/
I would like to give a shout out to Mike Robertson and his podcast the Physical Preparation Podcast as I first listened to Kaiti's episode on there. Go give that a listen as well if you haven't for more great information on this topic here.
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
In this episode I interviewed Joseph Grinstain who is the Owner/Director of Strength and Performance at Hyperthrive Athletics.
This episode's main topic is S&C for the Throwing Athlete. We first talk on performance and then get into health/injury risk reduction.
Some topics discussed...
For performance…
The biomechanics of throwing for S&C purposes.
Importance of lower limb power.
Importance of front leg bracing.
Importance of coordination of the trunk.
Ways he likes to train all of these aspects.
For more health/injury risk reduction…
His take on shoulder and hip mobility.
What Joseph emphasizes for shoulder health.
How he manages in season vs out of season training.
And more!
You can contact/follow Joseph and Hyperthrive Athletics below…
Instagram: @hyperthriveathletics
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
In this episode I interviewed David Dwyer who is the Physical Performance Manager with the Western Force. David has had previous roles within rugby in multiple countries as well as cricket.
In this episode, we focus on how David likes to incorporate integrated fitness into training as well as his approach to strength training that carries into sport.
Some topics discussed…
His current role and how he works collaboratively with performance, medical, and the coaching staff.
Designing training to meet the coaches game strategy.
What is “integrated fitness.”
Integrating “conditioning” into training/practice.
How he plans and designs drills with the coaching staff to get the skills/game benefits while also achieving the conditioning goals.
Some examples of drills he has implemented in the past and ways he has changed them to get the achieved conditioning stimulus he wants.
His experiences and decision making in determining the type of integrated fitness being skills, small sided games, etc.
The benefits of integrated fitness.
His process in identifying the needs for the sport and improving upon them within the weight room.
Understanding movements and how they carry over to play.
Still allowing the ability to change training sessions and not always relying solely on Data (GPS, etc.).
And more!
You can contact David below…
Instagram: @davejd19
Twitter: @david_dwyer
LinkedIn: David Dwyer
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
In this episode I interviewed Jared Powell who is a Physiotherapist with an interested in the shoulder. He has a website with some great resources on the shoulder, does plenty of webinars and talks on the shoulder, and is currently completing his PhD.
In this episode, we focus on different shoulder injuries that commonly occur in athletes and ways to identify/treat them.
Some topics discussed…
Start with more non-traumatic type injuries. Commonly thought of as “chronic” or “overuse.”
What questions and aspects Jared thinks are important to focus on when someone comes in with this type of shoulder pain.
Does he think it possible to relate the cause of pain to a certain structure?
Does it matter if you can or can’t?
His thoughts on “shoulder impingement” and why he doesn’t like or agree with the term.
How he views a grouping of injuries as rotator cuff related shoulder pain and goes about managing it.
Specific exercises he likes to incorporate.
Pain vs performance.
Does thoracic/shoulder mobility matter to him?
Outcome measures for return to sport and performance.
Next topic was the acute injury and unstable shoulder.
Different types of instability and important aspects of each.
His opinion on when surgery is needed vs when it isn’t.
Things he likes to weigh up when considering surgery.
And more!
You can contact Jared Powell below…
Instagram: @shoulder_physio
Website: https://www.jaredphysio.com
Facebook Group: The Shoulder Physiotherapy Group
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
In this episode I interviewed Dr. Jacob Templar who is a Physical Therapist and Orthopedic Clinical Specialist. Dr. Templar has a passion and interest in staying up to date with the newest evidence and sharing that with others. He has treated many athletes through the years and is part of The Strength Guys.
In this episode, Dr. Templar talks all things scans/imaging, myths, and more.
Some topics discussed…
The good and the bad of scans.
What to take out of scans.
“Bad” findings aren’t always bad.
His approach to when to get a scan and when you probably don’t need one.
Low back scans.
What is actually causing your pain?
Disks can’t slip.
“Bulged” disks can heal by themselves.
Can your joints be “out of alignment?”
What does cracking your back/spine actually do for you?
And more!
You can contact Dr. Jacob Templar below…
Instagram: @strengthinevidence_physio
LinkedIn: Jacob H. Templar
The Strength Guys Instagram: @thestrengthguys
The Strength Guys Website: www.thestrengthguys.com
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
In this episode I interviewed Joseph Marcus who is the Product Manager and Inventor of AirBands at Vald Performance. Joseph is a Physiotherapist who has previously worked in professional rugby before moving to Vald to further develop his product.
In this episode, Joseph gives us a great overview of the blood flow restriction (BFR) within the sporting setting.
Some topics discussed…
What does BFR do physiologically and how does it work?
Benefits of using BFR.
Any cons or dangers of using BFR.
Specific applications for BFR within sport relating to rehab and performance.
The specific parameters of using BFR.
How many sets and reps for each goal that being hypertrophy, strength, aerobic benefits?
Is having a pressure gauge on the cuff a benefit or can you use ones without any guage and still get benefits?
Using BFR for warm ups and recovery.
And more!
You can contact Joseph below…
Email: joseph@airbandsbfr.com
You can follow or contact Joseph’s product AirBands below…
Email: info@airbandsbfr.com
Website: www.airbandsbfr.com
Instagram: @airbandsbfr
Twitter: @airbandsBFR
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
In this episode I interviewed Prof. Jill Cook who is a famous researcher on tendinopathy as well as a practicing clinician. This episode talks all things tendinopathy as seen in the topics below.
Some topics discussed…
What is tendinopathy?
What it is not.
Scans in relation to tendinopathy.
Pain and tendinopathy.
Jill’s best recommendations to diagnose tendons.
Jill’s 4 stage rehab continuum.
A breakdown of the specifics of each stage.
How isometrics can help decrease pain and the right way to do them.
How to manage athletes dealing with tendon issues.
And more!
You can follow and contact Jill below…
Twitter: @ProfJillCook
Jill Cook on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2052457537-Jill-Cook
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
In this episode I interviewed Laura Fox who is the Owner and Physiotherapist at Fox Physio. Laura has developed a niche population working with strength based athletes. She treats many powerlifters, bodybuilders, and gym goers.
This episode focuses on many aspects of resistance training that can be applied to anyone involved in it!
Some topics discussed…
Common pains that are seen with resistance training and how to address the issues. Specifically anterior shoulder pain and anterior hip pain.
Examples of exercise progression back to lifting when dealing with lifting pains/injuries.
Examples of exercise regressions to bring exercises back to a comfortable level when dealing with pain/injuries.
Common technique flaws seen in different lifting patters including squat, hinge, upper body push, and upper body pull movements.
Technique fixes to decrease pain for different lifting patters including squat, hinge, upper body push, and upper body pull movements.
Different mobility movements and any neural priming or “activation” exercises she likes to use for warm ups.
The purpose of doing mobility movements and neural priming/”activation” in warm ups.
How she keeps athletes training while injured and motivated to train while injured.
You can follow and contact Laura below…
Instagram: @fox.physio
Email: admin@foxphysio.com.au
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
In this episode I interviewed Glenn Corcoran who is the Manager at Bond University High Performance Training Centre. Glenn has been involved in the strength & conditioning profession for many years and has experience working across a wide range of sports.
In this episode we talked about his experiences and goals as a manager of a high performance training centre and then dove into his main training principles for different categories of athletes.
Some topics discussed…
What is his role as a high performance manager.
What his goal is for athletes that come to Bond University High Performance Training Centre.
What Bond Institute of Health & Sport has to offer to better athletes.
What teams and sports he has worked with and have come through Bond University High Performance Training Centre.
What his main training focuses are for field based athletes for resistance training and conditioning.
The differences of training for rugby and gridiron/NFL.
What his main training focuses are for endurance based athletes.
His advice for athletes.
His advice for sports performance and rehab professionals.
And more!
You can follow and contact Glenn below…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-corcoran-98b4805b/
For more information on the Bond University High Performance Training Centre see below…
https://bond.edu.au/about-bond/facilities-services/teaching-facilities/bond-institute-health-sport
https://www.facebook.com/bonduniversitysport
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
In this episode, I interviewed Kurt Vogel, who is a Senior Technical Officer at USQ and a Physical Performance Coach. Kurt has many years of experience working with a wide range of sports. With his background in sports science, as well as strength & conditioning, he is great with understanding what data matters and how to apply it.
Some topics covered in this episode include…
How he recommends to sift through all the information out there deciding what is “good” and “bad” info or research.
His main sports science data he uses for load monitoring and performance.
How he obtains this data.
How he uses this data.
Why he uses this data.
What is force velocity profiling? Why and how he uses that.
What to do when you don’t have high tech equipment for monitoring.
Some creative ways he has used to “test” athletes without high tech equipment.
His thought process when deciding what objective tests to put athletes through when monitoring performance.
How often he tests.
What order and how he structures his tests.
You can follow and contact Kurt below…
Instagram: @kurtvogel.coach
Instagram: @revolveathletic
Website: www.revolveathletic.com
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
In this episode, I interviewed Justin Richardson who is a Physio and Rehab Coach at Athletes Authority. Justin has experience in both the sports performance and sports medicine fields being a S&C and Physio. He works in an integrated performance and rehab model at Athletes Authority.
The main topic of this episode was Justin’s approach and opinion on how to best help athletes in the rehab performance continuum. Justin gives ideas to practitioners to provide better care for athletes and also gives tips to athletes to make sure they are getting proper care.
Some topics included…
How Justin feels the typical Physiotherapy set up doesn’t work for athletes and why.
His recommendations for improvement.
How they do things at Athletes Authority combining S&C and Physio.
How they provide more contact time with the Physio or S&C and why that is important for athletes.
How more contact time allows for more coaching and why that is important.
How the integrated rehab and performance programs run and why that is important.
The gap between done with general physio rehab and game ready.
Importance of seeking a physio with sports experience if you’re an athlete.
Importance of upskilling your S&C knowledge as a physio.
Importance of the collaboration between the physio and S&C.
His biggest advice for Physio’s, S&C’s, and athletes.
You can follow and contact Justin below…
Instagram: @jrehab_
Athlete’s Authority Instagram: @athletesauthority
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
In this episode I interviewed Nicolai Morris who is a strength and conditioning specialist at High Performance Sport New Zealand. Nicolai has worked with a wide range of athletes. She has a background of swimming herself and has also trained swimmers. Whether you are a swimmer yourself, or someone working with swimming, give this episode a listen!
Some topics include....
Some basic principles for S&C for swimming.
How does training swimming differ to land based sport training.
Her focus for differently types of swimmers such as sprinters, mid distance, and distance.
If she does anything different for different strokes.
The biggest mistakes she thinks are made in strength training in swimmers.
Importance of working on movements with non land based athletes.
How she likes to program in season vs off season.
How she likes to program around taper.
Some exercises she likes for injury risk reduction in swimmers.
You can follow or contact Nicolia below...
Instagram: @nicolai_morris
Twitter: @nicolai_morris
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
In this episode I interviewed Ben Griffin. Ben is a strength and conditioning coach at Real FITT Strength & Conditioning. Ben has the experience of working in strength and conditioning in the US and Australia. In this episode, we talk about the differences and similarities of S&C between the two countries.
Some topics include...
The general differences in strength and conditioning in Australia vs the US.
The pros and cons of each.
The college system in the US.
The differences in training schedules of the US and Australia.
The differences in sports science in Australia vs the US.
Ben’s biggest pet peeves within the industry.
Why he likes “simple training”.
His biggest advice to athletes and coaches.
You can learn from and contact Walter below…
Instagram: @bengriffin88
Twitter: @bengriffin88
LinkedIn: Ben Griffin
Podcast on Spotify: Ben Griffin's Podcast
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
In this episode, I interviewed Walter Grandez. Walter is a strength & conditioning coach and sports scientist. Walter has worked with a variety of sports including soccer and rugby. He also has a good amount of experience working with the youth athlete population.
The main topic of this episode was growth and maturation. Through his experience with a couple academy clubs in soccer, Walter has established some knowledge in the process and proper training methods of growth and maturation of the youth athlete. Whether you are an athlete ages 12-18 or a coach that works with youth athletes, this episode can provide some great information for your benefit!
Some topics discussed…
Background on growth and maturation.
What is the growth and maturation process.
Why is it important?
How it affects different aspects of youth development such as motor skill development and strength.
What is peak height velocity and why is it important.
What is adolescent awkwardness and how to train it.
Early vs late maturation of athletes and how to train the differences.
Walter’s main focus points for training this population.
Some no cost sports science tactics you can use to help improve yourself as an athlete or improve your team as a coach.
You can learn from and contact Walter below…
Twitter: @w_grandez
LinkedIn: Walter Grandez
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
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Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
In this episode, I interviewed Ashley Jones who is the Head of Performance with the Houston SaberCats and legend in the strength & conditioning industry. Ashley has over 25 years of experience working with rugby union, rugby league, and basketball across multiple countries.
The main topic of this episode was how he designs his resistance training programs. This episode is great for any coach or athlete looking to improve their programming and understand how Ashley thinks when writing his programs with all of his knowledge and experience.
Some topics discussed…
A general history and background on Ashley.
How he incorporates a westside conjugate style of programming.
The different aspects of the westside conjugate style and how he makes it rugby specific.
He explains how he pulls bits and pieces form many different styles of programs to make his own style and what those bits are.
How he tries to make each program as individualized as possible.
His focus for his players that need hypertrophy work.
His focus for his players that need strength & power work.
His focus for his players that need metabolic/conditioning work.
Combining working on multiple aspects at the same time.
Differences of in season vs off season training.
How he likes to incorporate conditioning to training.
His take on different conditioning tests.
And so much more!
You can learn from and contact Ashley below…
Website: https://www.elitefts.com/author/ashley-jones/
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
In this episode, I interviewed Brandon Jones who is a High Performance Coach that specializes in all things running. The mechanics of running, acceleration, top end speed, deceleration, and change of direction. He is a high level athlete himself and High Performance Coach who has traveled the world to learn from the very best in how to coach running mechanics.
Some topics discussed…
Main biomechanics of running to improve performance.
Main biomechanics of running to reduce the risk of injury.
How to improve acceleration.
How to improve top end speed.
How to improve deceleration.
How to improve change of direction.
Importance of rest for training.
How to incorporated speed training into a team based setting as best as possible.
His biggest tips for improving running performance.
You can contact/follow Brandon below…
Instagram: @therunningcoach_
Facebook: The Running Coach
Website: https://www.therunningcoach.com.au
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
In this episode, I interviewed Lauren Ziaks who is an Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist that specializes in concussion management. Lauren has a passion for treating concussions and really gets involved with athletes that have had ongoing symptoms for an extended period of time.
Some topics we discussed…
What is a concussion in general?
The physiology behind a concussion.
How people get concussions.
Signs and symptoms of a concussion.
Protocols to manage concussions.
Why it is important to take concussions seriously.
Why treating a concussion sooner is more beneficial than later.
Ongoing symptoms and treatment options for them.
And more!
You can follow/contact Lauren below…
Twitter: @LZconcussion
Website: www.phoenixconcussionrecovery.com
You can contact/follow me below…
Website: www.patrick-wood.com
Instagram: @coachpatrickwood
Twitter: @coachpattywood
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
In this episode, I interviewed Chris Tombs, who is the Lead Performance Coach at Seattle Seawolves Rugby Club in Major League Rugby. Chris has had a lot of experience through his strength & conditioning career and also has become very knowledgeable in velocity based training.
In this episode we talk a little bit about the MLR and how he conditions his athletes, but mainly focus on velocity based training. If you haven’t heard of Velocity Based Training, give this episode a listen!
Some topics discussed…
Chris’ career.
What is Major League Rugby?
Chris’ way of conditioning.
Velocity based training (VBT).
What is VBT?
The benefits of using VBT.
Specifics of VBT training for different outcomes.
How he implements VBT in team sport.
& more!
You can follow/contact Chris below…
Twitter: @christombs71
Instagram: @christombs71