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Over-training, injuries, burn-out We’ve got a back-to-school special this week that should resonate with a lot of coaches and parents. Mark Hyman is the author of the books Until It Hurts: America’s Obsession with Youth Sports and How It Harms Our Kids and The Most Expensive Game in Town: The Rising Cost of Youth Sports […]

Strength and conditioning is back in focus this week. Soccer and track specialist Mike Young works extensively with the Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer as well as running the Athletic Lab, a top-notch training facility based near Raleigh, North Carolina. Mike has a PhD in kinesiology with an emphasis in biomechanics. He’s worked across […]

Boston Marathon, Meb Keflezighi We have the coach behind one of the most stunning marathon victories in recent years on the show this week. Meb Keflezighi’s longtime mentor Bob Larsen joins us again, to tell us all about how Meb triumphed in the 2014 Boston Marathon, on the eve of his 39th birthday, becoming the […]

Team values and personal principles Rounding up teenagers at 6:30 in the morning six days a week, 50 weeks a year and turning them into champions, over and over again. Sounds like hard work but also tremendously satisfying for swimming coach Chris Plumb. Chris has helped produce dozens of Olympic caliber athletes at the nationally […]

Does practice really make perfect? Skill acquisition How much of athletic performance is actually down to thousands of hours of so-called deliberate practice? Maybe not as much as you think… This week we go in depth on the topic with the lead author of a newly published research paper that many in the world of […]

Winning mentality, focus, resilience, mental toughness Coaching is a lot about instilling the right mentality in your athletes. This week’s guest is a specialist in developing the “gold-medal mindset.” Sports psychologist Jim Afremow is a mental game coach, has a PhD in sports psychology, and is the author of the recent book, The Champion’s Mind: How […]

DeeDee Trotter coach, sprint coaching It’s a pleasure to welcome a true pioneer to Sports Coach Radio this week. Caryl Smith Gilbert is one of the very few women in the world to lead a major sports program for both men and women. She’s director of track and field at the perennial powerhouse University of […]

This week we’ve got one of our very favorites back for a second visit  Daniel Coyle, author of The Talent Code, The Little Book of Talent, co-author of The Secret Race and several other excellent books about the sporting life. The previous interview with Daniel was released on April 19th, 2013 and it’s still available […]

Who wouldn’t want to become a supple leopard? Kelly Starrett explains how in this week’s episode. Kelly has a doctorate in physical therapy, is the co-founder of San Francisco CrossFit and has an extensive background in elite slalom canoeing. He’s widely known in the CrossFit world as a mobility maven, having created an innovative blend […]

Triathlon Swimming and Open Water Just in time for the summer splashing season in the northern hemisphere, week we have swimming and triathlon coach Paul Newsome. I’m very excited about this interview because it’s the first time we get to talk about sharks on the show. Based in Perth, Australia, Paul is the director of […]

Strength & Conditioning, Power & Agility Andrea Hudy is one of the most innovate and successful strength and conditioning coaches in big-league NCAA sports. Andrea has been at the University of Kansas since 2004, where she is Assistant Athletics Director for Sport Performance, with responsibilities for most of their sports teams and in particular the […]

Controlling Your Mind for Endurance Sports Triathlon Coach and extreme ultra madman Mark Kleanthous is back on the show, having recently survived the six-day Marathon des Sables in the Sahara Desert and before that Ironman Lake Tahoe, in freezing temperatures. We’re going to talk about those gruelling exploits and rather fittingly, his new book: Triathlon. […]

Warming up, flexibility and balance: Running coach Jay Johnson We’re branching out a little this week into the world of middle and long distance running. Coach Jay Johnson talks with us about his fresh and innovative approach to training.  Among the elite runners he’s helped recently are Renee Metivier-Ballie, Brent Vaughn and Fernando Cabada. Jay […]

Ironman Mentor to Mark Allen & Others Well-known for working with multiple triathlon world champion Mark Allen, renaissance man Phil Maffetone has been just about everywhere and done just about everything. To be concise, we’ll just focus on his sports resume. For his musical accomplishments and lots more check out www.philmaffetone.com In addition to mentoring […]

Focus, mental toughness versus choking Why do some people excel under pressure while others fail? Paul Sullivan has written an excellent book exploring this question, called Clutch. We talk about the numerous case studies he’s looked at including the likes of Tiger Woods in golf, as well as examples from basketball, baseball and football. Paul […]