AFL Elite Tips for High Performance Coaches & Footballers

Highlights from the episode: - Best performance gyms to gain coaching experience - Academy and online memberships to gain coaching education - Best courses and conferences for coaching - Coaching placement or internships - Coaching mentorships

Highlights from the episode: - Instagram and TikTok content strategy - His mentors and people who influenced him - Body Majic’s 8-week training program - Gerard’s favorite movie or tv series - His upcoming plan

Highlights from the episode: - How cognitive tunneling helps as a coping strategy when dealing with pressure - Performance mindset: Is it inbuilt or can be developed? - Common challenges and solutions for athletes looking to develop their performance mindset - Questions he asks to athletes who struggle to find their purpose - Common misconceptions with regards to a performance mindset

Highlights from the episode: - Developing robust athletes - Mistake #1 Intensity wearing off - Mistake #2 Recovery culture - Mistake #3 Max velocity exposure - Mistake #4 Ability to train at max intensity

Highlights from the episode: - Emily's advice to her past self when she was starting as a dietician - Her advice to newly hired dieticians on how to educate a club or team - Her strategies when working with elite athletes - Emily's approach to developing athletes who want to bulk up - Ideal snacks for athletes who are on the go - How she helps in improving an athlete's nutrition

Highlights from the episode: - Influencers and mentors that shaped his philosophy - How he came about the idea that physios can benefit by thinking more like an S&Cs - Effective ways for physios looking to think more like an S&C - Common misconceptions with regard to injury mitigation when developing robust athletes - What he learned as a physio from working with different sports

Highlights from the episode: - Fuelling appropriately and how to get Jess Spendlove's ebook - Timing of your food - Hydration and best electrolyte sources - Confidence comes from competency - Motivation comes from purpose

Highlights from the episode: - JB's mentors and influencers - Tips to improve max velocity - How JB gives feedback and cues to athletes - Drills to improve hip extension - How he upskills himself

Highlights from the episode: - Common challenges for performance teams and medical staff members to collaborate effectively - Using collaborative thinking and integration before providing advice to solve a problem - His advice for running effective meetings for the medical and performance team - Using the whiteboard method for collaborating and sharing ideas - His process in planning and or giving advice when faced with a new problem he never encountered before

Highlights from the episode: - What is tempo running - Pros of tempo running prescription - Cons of tempo running prescription - What is Max aerobic speed (MAS) - What is MASASR - Using the Ratio of MAS to MSS to group athletes - Podcast updates

Highlights from the episode: - How to become a sports psychologist - Advice for aspiring sports psychologists who want to work in elite sport - How she built her rapport and soft skills with the athletes - Tips for an athlete that feels overwhelmed because of a mistake - How she resets a team that lost or won for the next game

Highlights from the episode: - Key considerations when considering applying new research into your practice - Research papers that are practically effective and coaches can apply - His go to metrics in a small-sided game - His non-negotiables to ensure optimal physical performance in AFL athletes - Area where sport scientists can provide the biggest impact on a pro sporting club

Highlights from the episode: - Needs and profile analysis - Understanding the key strength exercises - Hip flection and hip extension - Having a Reactive Strength Index for testing - Podcast recommendations about marketing

Highlights from the episode: - Sam's inspirational quote and life motto - His pet peeves in his work life - His favorite way to spend his day off - What did their strength and conditioning session looks like in his footy days - How Sam found his passion as a rock coach - How they started the SmartASSam podcast

Highlights from the episode: - Strong mentors and influencers who shaped her philosophy today - Effective methods to measuring training load in team-based field athletes - Her criteria when adjusting training load for athlete recovery in preseason - Her non-negotiables to ensure athletes maintain an elite lifestyle - How she makes a group presentation engaging and actionable