Andrew Murray - Director of Sports Science, University of Oregon




Coach and Coordinator Podcast show

Summary: Andrew Murray joins Keith Grabowski and Joe Eisenmann on today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast. Murray serves as the Director of Performance and Sports Science at the University of Oregon. On the podcast, he gives insight on training load management. Show notes :54 What led him to sports science with Oregon 3:02 How Oregon is different from other programs 5:23 Technology to monitor QBs 8:30 How coaches can build a plan to keep QBs healthy and make them better 13:55 Concept of acute and chronic loads 16:19 Managing training loads for high school QBs 18:08 Trusting the program process 19:02 The 24-hour athlete 21:30 Coaches need to monitor loads in practice 24:04 Balancing strength with technique 25:47 Key points for high school coaches on load management