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This week we welcomed Jonny Holland on to discuss his experience in coaching the rugby player and his approach to developing nutrition programming in elite level GAA. In addition to these topics Jonny discussed the resilience he built up throughout his adolescent years and how it involved with him making his way into a professional career in Munster Rugby.
This conversation evolved from his own individual athletic development right through to lessons learnt as a professional athlete and how he has used this to evolve his own coaching practices.
Areas of note in todays podcast;
🏉 His Rugby career, the highs and the set backs,
💪🏼 Building a resilience in the underage athlete
👨🏼🏫 Jonny's Masters research into creatine supplementation for female athletes
🤗 How he approaches performance & health nutrition to ensure the athlete is both physically and mentally prepared to perform
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This week we welcome don Emma Cowley and Emma Ross who recently co-authored a paper on the disparity between male and female participants in sport and exercise science research with Kelly McNulty and Alyssa Olenick.
We explored the general findings in terms of male and female specific research but also how it is seen through titles, abstracts and methods sections.
We discussed the reasons why the gender data gap exists but more importantly the implications in terms of the specific recommendations that emerge from research alongside the social impact of a seemingly lower involvement of females as participants in research.
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We welcomed on Dr Brendan O'Keeffe to discuss his PhD studies that focused on developing and trialing a health-related fitness test battery in Irish post-primary schools. We discussed why we should be testing, how to conduct tests, what tests to include and some tips around who to do and what not to do.
We looked at how Ireland's fitness levels compare to European norms and why they may be as they are.
We also had discussions around how fitness testing fits in as part of an overall meaningful PE programme and what role schools play in the long term health and fitness of the Irish population.
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This week we welcome don Shannon Beer who has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to incorporating nutrition coaching as part of an approach to developing all round health. We discussed how she became interested in nutrition, her research and work on dealing with body image issues and where she sees the nutrition u=industry going. Shannon also discussed what health is and provided an overview of her model of Flourishing Health.
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This week we welcomed Dr Phil Kearney onto The Fallowers. Phil is a lecturer at University of Limerick and course leader of the MSc in Applied Sports Coaching. Phil gave us his definition of what coaching is and what a coach is.
We discussed the characteristics of "serial winning coaches" and how these characteristics are developed over time. Phil provided us with some tools that coaches can use to develop their coaching practices and add to their coaching toolbox.
Phil also gave us an overview of how research on coaching has evolved over the years, what tools are used to measure/monitor effective coaching and what direction research on coaching is likely to go in the future.
This was a truly enjoyable episode and we will certainly have to follow up with Phil in the future to dig a bit deeper on a few episodes.
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Dr Gabrielle Fundaro joined us to discuss all things gut health. We looked at the signs and symptoms of gut ill-health, how we can measure gut health and what aspects of lifestyle and nutrition can have positive and negative impacts on our gut microbiome. We look at a number of nutrition related factors have created a lot of "noise" in relation to gut health, "damage" and impact on the microbiome without much evidence to back up some claims.
Finally we look at some habits we can build into our daily lives that will help to maintain optimal gut health.
You can find Dr Fundaro on Instagram at @vitaminphd
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This week we were joined by Eoin Clarkin. Eoin is currently balancing two roles as S&C for Arsenal Senior Women's team and The Irish U21 men's team. He is able to draw on a wealth of experience from Dundalk FC, UCD, Kilmacud Crokes and his work in the private sector.
We discussed the importance of communication and planning for International camps as he has seen it from both aspects. We looked at cultural differences between teams and sport while also discussing some of the physical and psychological considerations when working with female athletes.
Towards the end we delved into some interesting points around how we balance our knowledge of the technical/tactical aspect of the game with our physical responsibilities.
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We sat down with Lorcan Daly who is completing his PhD on Recovery Practices in Gaelic Games. His studies have focused on what physical characteristics impact recovery in GAA, what recovery modalities athletes perceive to be effective versus what is really effective and how recovered are players as they head into games? We discussed all the factors we need to consider when planning recovery practices and how a well structured training programme is often the most effective thing we can implement.
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Keir Wenham-Flatt joined us this week to discuss his Strength Coach network. It evolved as he sought to help others lern from his mistakes such as how to create a network to improve future job prospects and how to think critically about how we can realistically impact performance as strength coaches.
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This week we welcomed on Barry O'Brien who is an S&C coach with Connacht Rugby. He discusses his current role predominantly as a conditioner but also on the "Return To Play" end of things. He discusses his previous role as a sport scientist where he mainly looked at GPS. We spoke about how to add variation to conditioning, how much is done with/without the ball and how important it is to communicate with technical/tactical coaches.
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This week we welcomed on Dr Donnla O'Hagan who is a lecturer at Dublin City University. She lectures in Sports Psychology and Research Methods while her own main area of research is on sleep. She completed her PhD on how sleep deprivation affects the performance of pilots. We discussed this, her work at US Naval Air Force and all other matters related to sleep in this super interesting episode.
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It's a full year since we started and surprisingly enough (mainly to ourselves) we've remained consistent with an episode pretty much every week for the year. We took a look back at the last year in terms of what we've learned from the various guests we've had on and about podcasting in general. We included a few excerpts from previous episodes and discussed some upcoming guests. We also stated who our dream guests would be.
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Paul Talty is Associate Head Of Performance Services (Athletic) with Swim Ireland He is responsible for the "dryland" or strength work for our country's elite swimmers. We discussed the benefits of strength training for swimmers, how it transfers from the weight room to the water and what key exercises he feels are of the greatest benefit. We spoke about nutrition considerations for swimmers and how consuming adequate calories at the right stage of the week can have huge benefits for both performance and recovery.
Paul outlined what goes into planning a trip to the Olympics including how far in advance the planning starts and some of the key things that need to be considered. Towards the end, we briefly touch on Paul's PhD research into Change Of Direction in Gaelic Football. -
This week we welcomed on Rob Pacey who hosts the Pacey Performance Podcast which has published over 300 episodes. He recently conducted a survey among Performance Staff in professional soccer which provided insights around wages, years of experience, job titles, how people were hired, internships and much more.
Rob gave his own views on how we can generate extra revenue to supplement our income and how coaches may look to move away from elite sport to ensure greater job security.
A full report of Rob's report and numerous other resources can be found at his website: https://www.strengthofscience.com/pacey-performance-podcast/
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This week we welcomed on David Grey of DG Rehab. We discussed a number of items such as an explanation of quality movement. We spoke about David's online programmes, "Lower Body Basics 1", "Lower Body Basics 2" and "Core Basics" which has been implemented across the world including with a number of elite athletes. David also spoke about breath work and the impact that can have on movement, stiffness/tightness, energy levels and quality sleep.
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This week we welcomed on Dr Alan Dunton who is a lecturer in Skill Acquisition at Technological University Dublin. Alan completed his PhD on Occlusion or "Head Up" Goggles. We discussed what constraints are, different types of constraints and how we can sue them to enhance our coaching practices. We also spoke about the importance of "Why" we are using certain constraints or activities and the difference between Agility and Change Of Direction.
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This week we welcomed on Eoin Maguire who is a very experienced S&C coach. He has worked at intercounty GAA, AIL Rugby, NFL Combine prep and with a number of individual athletes. He currently works for EXOS who are an international health and fitness company who specialise in both elite performance and general health. In this episode we discussed how to create buy-in with athletes, the social and cultural differences between GAA and Rugby players, what "soft" skills S&C coaches should seek to develop and much more.
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This week we had a solo episode as we've had a number of guests over the past few months. We discussed a number of considerations we should be mindful of as coaches and players as training resumes. Namely how to structure sessions, how to incorporate speed and strength work, and how we can increase overall training volume over time.
We also discussed what to do if you haven't put in much effort during the off-season and suggest a few nutrition strategies that will help fuelling, recovery, weight gain and loss. -
This week we welcomed Robbie Cassidy (@themobilitytutor). We discussed some considerations around returning to training. How to manage load across the week, with a particular emphasis on CNS fatigue. Robbie explained what mobility is and how it differs from flexibility. We also looked at how mobility can be impacted by a number of other "moving parts" around the body such as breathing, stress, sleep and much more.
You can find Robbie and all of his specific mobility/injury reduction plans at www.themobilitytutor.com
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