Upper Left Performance #47 Pratik Patel - Pros and Cons of the NFL's CBA and Training Camp Structure, Looking After Each Athlete's Well-Being
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Welcome back to a third season of the Upper Left Performance Podcast. We are kicking things off with a recent chat I had with Pratik Patel. Pratik is currently a PhD student and consultant for athletes ranging from high school to the professional level. He previously worked for the New York Giants, University of Oregon, Michigan State and Kansas State primarily as a dietician, but also as a strength coach with the Giants.
Pratik and I discussed the potential pitfalls facing professional sports in relation to physical preparation. We touched on the NFL's CBA and how it actually can work against an athlete's ability to stay physically ready for the rigors of an NFL season. Kicking the can a bit further, Pratik also detailed how the sudden onset of training camp can be catastrophic for some players. He mentions sleep, nutrition, and loading and just how we can do better as performance specialists to get those things right for the athlete.
I really appreciated Pratik's candor in focusing on the issues facing elite sport and how performance staffs can go about improving their systems to ensure as little as possible slips through the cracks. We all know communication between all members of a team is important, but it was great to hear him expound upon that with his real world experience.
Though Pratik has worked primarily with nutrition, he possesses a deep knowledge of all the working parts that go into athlete success and it's quite obvious that his understanding of the interconnectedness in sport is something more of us need to embrace. Follow Pratik on social media @pratikxpatel on both twitter (https://twitter.com/PratikxPatel) and IG (https://www.instagram.com/pratikxpatel/).
12 Apr 2021
Upper Left Performance #46 John Garrish - Building a High School Development Program for Everyone
John Garrish is the head Strength and Conditioning Coach and head track and field coach for North Broward Prep in South Florida and he hopped on the pod today to talk about high school strength and conditioning and how far it has come since he joined its ranks 7 years ago.
What blew me away was John’s dedication to his athletes and desire to provide an environment that fosters excellence in his kids regardless of athletic talent. We talked at length about his approach towards working with a wide range of kids and assembling a solid coaching staff that is equally committed to development of the whole person.
John also breaks down what has changed for him since Covid-19 in terms of scheduling and providing a safe experience for his athletes. He breaks down how his schedule works and how he took over the track team several years ago and then we discuss his most recent initiative: free Saturday speed sessions for anyone in the North Florida community.
John’s passion for helping people was really special to hear about. He is truly a selfless person and it certainly left me thinking of ways I can better serve those around me. Thanks to him for hopping on and hope you enjoy our conversation
John also writes for Teambuildr (https://blog.teambuildr.com/) and can be found on Instagram @coach_garrish (https://www.instagram.com/coach_garrish/?hl=en) and on twitter @John_Garrish (https://twitter.com/John_Garrish?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
29 Mar 2021
Upper Left Performance #45 Daniel Back - Filling in Athletic Gaps for Youth Athletes, Overshoot vs. Super-Compensation, Sprinting
Daniel Back is a performance coach in Austin Texas and the founder of Jump Science (website: jump.science (https://www.jump.science/p/welcome.html)). You can find him on IG @jump.science (https://www.instagram.com/jump.science/?hl=en)
He has been working in the industry since 2012, but has long been a student of athletic performance particularly plyometrics and speed. Some of his YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/jumptrainee1) videos on sprint mechanics and physics shattered my entire world when I first saw them and I’ve long been a fan of his approach and his counter-cultural thoughts on training
In the episode today we discuss why strength training exclusively can limit adaptation in youth athletes and how filling in other athletic gaps first can be a better place to start.
Then we dive into the overshoot phenomenon vs super compensation and how to be practical in programming for athletes given what we know about those factors. This leads to a discussion about negative adaptations and fiber types and how we need to consider these when writing training programs.
Then we shift to speed and discuss max velocity for basketball players, what metrics and outputs Daniel tracks in his sprinters and how he thinks sprinting should be at the heart of training for most athletes.
All of that and we didn’t even discuss jump training, which is Daniel’s bread and butter. Since we missed out on that make sure you check out his website jump.science and his IG of the same name and he’ll get your vert right.
Thanks again to Daniel for hopping on for what was a terrific deep dive on some very thought provoking concepts.
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