On this week’s Pacey Performance Podcast, Rob is speaking to Dan Baker, Lachlan Wilmot and Jonathon Weakley. This episode was originally recorded in 2020 as a Live roundtable but because the information on velocity based training (VBT) was so incredible, we decided to release it as a podcast.
Dan, Lachlan and Jonathon are most certainly authorities in this area from both a practical and academic perspective. All three of these guys know this area inside out. Firstly we start by tackling a few misunderstandings when it comes to VBT and then chat through why each of the guests decide to implement VBT in their different environments.
There seems to be a disconnect between the science of VBT and its application. On paper it looks great but implementing it in practice seems to be a barrier to some coaches. Is it the technology available, is it athlete buy-in, is it friction when it comes to programming? Jonathon gives his view here given his recent review of this area in his paper, Velocity-based training: From theory to application. If you are interested in this area and haven’t read this article, its free to download on Researchgate.
We finish off this episode with a quick fire round of questions, tackling some of the common issues when interpreting the science and translating that into practice.
If you’re looking for in-depth information on velocity based training, listen to three experts in this area on this episode of the podcast.
Main talking points –
- What is velocity based training?
- Why is it misunderstood?
- When VBT shouldn’t be implemented with a programme?
- Why is there a disconnect between VBT science and application?
- Is bar path really an essential metric to track using VBT technology?
- What metrics to focus on to maximise bang for buck
- How can we help coaches successfully implement VBT in an applied setting
- Using velocity loss