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Episode #202

Developing physical qualities and reducing injury risk in-seaon in the NBA players

Ramsey Nijem

Head Performance & Strength & Conditioning Coach

Sponsored By

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Head Performance & Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Sacramento Kings, Ramsey Nijem. Ramsey has spoken at a number of events over the summer on the topic of training load monitoring in the NBA so I thought it would be great to build on hem insights in a podcast. He has recently completed his doctorate on the same subject and it was great to get his insights into the NBA. Enjoy.

In this episode, you will learn –

  • Who is Ramsey Nijem (background, education and current role)
  • Weight room
    • Managing loads in season
    • Use of technology
    • Identifying and mitigating common injury risk factors
  • Sports science in the US
    • Where has it come from?
    • Where is it going?
  • On court
    • Keeping players who don’t get minutes fit & fresh
    • Use of technology to manage workloads
      • INTERVENTION?

Ramsey can be found on Twitter @drramseynijem

This episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast is sponsored by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord and the new Groinbar, a hip and groin strength measuring solution. They can be found at valdperformance.com and you can get more information on the groin bar at groinbar.com and on Twitter @groinbar.

This episode is sponsored by Fatigue Science. Fatigue Science combine wearable technology with biomathematical science developed by the US Army to offer fantastic insights into sleep and cognitive fatigue.