“The question is not just what data you collect. It is whether that data changes what you do” Introduction In episode #362 of the Pacey Performance Podcast, Rob speaks with Matt Van Dyke, now Executive Director of Player Performance at the Houston Texans, about testing and monitoring, triphasic training, oscillatory methods, isometrics, and power development.…
“You can’t sit in the gym and think, ‘Everyone’s squatting well, we’ve nailed it.’ Without technical transfer, none of it guarantees performance” Introduction In episode #457 of the Pacey Performance Podcast, Rob speaks to Dan Tobin and Dan Grange, who at the time were both at Gloucester Rugby, to explore one of the most challenging…
“Not everything in conditioning needs to look like the sport to improve the sport” Introduction In episode #464 of the Pacey Performance Podcast, Rob brings together an expert panel featuring Duncan French from the UFC Performance Institute, Danny Wilson of Boxing Science, and Rhys Ingram, formerly of GB Taekwondo, to unpack the realities of physical…
Presentation description In-season physical preparation is constrained by dense competition schedules, travel, limited facility access, and constant competing priorities with technical/tactical work. This presentation outlines microdosing as a framework for delivering minimal effective doses of targeted strength/power/speed/mobility exposures across the week, often embedded pre-practice, to preserve key training residuals, improve readiness assessment, and reduce the…
We asked six coaches this question, this is what they said: Medhi Kordi Head of performance Support and Innovation, INEOS Grenadiers In the early stages of my coaching career, I insisted on programming Olympic lifts—particularly power cleans—into every track sprint cyclist’s strength & conditioning sessions. I believed they were essential for developing maximal force production…
“Exercises are tools, not goals. Squats aren’t sacred. They’re options. Sometimes they are appropriate; other times they aren’t” Alex Wolf on critical thinking, developing systems and an adaptation-led approach to S&C In episode #526 of the Pacey Performance Podcast, Rob is joined by Alex Wolf to unpack the concept of the adaptation-led approach in strength…
Presentation description In this presentation, you’ll explore how to individualize initial acceleration programs for sprinters by linking each athlete’s mechanical profile to tailored training strategies, with additional integration of spatiotemporal variables, and shin-roll kinematic behaviour. You’ll see how profiling force–velocity characteristics and recognizing individual constraints can help you move beyond one-size-fits-all plans toward more efficient…
Presentation description This presentation focuses on a variety of sprint-based assessment and rehabilitation protocols used in the return-to-play process for athletes from a variety of sporting backgrounds. While the main emphasis for this process is based on a sprint-focused approach, we will also identify other opportunities and methods for optimizing the return-to-play process and sustain…