50: Team Sports: Can Olympic Lifting Provide Game-Changing Power?

Yoeri Pegel, Strength & Conditioning Coach at AFC Ajax, joins us. Specifically Yoeri will be looking at: What Olympic lifts entail How they differ from loaded jumps Pro's and Cons in team sports How to progress Oly lifts for team sports About Yoeri "Yoeri currently works as Performance Trainer at AFC Ajax. At 28 years old, he’s coming from a not-so-common background, majoring in Business at the University of Amsterdam. Since then he’s worked and gained experience in a wide array of sports, ranging from football, to the Dutch Men’s National Basketball Team and 3x3 Basketball Team, to world class level fighters such as Badr Hari, and European level athletes from sports such as weightlifting and field hockey." If you have enjoyed this podcast be sure to check out Yoeri's first podcast with us here: https://scienceforsport.fireside.fm/22 and if Olympic lifting is your thing, dont't miss out on our episode with Tim Suchomel here: https://scienceforsport.fireside.fm/32 FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: http://bit.ly/sfspodcast_ep50 ​ An entire issue of our sports science eMagazine, including 19 research reviews ​ Save hours of time as each review is presented as an easy-to-digest, 1 page summary of the study ​ Guidance on how to practically use the results of every study reviewed with your own athletes ​ Enhance your knowledge in all areas of sports science including strength & conditioning, recovery, nutrition and more ​ Learn from trusted industry experts as they translate complex study results into practical methods for you to use today 🔔 Subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher 🙏🏽 Thank you to our sponsors We'd like to say a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting this amazing podcast. FLEX by GymAware Find out why VBT is such a powerful training method and what separates FLEX from the competition via the link below. https://bit.ly/FLEX-gymaware Hawkin Dynamics To learn more about force plates and Hawkin Dynamics, check out their blog which is full of educational and practical blog posts. https://bit.ly/hawkin-dynamics