ASCA Podcast #16 - Kelvin Giles

Kelvin is a current consultant in sports strategy and performance for organisations in Australia, USA, UK. Kelvin is a former UK Olympic T&F Coach; Head T&F Coach from the AIS; Performance Director for the Brisbane Broncos and London Broncos Rugby League teams; Head of Physical Performance for the ARU EPD; Head of S&C for the QAS. He has recently completed consultancy work in the UK covering the last two Olympic cycles where he worked closely with several coach / athlete units as well as several NGB’s. He is also currently consulting with the Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne Storm, Queensland Netball and Athletics Australia. For more on Kelvin, go to www.movementdynamics.com Quotes “They can recite about gas analysis and force plates but none of them can coach or teach” “It should start with the ability to communicate and build the learning environment for the athlete” “Somebody took the physical out of physical education… somebody got PE wrong” “It comes down to pedagogy – what do you say and when do you say it” “Never ask them to do something that they are not capable of doing” “If you get away from letting the fixture list, or the competition results, dictate what you do; you’ll be doing the athlete a great service” “You can only coach what you see in front of you so write your training programs in pencil” “RPEs – not a bad thing but you have to wait until after the session to get them!” “Get character & personality first (when hiring staff)” Shownotes 1) Kelvin’s journey from PE teacher to Track & Field coach 6:12 2) Coming to the AIS as the first Track & Field coach and being unprepared & politically naïve 10:24 3) The need for good diplomatic skills for professionals 13:02 4) Coaching skills & pedagogy don’t change across disciplines/sports – only the technical skills are different 17:54 5) The potential dangers of applying track speed to field & court sports part 1 21:23 6) An inside look at the Queensland Academy of Sport, the development of athletes for the international stage and physical literacy 28:35 7) Looking at how people learn – constraint based teaching, external focus, use of analogies, outcome based teaching 43:06 8) The benefits of going overseas and coaching in another culture (along with being in a job where if you lose on Sunday you’ll be sacked on Monday) 52:58 9) The potential dangers of applying track speed to field & court sports part 2 1:11:11 10) The prerequisites before athletes can run fast or do any movement – earning the right to perform 1:14:05 11) Maturation and how that relates to Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) 1:23:38 12) One of Kelvin’s most satisfying athlete performance – performing a personal best when it matters 1:36:07 13) The Raiders-Broncos connection and grand final performances from 1989-1993 (one for the rugby league fans) 1:41:02 14) Utilizing technology and it’s role in sports e.g. using watts instead of kg in the weightroom (Dan Baker) or understanding what game speed is from GPS/accelerometry and applying that to training (Dean Benton) 1:51:57 15) A great example of specific fitness for rugby league that Kelvin rates as the best thing he’s seen in training and took over 2 years to develop… 1:58:14 16) Want to work in professional sport? The Suki Mercedes Hobson story 2:05:15 People mentioned 1) Ian Ward 2) Frank Dick 3) Bruce Lowndon 4) Ken Lorraway 5) Robin Lorraway 6) Vanessa Browne 7) Gerrard Keating 8) Joanna Stone 9) Jeremy Hickmans @jezhickmans 10) Dean Benton 11) Lachlan Penfold @lachlanpenfold 12) Paul Devlin @pauldevs 13) Chris Gaviglio @chrisgaviglio 14) Sukhi Hobson @sukihobson 15) Andrew Lulham 16) Anthony Giorgi 17) Scott Dickinson @sdicko1 18) Allan Launder 19) Gary Knoke 20) Craig Hillard 21) John Pryor @fit3k 22) Kieran Young @kieran_p_young 23) Vern Gambetta @coachgembetta 24) Mick McDermott 25) Wayne Bennett 26) Isvan Bayli 27) Bill Knowles @billknowles_hps 28) Fergus Connolly @fergus_connolly