ASCA Podcast #38 - Jan Legg

Jan Legg has been the lead strength and conditioning coach for the Australian Women’s basketball team, the Opals since 2013 as well as the working with Basketball Australia’s development squad at the Centre of Excellence in Canberra. Jan is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) accredited Level 3 and Master Pro-Structure coach at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. QUOTES “All these basketball players have a dominant leg and what is an acceptable asymmetry? 10%? 15%? 20%?” “At least 1 to 2 warm ups a week will be barefoot” “Our athletes only have an offseason when they get hurt so my strength levels are all designed to make them robust enough and especially for female athletes we have to make sure the hamstrings are strong enough” “Most of the year I train full body” “Any rehabilitation should be making the overall athlete better than they were before” “While you are studying, volunteer your time and get to know people” SHOWNOTES 1) Jan's background in S&C 2) Benchmarking Physical standards for world class performances in womens basketball 3) Variability in jump kinematics over a season and how jump height does not tell complete story 4) How Jan's warm ups are structured and the benefits of barefoot work 5) What does a strength & conditioning session look like for an international level basketball 6) Programming ESD for court sports and considerations for tall heavy athletes 7) The AIS rehabilitation program 8) What did Jan learn on previous international study tours 9) Females in S&C, differences in coaching male and female athletes and career paths for any S&C coach PEOPLE MENTIONED John Mitchell Martin Bucheitt Matt Wenning Julian Jones Ross Smith