ASCA Podcast #51 - Scott Dickinson

ABOUT SCOTT Scott is an ASCA Level 2 – PCAS Elite Coach. He holds a Masters in Strength and Conditioning from Edith Cowan University and a Bachelor of Applied Sport Science – Human Movement Studies from QUT. In a career spanning more than 20 years, Scott has worked across multiple Olympic sports, as well as in Rugby League and AFL. Scott started his career at the Queensland Academy of Sport where he worked with sports such as Men’s Hockey, Baseball, Squash, Beach Volleyball, Gymnastics and Women’s Football before moving to the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. Following 3 years at the Knights, Scott spent a short stint at the New South Wales Institute of Sport before moving to The Netherlands to take up the post of Performance Manager of Strength and Conditioning for the Netherlands Olympic Committee. Here, he provided hands on support to Swimming, Track Cycling and Beach Volleyball in addition to managing the S&C discipline across the country and functioning as part of the technical committee. Since returning to Australia, Scott has worked at both the North Melbourne Kangaroos AFL club and the Victorian Institute of Sport before taking up his current role as National S&C Lead with Swimming Australia. QUOTES “You need to create some structure and find time to do the things you want to develop when being let go” “Make sure you are very good at developing all round athletic qualities, not just strength in a gym” “Understand that S&C is so much more than sets & reps, at end of day, it is influencing behaviour” “If you don’t have alignment of expectations between the organisation and yourself, then chances of success are going to be compromised” “Get the behaviors around training right first before adding the testing and diagnostics” SHOWNOTES 1) Scott's origins in baseball and journey from the QAS to Swimming Australia 2) COVID-19 and how to deal with potentially being out fo work and finding opportunities 3) How to create and have a "Plan B" for S&C and at the same time, becoming more valuable to an organisation 4) The main things Scott has learned from each of his stops 5) How to tune into the culture of a new sport or working in another country 6) A training week breakdown with Swimming Australia 7) Diagnostics and testing with Swimming Australia including the ASH test PEOPLE MENTIONED Lachlan Penfold Angus Ross Kelvin Giles Suki Hobson Bill Knowles Andrew Johns Michael Hagen Ben Rosenblatt Jeremy Frisch Ben Ashworth