Episode 211: Derek Hansen - The life of a high performance sport consultant

This episodes guest is Derek Hansen from sprintcoach.com and strengthpowerspeed.com Derek is an International Sport Performance Consultant that has been working with athletes of all ages and abilities in speed, strength and power sports since 1988. His coaching career started in Track and Field, providing instruction to sprinters of all ages eventually working with collegiate sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers. His career evolved rapidly working closely with some of the top performers in the world as a coach and a consultant – including Olympic medalists, world record holders, Canadian National team athletes, and professional athletes from numerous sports. He worked as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Simon Fraser University for 14 years, the first non-US member of the NCAA. He also serves as a performance consultant to numerous professional teams in the NFL, NBA, MLS and NHL, as well as major NCAA Division 1 programs throughout North America, specializing in speed development, strategic performance planning, return-to-competition protocols and neuromuscular electrical stimulation programming. Derek is asked to speak on speed development and high performance training on a regular basis for major events around the world and has also authored a number of books, chapters and journal articles on these subjects. On this episode Derek and I discuss: Whats new with Derek I ask Derek - What is the role of a sports performance consultant? I ask Derek what is his process when he consults I ask Derek how does he deal with any staff who perceive him as a treat to their role? I ask Derek how does he stay in communication with his clients I ask Derek does he seek feedback on his own performance as a consultant? I ask Derek about what strategies he puts in place tm manage his circadian rhythms, sleep, nutrition, and exercise when his travels? I ask Derek about executing some high CNS stimuli on the low days of the high/low model I ask Derek what, if any, objective feedback measurements did he use when applying the High/Low model I ask Derek how did Charlie develop the High/Low model? I ask Derek what is he currently reading? I ask Derek if there is anything he does on a daily basis that is essential to his day? I ask Derek what are the biggest things he has learned since we last spoke in 2015 I ask Derek how he learns I ask Derek how can you decide if someone is an expert? I ask Derek if he wasn't Canadian, where would be like to have been from? I ask Derek how he time in NYC with Pat Davidson and Doug Kechijian I ask Derek, if he only had one year left on planet earth, how would he spend that year and why? I ask Derek, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead and alive, who would he invite and why?   This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did! Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - sprintcoach.com Website - strengthpowerspeed.com Facebook - Derek M. Hansen Twitter - @DerekMHansen Instagram - derekmhansen YouTube - Derek M Hansen   Podcasts Mentioned: ATSW: Episode 197: Tim DiFrancesco - Professional sports, coaching burn-out, happiness, and fulfillment Videos Mentioned: Family Guy - Peter asks Macgyver for help Books Mentioned: High Performance Training for Sports Game Changer The System: Soviet Periodization Adapted for the American Strength Coach   People and Resources Mentioned: Mike Boyle Fergus Connolly Bill Hartman Alwyn Cosgrove  David Joyce Daniel Lewindon Tim DiFrrancesco fatiguescience.com Jeff Zeilstra Buddy Morris Charlie Francis Dan Pfaff Chris Korfish Greg Rutherford Stu McMillian ALTIS Val Nasedkin Omegawave Marlon Brando Benicio del Toro Stella Adler Jack Nicholson Vladimir Issurin  Daniel Kahneman Angie Coon Al Vermeil Rob Panariello Johnny Parker Al Miller MacGyver Richard Dean Anderson Jack White Doug Kechijian Pat Davidson Bruce Lee Jim Croce     Show Sponsors: Ultimate Performance Online Mentorship To get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com ALTIS ALTIS 360 ALTIS Education   Ultimate Athlete Concepts Ultimate Athlete Concepts is a multi faceted company, providing the most sophisticated scientific material in sport science. UAC is the worlds leading resource for translated sport preparation educational material.    National Sports Performance Association Certified Program Design Specialist Certified Speed and Agility Coach Cerfitied Weightlifting Performance Coach Certified Sports Nutrition Coach   Athletes Acceleration Complete Warm Up Complete Speed Training Complete Speed Games Complete Jumps Training Complete Olympic Lifting Complete Youth Training Complete Guide to Training the Female Athlete Complete Core Complete Sports Conditioning  Complete Sports Nutrition Complete Program Design Sports Camp Empire   Patreon Help support the podcast by becoming a Patreon to the show here - Patreon