Episode 224: Paudie Roche - LTAD, coaching, and life!

This episodes guest is Paudie Roche! Paudie Roche is the Head Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach for Arsenal Football club, a position he has held for the past 3 seasons. For 3 years prior to this he was the Lead U.9-U.16 coach and was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Physical Development Framework for the Academy. Currently he leads the physical development programme for the U.18 and U.23 squads and works alongside 3 Strength & Conditioning coaches to implement an industry leading programme. Prior to working at Arsenal Paudie gained considerable experience in a number of sports and in 2008 began work for the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) as the Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach for Munster Rugby. During his time at Munster he was fortunate to also hold the position of Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for the National Team and prepared players for the 2011 RBS 6 Nations and the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In his last season with the IRFU he was awarded the title of Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Irish U.20 Squad whom competed in the 2013 6 Nations and Junior World Cup Competitions. Paudie holds a Master’s Degree from Edith Cowan University as well as accreditations from the National Strength and Conditioning Association of America, the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association and the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association. In 2015 for his work in Youth Sport, Paudie was awarded the Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year for Youth Sport by the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association  On this episode Paudie and I discuss: Paudies background I ask Paudie if he would like to do a PhD? I ask Paudie to describe the day to day process at Arsenal's academy I ask Paudie how he communicates and works with the technical and tactical coaches at the academy I ask Paudie about monitoring  We discuss the importance of making the process stimulating I ask Paudie about Arsenals LTAD model -The Arsenal Arrow I ask Paudie about his own self-management I ask Paudie for his top and current book recommendations Paudie and I discuss the importance of mental training I ask Paudie if he only had one year left on planet earth, how would he spend that year and why? I ask Paudie about his learning process I ask Paudie, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or 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 - Linkedin Twitter - @coach_roche_ Facebook - Padraig Roche Email - [email protected]   Podcasts Mentioned: Pacey Performance Podcast #228 - Paudie Roche (Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach at Arsenal FC) Pacey Performance Podcast #235 - Paudie Roche (Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach at Arsenal Football Club) Mind Muscle Project - EP 181 - DO YOU HAVE TO COUNT YOUR MACROS FOREVER? WITH ADEE CAZAYOUX FROM WAG   Videos Mentioned: Bruce Arians A Football Life Books Mentioned: The Organized Mind Shoedog  First man in James Pattern Books High Performance Training for Sports The Strength & Conditioning Coach's Guide to Microsoft Excel   People and Resources Mentioned: Arsenal Football Club Munster Rugby Des Ryan Mark McManus Fergal O'Callaghan  Aidan O'Connell Edith Cowan University Cork Institute of Technology  ASCA NSCA UKSCA Setanta College David Howarth Aaron Coutts Liam Hennessy Greg Lincoln Ken Gillard Niall O'Connor Steve Bould Noel Carroll Per Mertesacker Dan Pfaff Declan Kidney Phil Morrow Functional Movement Systems Krystian Bielik Perry Stewart Sean Cummings Gary Schofield Bruce Arians Joe Gibbs Leonardo di Vinci Adee Cazayoux Mladen Jovanovic Excel Tricks for Sports John Lythe Morgan Freeman  David Attenborough Graham Norton   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