Episode 229: Derek Hansen - Creating a Sustainable Culture of Speed Within an Organization

This episodes see's the return of Derek Hansen from sprintcoach.com and strengthpowerspeed.com Derek was previously on episode 211. 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: I ask Derek about his article Creating a Sustainable Culture of Speed Within an Organization I ask Derek can you really diagnose a true speed issue by observation? I ask Derek what 20 years of consultation work within elite sport has taught him  We speak about involving the front office within the performance training system We speak about communication between the professional and private training sectors   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 Website - runningmechanics.com Facebook - Derek M. Hansen Twitter - @DerekMHansen Instagram - derekmhansen YouTube - Derek M Hansen   Podcasts Mentioned: Joe Rogan Experience #1419 - Daryl Davis Art of Coaching - Episode 60: Darren Burgess the personal and professional cost of high performance   Books Mentioned: How to win friends and Influence people Thinking Fast and Slow Behave The Warrior's Edge People and Resources Mentioned: Kansas City Chiefs  Tom Brady  Art Horne Mark Uyeyama Arsenal FC Port Adelaide FC Melbourne FC Ian McKeown  Darren Burgess Brett Bartholomew Stu McMillan  Dale Carnegie Courses 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