Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Mark Williams
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Send us Fan Mail Si Nainby delivers a two-part podcast with Mark Williams. He is interim Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for Basketball England, a Lecturer in Sports Science and former Head of S&C for GB Basketball & Southend United FC. 1. The commute: Some quickfire takeaways Mark's story from semi-pro rugby player to a professional S&C coach Lessons from the Covid lockdown The value in focussing on the basics of movement 2. The Deep Dive The story behind Mark's PhD and why player autonomy became central to his thinking The Paradox of S&C - How can the controlled environment of the gym carry over to the chaos of sport? Completing the circle - Marks' evolution of thinking, from questioning the importance of S&C to the role he now sees it playing in developing players A note from Si: At the end, we talk about degeneracy and I had redundancy on my brain, as I'd been reading about it that day, and gave the wrong definition. This is what I should have said: Degeneracy is the ability of elements that are structurally different to perform the same function or yield the same output. LINKS FROM THE PODCAST Basketball England 8 week Athletic Development Program Basketball England Parkour Videos Tom Farrow YouTube Robin Eager RFU VIDEOS Dan Cleather book To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer CLICK HERE Also, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!
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Send us Fan Mail Si Nainby delivers a two-part podcast with Mark Williams. He is interim Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for Basketball England, a Lecturer in Sports Science and former Head of S&C for GB Basketball & Southend United FC. 1. The commute: Some quickfire takeaways Mark's story from semi-pro rugby player to a professional S&C coach Lessons from the Covid lockdown The value in focussing on the basics of movement 2. The Deep Dive The story behind Mark's PhD an...
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