The Inform Perform Podcast is an industry show focussed on Sports Performance and Sports Medicine. The show interviews thought leaders and professionals that support elite athletes and teams. The aim of the show is to deconstruct the strategies and philosophies the guests utilise in their working environment or area of expertise. Featured guests have worked across the NBA, NFL, MLB, F1, World title Boxing, EPL and more.
Episodes
Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020
52 min
Episode 25: Andy McDonald speaks to Dan Howells the Houston Astros Head S&C Coordinator. Dan is a British S&C coach that has transitioned from the English Institute of sport, England Rugby Sevens to Major League Baseball. With these transitions in mind in this episode with Dan we discuss his move to baseball and how he structured the thought processes for developing and managing a strength & conditioning program and department.
Andy and Dan discuss:
- Dans Role
- Dans transition from Rugby to Baseball
- How Dan developed through changing sports
- Muti-Sport Environments
- Relating principles of training to the athlete
- Individual load management - “Biological Periodisation”
- “Push Pull” Player load management
- Being perceived as a coach rather in the front office
- Difference of S&C provision between the UK / USA or rugby and baseball
- Approach to developing and managing a strength and conditioning program/dept
- Identifying what the team/organisation needs
- Effecting performance remotely as a coordinator
- Ashtest
Were you can find Dan
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Apr 1, 2020
Apr 1, 2020
43 min
Episode 24: Andy McDonald chats to Dr Matt Tuttle a Physical Therapist working at NBA team the Denver Nuggets as Lead Sport Scientist / Physical Therapist. We spoke to Matt in episode 11 about pain science and the realities of managing pain within an elite athletic population.
In this second episode with Matt we discuss
- The relationship between single vs multipart athletes in the NBA and 3 key injuries in professional basketball.
Lateral ankle sprains
- Managing lateral ankle sprains
- What do they use / do at the Denver Nuggets
Patella Region Injuries
- How much Matt considers n=1 biomechanics
- How do you understand the internal overloads from biomechanics
Lumber Spine Injuries
- NSLBP
- Strength & Conditioning / Testing the lumber-spine
- Benchmarking lumber spine performance standards
Were you can find Matt
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Mar 28, 2020
Mar 28, 2020
32 min
Episode 23: Andy McDonald speaks to Per Lundstam the Director Of Performance at Redbull. Per previously enjoyed roles at both the US Ski & Snowboard association and the Swedish Ski Federation perviously. In this episode Andy and Per discuss:
- Redbull High Performance Program
- Redbulls performance values and ‘pillars’
- The process for Redbull athletes to access performance services
- Program development at Redbull
- Organisation objective & shared direction
- Cross pollinating athletes
- Testing athletes at Redbull
- Assessing and understanding athletes extreme environments
- Where Per turns to develop his knowledge and skill-set
Were you can find Per
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Mar 25, 2020
Mar 25, 2020
50 min
Episode 22: Andy McDonald speaks to Tom Batchelor the Head of Sport Science at Harlequins Rugby.
In this episode Andy and Tom discuss:
- Tom’s background
- Working within the City in Equity Derivatives
- Surrey Sports Park - Internship
- Harlequins
- GPS In Rugby: Benefits and weaknesses of GPS in Rugby
- Overlaying technical and tactical information on top of physical data
- How Harlequins define and communicate load
- Acute Chronic Workload Ratio
- Communicating systems to Inform change
- Loading Blindspots
- Conditioning the modern rugby player. Conditioning at Harlequins
Where you can find Tom
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Mar 20, 2020
Mar 20, 2020
54 min
Episode 21: Andy McDonald speaks to Matt Jordan PHD CSCS, Strength Coach & Director of Sports Science at the Canadian Sports Institute, Calgary. Over his career, Matt was the personal strength coach to 30 World and Olympic medalists, and has worked with elite athletes in many sports including speed skating, cross country skiing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, hockey, football, volleyball and mixed martial arts.
In this episode with Matt we discuss:
- His career beginnings with Charles Poliquin and getting into the Canadian Olympic Setup
- PHD in Medical Science - Developing better methods to rehabilitate and recondition athletes after injuries.
- Matts role at the Canadian Sport Institute
- Research Projects Matt is involved with currently
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- Semitendinosus study - Association between structural deficits post ACL hamstring grafts and hamstring function.
- Single Leg and double leg landing abilities in freestyle skiers and snowboarders.
- Relationship, Comparing their strength lab data with ACL re-injury.
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- Managing or accounting for the “blindspots” - the dangerous nature, load and unpredictability in winter sports.
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- Wearable solutions - Plantiga
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- How does Matt identify what matters or is important when deciding on performance testing / monitoring batteries.
- Navigating “useful” verses “ problematic” limb symmetry/asymmetry
- Intervening with asymmetry
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- Interventions Interrupting the bodies ability to self-correct
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- Forceplates as a tool to prompt further investigation
- Matts usage of dual forceplate systems
Matt can be found on twitter @JordanStrength
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Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020
34 min
Episode 20: I speak to Mike Reinold the co-founder and president of Champion Physical Therapy and Performance, a PT and performance training facility just outside Boston. He is also currently the Senior Medical Advisor for the Chicago White Sox and the Director of Baseball Performance at Northeastern University, where he has been instrumental in the restructuring and building of the high performance and medical teams. In this episode we discuss Mike educating & empowering athletes, managing increasing complexity within our roles, athletes taking ownership of their data and more!
Mar 3, 2020
Mar 3, 2020
50 min
Episode 19: I speak to Dr Ebonie Rio a Sports Physiotherapist who consults at The Victorian Institute of Sport, who is also a Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University completing her Phd in tendon pain. Ebonies current research focuses on combining neuroscience with rehabilitation to bring innovative approaches to pain rehabilitation. In this conversation Ebonie brings us up-to-date on the fundamentals for managing both Achilles and Patella tendinopathies.
Feb 25, 2020
Feb 25, 2020
42 min
Episode 18: I speak to Dr Heather Linden the Director of Physical Therapy for the UFC. Heather is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with a background working for the USA Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs before heading up PT for the UFC at the Las Vegas Performance Institute. In this episode we'll discuss her professional role and approach to athlete care, rehab / return-to-fighting and the value of effective multi-disciplinary-team working and more!
Feb 18, 2020
Feb 18, 2020
43 min
Episode 17: I speak to Dr Fergus Connolly a sports performance expert, consultant, speaker and author. Fergus has worked in professional football, rugby, the NFL, NBA and with elite military units to name a few. In this episode we dive deep into his philosophies around data collection, interpretation and meaning as well as how he strategically guides teams to identify performance problems and solutions. Fergus provides a very deep insight into how he influences performance and covers the topic broadly and pragmatically from his experiences with top teams and organisations.
Feb 10, 2020
Feb 10, 2020
26 min
Episode 16: Host Andy McDonald speaks to Dr Sherylle Calder to receive a unique insight into her expertise assessing & coaching visual performance skills. Dr Calder has worked with both England & South Africa towards Rugby World Cup victory, The All Blacks, The Miami Dolphins, Formula-1 driver Valtteri Bottas and Golfer Ernie Els to name a few! In this episode we'll discuss Dr Calder's approach to enhancing on field or competitive ability through visual skills, the online EyeGym Program and more.