Episodes
Episode 284 is with the Head of Strength & Conditioning at Wigan Athletic Jack Winnard
We discussed:
▫️Profiling to meet game demands
▫️Individual programming from pre to in season
▫️Working as part of a MDT
▫️Developing & Changing Culture
& much more!
You can connect with Jack on LinkedIn or on Instagram @_jwperformance
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Published 03/28/24
Episode 283 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Senior Lecturer in Strength & Conditioning and S&C coach Dr Steve Thompson
We discussed:
▫️Whether you should specialise in a area
▫️Applying VBT across all levels
▫️Training Gamification
▫️Challenges with VBT
& much more!
You can connect with Steve on LinkedIn or follow him on X @Steve381
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Published 03/20/24
Episode 282 is with Performance Nutritionist for the Qatar FA Marcus Hannon
We discussed:
▫️Cultural Nutrition Differences
▫️Fuelling during Ramadan
▫️Academy v 1st Team nutrition
▫️Fuelling for night games
& much more!
You can connect with Marcus on LinkedIn or on X @marcushannon92
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Published 03/13/24
Episode 281 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Owner & Head Coach at King Performance Ideology Tom King
This podcast is split into 2 parts:
Part ONE we covered:
-Testing & Monitoring
-Use of tech & how it's applied
-Developing Sports Tech
-Individualising Programs
-Position Specific Work
-Movement Based Training
Part TWO (around 1:04) we covered:
-Setting up the business
-How the business is structured
-Support for clubs & players
-High level...
Published 03/04/24
Episode 280 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with PEC Zwolle Performance Coach Jordan Bres
We discussed:
▫️Transitioning from Olympic Sports to Soccer
▫️Peaking
▫️Developing Strength & Power
▫️the future of Physical Preparation
& much more!
You can follow Jordan on Instagram @jordenbres
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Published 02/28/24
Episode 279 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with 1st Team Physical Performance coach at Portsmouth George Bell
We discussed:
▫️Murderball sessions with Bielsa
▫️Profiling Academy players
▫️Understanding Positional demands
▫️Individualising training
& much more!
You can follow George on X @Georgebell91
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Published 02/22/24
Episode 278 is with Academy Human Development & Performance Culture Lead at Sheffield United Sally Needham
We discussed:
▫️Neuroscience + Child Development
▫️Working with the modern player
▫️Mindfulness & Meditation
▫️Areas to focus for Human Development
& much more!
You can connect with Sally on X @sallyneed3 or via LinkedIn
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Published 02/14/24
Episode 277 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with the Manchester United 1st Team Women's Physical Performance coach Jack Clover
We discussed:
▫️Preparing players for the WSL
▫️Gaps in the research
▫️New technology
▫️Individualisation
& much more!
You can follow Jack at the following links:
Instagram - @jack_clover1
X - @jack_clover1
LinkedIn - Jack Clover
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Published 02/07/24
Episode 276 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Liverpool FC Academy Fitness Coach & u19 Northern Ireland Fitness Coach David Kells
We discussed:
▫️Preparing LFC players for scholarship/1st Team
▫️Mark Monitor Manage Protocol
▫️Club v National Team
▫️What’s missing from degrees to work at clubs
& much more!
You can connect with David on LinkedIn
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Published 01/31/24
Episode 275 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Head of Sport Science/ Football Performance Manager/ Coach Anton McElhone
We discussed:
▫️Working with Poch v Ange
▫️Harry Kane’s Academy journey
▫️Winning Cultures
▫️World Class Basics
& much more!
You can connect with Anton on LinkedIn
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Published 01/24/24
Episode 274 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Co-Founder of HMN24 Phil Learney
We discussed:
▫️Preparing for Night Games
▫️Using caffeine effectively
▫️Optimising Sleep
▫️Alcohol & Sleep
& much more!
You can follow Phil on X @PhilLearney or on Instagram @theptcoach
The HMN 24 website is - https://hmn24.com
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Published 01/17/24
Episode 273 is with Lead Academy Sport Scientist at Burnley FC Simon Whitehead
We discussed:
▫️Day in the life of a Sport Scientist
▫️Using data effectively
▫️Taking back control of your day
▫️Networking
& much more!
You can connect with Simon on X @stwhitehead
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Published 01/10/24
Episode 272 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Sport Science Consultant Jo Clubb
We discussed:
▫️Top 3 Challenges faced by Sport Scientists
▫️Female Athlete Research
▫️Sport Science Technology
▫️The Menstrual Cycle
& much more!
You can check out the links that Jo mentions in the podcast below:
5 Biggest Trends in Sport Science for 2024
https://youtu.be/39dYpEOi5ZE?si=Unq3W74ZIj0ebDON
10 Challenges in Sports Science...
Published 01/03/24
Episode 271 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Product & Brand Development Lead at FFF Jordan Tyrer
We discussed:
▫️Top 3 Takeaways of 2023
▫️Predictions for 2024
▫️Social Media
& much more!
You can follow Jordan's social media channels here:
@jordantyrer92 - X
@PhysPerformHub - X
@the_physical_performance_coach - Instagram
@thephysicalperformancehub - Instagram
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Published 12/27/23
Episode 270 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Speed Expert Michael Drach
We discussed:
▫️Coaching Change of Direction
▫️How to develop drills
▫️Training Athleticism
▫️Educating through Social Media
& much more!
You can follow Michael on Instagram @drachperformance
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Published 12/21/23
Episode 269 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Performance Director at Blackburn Rovers Ben Rosen
We discussed:
▫️Maintaining Football Fitness
▫️In Season Focus
▫️Testing
▫️Returning to Perform
& much more!
You can follow Ben on X (Twitter) at @B_Rose_3
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Published 12/13/23
Episode 268 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with the Coach Educator in Football Fitness for the Swedish FA Rickard Engstrom
We discussed:
▫️Areas of focus for coach education
▫️the Futures program
▫️Working with Youth National teams
▫️Ongoing projects at the Swedish FA
& much more!
You can connect with Rickard on Instagram @rickardengstroem or email him on
[email protected]
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Published 12/06/23
Episode 267 of the Football Fitness Federation podcast is with 1st Team Sport Scientist at Almere City Lucas Posthuma
We discussed:
▫️Working at Ajax
▫️Transition to the Eredivisie
▫️Creating Buy In
▫️Mentors
& much more!
You can connect with Lucas on LinkedIn or Instagram @lucasposthuma
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Published 11/29/23
Episode 266 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with the Senior Fitness coach at Derby County FC Rob Morledge
We discussed:
▫️Working in South East Asia
▫️Specialists v Generalists
▫️Dr Yessis’ 1x20 program
▫️Mastering the basics
& much more!
You can follow Rob on X (Twitter) @RobertMorledge or Instagram @robmorledge
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Published 11/22/23
Episode 265 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with Women's Youth Team Lead Sport Scientist at Benfica Paulo Carvalho
We discussed:
▫️S&C in Portugal
▫️Creating a LTAD program
▫️Multi Sport Programs
▫️Individual S&C programs
& much more!
You can connect with Paulo on LinkedIn or on X (Twitter) @PauloCarvSC
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Published 11/08/23
Episode 264 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with the Technical Specialist at Swellaway Olivia Greenhalgh
We discussed:
▫️Individualising Recovery
▫️Use of tech to optimise recovery
▫️Recovery advice from Wayne Rooney
▫️ACL’s in the Women’s game
& much more!
You can follow Olivia on Twitter @LivGreenhalgh
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Published 11/01/23
Episode 263 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with the Product & Brand Development Lead at FFF Jordan Tyrer
We discussed:
▫️Takeaways from Training Ground Guru Conf
▫️Our views on player developers
▫️The Academy System
▫️Who our stand out speakers were
& much more!
You can follow Jordan on Twitter @jordantyrer92
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Published 10/27/23
Episode 262 of the Football Fitness Federation Podcast is with High Performance Consultant at Type 3.2 Performance & Co -Founder at HIITScience Martin Buchheit
We discussed:
▫️Working with modern day players
▫️Keeping a squad fit
▫️Zone 2 work for players
▫️Whether Mbappe should run 10k
& much more!
You can follow Martin on Twitter @mart1buch or connect with him on LinkedIn
The research that Martin referenced in the episode was...
Published 10/25/23
Episode 261 is with the CEO of Kymira Tim Brownstone
We discussed:
▫️Science of infrared technology
▫️Comparisons to other recovery modalities
▫️Individualising Recovery
▫️Future Innovations & Trends
& much more!
You can find out more about Kymira at www.kymira.com
Check out the Worn To Be Believed demo and trial at https://kymira.com/pages/worn-to-be-believed
You can follow Kymira on social media at the following...
Published 10/18/23
Episode 260 is with Performance coach & Founder of Peak 2 Be Elite Alan Jordan
We discussed:
▫️Programming Deceleration
▫️What players need the most support with
▫️Setting up a business
▫️Productivity tips
& much more!
You can follow Alan's work on Instagram @peak2belite_global or on Twitter @Peak2BElite
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Published 10/12/23