The Sam Portland Podcast
By Sam Portland
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The Sam Portland Podcast is all about educating, entertaining and bringing the coach to the centre of the conversation. Covering all aspects of the Coach Clarity Method and OF COURSE...SPEED TRAINING.
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What Actually Makes Someone Faster?
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Should Every Athlete Sprint the Same Way? | Speed Training 101
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Why Are Some Athletes Faster Than Others? | Speed Training 101
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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What Actually Makes Athletes Faster? | Speed Training 101
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Conditioning vs Speed: Why You Can't Have Both the Way You Train
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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You're Training Speed Wrong (The Speed Age Rule)
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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From Soccer Player to Pro American Football Kicker at 36 | Dean Faithful’s Story
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May 22, 2026 |
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7 Off-Season Mistakes Rugby Players Make (That Keep Them Slow)
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Stop Selling Sessions (Why Coaches Stay Broke & Stuck)
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Most Coaches are Underpaid (Here's why)
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Jeff Moyer on Yessis, Play and the Future of Strength Coaching
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Why Most Private Coaches Plateau at £2K–£4K Months
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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How to Progress Speed Exercises Without Breaking Athletes
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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The ACL Prevention Lie Coaches Keep Pushing with Erica Mulholland
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Why 90% of Coaches Are Trapped Trading Time for Money
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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How to Use Overspeed Training Without Breaking Your Athletes
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Why Great Coaches Leave Pro Sport (And Don’t Look Back) with Andy McKenzie
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Why Pro Footballers Hire Coaches Outside the Club (And What They’re Not Getting In-House)
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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The Soviet Method Still Winning in Speed Training (Conjugate Sequencing)
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The Most Misunderstood Principle in Speed Training (Specificity vs General Work)
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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From Ranger Regiment to Speed Coach: Judd Linhard on Strength, Skill and Real Performance
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Stop Trying to Be an S&C Hero — Build a Coaching Business That Actually Works
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Dorothy Hummel Reveals the Neurogenetics Secret Elite Performers Don't Talk About
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Rewiring Your Coaching Brain: Neuroscience, Business & Legacy with Chris Mattice
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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How to Coach Transfer: Key Movements, RFD & Drill Stacking (In-Season & Off-Season)
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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From Pro Rugby to 700K Followers: How Ben John Built The Rugby Trainer
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Most Coaches Charge Too Little — And It’s Killing You | The Psychology of Pricing for Coaches
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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How to Apply The Sports Speed System Daily | In-Season Programming for Team Sport Athletes
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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From Rugby to Netflix to Business School | Dave Birtwistle on Reinvention, Ego Death & Growth
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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This Isn’t a Career — It’s a Conveyor Belt | The Harsh Truth About Strength & Conditioning
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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How to Coach Non-Linear Sprinting | Learn Load Execute Framework for Change of Direction Speed
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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The Truth About Strength & Conditioning | Why Most S&C Coaches Get It Wrong – with Matt Vickery
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Most Coaches Burn Out Before They Break Through | The Truth About Coaching, Money & Freedom
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Supercharge your Max Speed with Learn Load Execute
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Building a Personal Brand as a Coach | With Alex Preece
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Clients Don’t Fall From the Sky: How to Actually Get Athletes Outside Pro Sport
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Accelerate your first steps with this framework
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Life vs Coaching Coaching: Nate’s Story of Strength, Family & Finding Purpose
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Cert Inflation Is Costing S&C Coaches | Build Skills That Pay
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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How to Program Speed Training Across a Week
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Why Howard Packman Fights Coaching Rigidity: A Pro’s Bold Take
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Stop Chasing Jobs: How S&C Coaches Can Build a Side Hustle That Pays
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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From Football Pitches to Motorsport Tracks: Rory Winters’ Search for Growth
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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I was brain washed by my therapist
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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The Things I HATE most S&C Coaches Do!!!
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Jared Wallace did this to get a job...would you?
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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No BS Rehab Advice with Joe VDM
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Playing Rugby in South Africa is Better than England - Ed Coulsen
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Chris Duffin: Rise to S&C Stardom, writing a book and the cost of it!
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Wasps Paid for my Gym and they didn't know - Positives of Pro Sport
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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How to EXIT Pro Sport and Get PAID!!!!
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Mike West: Work Full Time with Athletes but not in pro sport!
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Hamstring Return to Speed Process
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Adaptation is your Job! DO IT!
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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SAM PORTLAND IS BACK!!!!
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Scott Livingston THE KING OF PAIN!!!
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Legacy Retreat Round Table Podcast
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Molly Wheeler - How to use your experience to drive your future and Open a GYM!!!
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Max Honigsbaum's - The jewgler who is dominating high performance rowing!!!
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Robin Arkell - Running a high performance program at 23, winning an Olympic Medal and dealing with "Whats Next"?
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Coach Mike Boyle - Make the most with what you've got...a masterclass in efficiency!!!
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May 28, 2023 |
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How 2 broken legs and 2 ruptured ACL's Built an amazing training system - James Crichton
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May 21, 2023 |
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Do you put your athletes first? Conal Duffy does...we can learn alot from this man.
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May 15, 2023 |
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The guy thats changing Crossfit for the better and it applies to you...
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May 08, 2023 |
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Lewis Parry - From Lidl to Coaching International Athletes!!!
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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How to become a successful Coach! My intention for the podcast!!!!
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Adam Lubbock - Building a gym business and living a great life - PART 2
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Adam Lubbock - Building a gym business and living a great life - PART 1
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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My Story Part 2!!! How I got my job at Wasps!!!
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Peter Wright of Petey Performance - A journey of coaching and mental health!
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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My Story Part 1 - How it all started and why the name change....
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Why you should be using Long Accelerations to create easy speed gains with your athletes.
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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How to ensure your wall drills are having the impact they should be...
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Aleks Salkin - Fundamental Movement Neurology, 80s Action Movies and Picking up Chicks as a teenager
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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My Current training splits and how i've overcome some really bad injuries!!!
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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Will the S&C industry ever prioritize self care? Instagram Q&A Solo Cast
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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My thoughts on Worcester Rugby and a message for all the staff.
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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England and Great Britain 7's Star Emma Uren talks us through her journey!!!
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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How to train max velocity sprinting in team sports. You've probably never thought of this...
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Mike Kurkowski on the forgotten art of Kettlebell Training, mindset and spirituality
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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The Legacy Retreat Round Table
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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The journey to professional golfer and now Strength and Conditioning Coach with Miles Collins
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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How to reverse engineer movement in sport
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Don't Be like this S&C Coach
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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When I first started coaching speed I didn't have a clue....
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Why drawing on sprinting videos is a waste of time
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Louie Simmons...We don't know what we just lost.
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Don't Let your clients suffer because you don't put yourself first.
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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S&C Culture...He had everything he wanted and wasn't happy!!!
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Acceleration KPI's - How to make a difference in the field!!!
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Acceleration curves will change the way you coach speed forever!!!
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Why fitness testing is Dumb...Stack your metrics instead!!!
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Speed Gate Golf: Origin Story
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Conditioning for Speed Part 2: What do we do with 80% work?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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What I learned from NFL Player Alex Gray
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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How my mentorship program started and what it has transformed into...
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Lateral Speed Essentials... MUST LISTEN
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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What Netflix and Training have in Common
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Good Coaches make you feel something...Here is my story!!!
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Conditioning for Speed Part 1.
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Why you should have an out of office on Whats App
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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The number one mental barrier you need to break with your speed training!
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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How to Start Coaching Speed
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Episode 30: Oli Reading - The challenges of being a coach. Private Sector Vs Pro Sport and not wanting to live in london...
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Owen Satterley - Corporate wellbeing and high performance coach.
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Louis Flynn - Rugby Player (Super Sevens and Cyprus) & Rugby Coach
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Episode 29: Josh Fletcher - Career Periodisation
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Episode 28: Danny Speirs
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Episode 27 – Hewitt Tomlin Co-CEO TeamBuildr
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Episode #26 Dr Phil Price
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Episode #25 Derek Hansen
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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Episode #24: Joe Warwick
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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Episode 23# Christian Woodford
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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Episode 23# Warren Abrahams
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May 23, 2019 |
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Episode 22# Dr Bryan Mann
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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Episode 21# Matt Van Dyke
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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Episode 20# TK Too Smooth!!!
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Episode #18 Lance Brooks – The Sports Science Guy
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Episode #17 – Will Wayland of Powering Through
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Episode #16 – Coach Sportland Update
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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Episode #15 Joanne Batten
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode 14# Jeff Moyer
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #13: Buddy Morris – 38 years in the game!
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #12: Zach Even-esh THE UNDERGROUND STRENGTH COACH
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #11 – Ian Taplin
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #10 Zoran Dubiac – 10 year Gym Owner
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #9: Brett Bartholomew
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #8 Dash Bunjter
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #7 Mike Guadango
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #6 Jack Leaning
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #5: Jenifer Hewson
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #4 Jack Green
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #3: Tom Farrow
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode #2: Marc Stevenson
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode 1: Keir Wenham Flatt
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Jan 24, 2019 |