Talkin' Pitt by Pitt Sports Performance
The Strength and Conditioning and Sports Science staff at the University of Pittsburgh sit down to discuss the evolution of sports performance
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Friday May 17, 2024
Friday May 17, 2024
Talkin’ Pitt Episode Thirty-Two: Coach Young hosts this week's episode and is joined by Corey Petersen, the Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning at St. Thomas University. In this episode, Coach Petersen goes into the types of cognitive training that he does with his teams. Coach Petersen will use these in his warm-up, strength training, speed, and conditioning sessions. Coach Young asked if he could dive more into the practical side of how a coach could use this at different levels and how he would progress during different training times. Later in the episode, Coach Petersen explains how he structures his agility session with his men’s soccer team. While explaining how he adds competition to get the most intent out of the team. This episode is filled with knowledge bombs that any coach could implement in their next training session. It was great having Coach Petersen on the podcast, and we thank him for his time to chat with us. We hope you all enjoy the podcast and, as always, HAIL 2 PITT.
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Corey Petersen Contact
Instagram: @corey_petersen44
Email: corey.petersen@stthomas.edu
Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
Talkin’ Pitt Episode Thirty-One: Coach Young hosts this week's episode and is joined by Ray Zingler of Zingler Strength & Speed. For those who have not heard of Coach Zingler, he owns and operates a private training facility that works with athletes and adult clients. In the past year, Coach Zingler has started to share more about how he trains his athletes through social media, and during this conversation, Coach Young gets a detailed view of what goes into training youth athletes for performance and life. In this episode, Coach Zingler shares how he got into coaching from his father, and we find out that he has family ties to Pitt Athletics. It shows how athletics is a small world. Coach Zingler has a wealth of training knowledge and an entrepreneurial mindset on how to run a successful coaching business. Get your notepads out because this episode is filled with gems too good to miss. We hope you all enjoy the podcast and, as always, HAIL 2 PITT.
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Pitt Sports Performance Twitter
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Ray Zingler Contact
Instagram: @zingler_strength
Website: zinglerstrength.com
Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
In episode 30 of Talkin' Pit Podcast, we dive into the intricate world of sports performance with our special guest host, Stephanie Mock, and her special guest, Rick Franzblau, Assistant Athletic Director for Olympic Sports Performance at Clemson University. Drawing on his rich professional journey at Clemson, Rick offers a unique trove of knowledge about player development, performance analytics, and sports mechanics.
Rick expands on his fascinating work in performance development in baseball, highlighting the application of the expansion and compression model across different sports. He underscores the importance of understanding body mechanics, postures, and stances for enhancing an athlete's performance, providing a fresh, scientific perspective on sports training and empowerment.
Explore the crucial interconnection between sports analytics and sports science with Rick, as he explicates how these disciplines can be skillfully integrated to optimize performances, particularly in baseball. He delves into the role played by different body structures in sports, the benefits of being a performance coach instead of a strength coach, and how a profound understanding of sports science opens doors to a stronger talent pool in the industry.
Moving beyond traditional coaching methods, the discussion focuses on understanding human movement through shapes. Rick emphasizes how this unique outlook favors collaboration in athlete development strategies, encouraging emerging practitioners to invest in long-term learning methods like mentorships, site visits, and professional meetings to broaden their knowledge in the field.
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Pitt Sports Performance Twitter
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Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
In Talkin’ Pitt Episode Twenty-Nine, Coach Young talks with Strength and conditioning legend Buddy Morris of the Arizona Cardinals. For anyone who doesn’t know Buddy Morris, he is currently in his 11th year with the Cardinals and, in 2021, was named Strength Coach of the Year. Buddy is a proud Pittsburgher and a forever Panther, as he was a track team member during his undergrad. Buddy got his start in strength and Conditioning as the first football strength coach for Pitt’s football team. In this week’s episode, Buddy goes into how he has been using contraction training with his athletes and how the Cardinals use their force plates in return for playing. It was an honor to have Buddy on the podcast, and I appreciate all the knowledge bombs he dropped during the podcast. We look forward to having him on again. We hope you all enjoy the podcast and, as always, HAIL 2 PITT.
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@pitt_sportsperformance
Pitt Sports Performance Twitter
@pitt_science
Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Talkin’ Pitt Episode Twenty-Eight, Coach Young hosts this week's episode with track and strength coach Chris Korfist. Coach Korfist owns Slow Guy Speed School and is co-owner of REFLEXIVE PERFORMANCE RESET (RPR). In this episode, Coach Young gets an insight into how Coach Korfist uses the 1080 motion products to develop the athletes he works with. Pitt Sports Performance got a 1080 at the end of last year and has been finding how to implement it into our team's training. Coach Korfist has nearly a decade of using the 1080 Sprint with more recorded runs than any other coach. If you want to hear about this experience with this technology and how it can benefit your speed training with your athletes, you need to check out this week's episode. Talkin’ Pitt wants to thank Coach Korfist again for coming on the podcast. We are looking forward to the next time he has him on. We hope you all enjoy the podcast and, as always, HAIL 2 PITT.
Pitt Sports Performance Instagram
@pitt_sportsperformance
Pitt Sports Performance Twitter
@pitt_science
Chris Korfist Contact
Instagram: @coachchriskorfist
Website: slowguyspeedschool.com
Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Talkin’ Pitt Episode Twenty-Seven, Coach Young hosts this week's episode with special guest Michael Tucker. Coach Tucker is the Director of the Strength and Conditioning at Bridgewater College in Virginia. Coach Young and Coach Tucker worked together at Bridgewater when Coach Young was the Director, and Coach Tucker was his first hire. In the episode, Coach Young hears about how Bridgewater has continued to grow. Then they dive into the new systems Tucker has implemented since taking over, and what growing pains has Coach Tucker had during his first year leading a department. Later in the episode, the two coaches dive into the challenges of working at a small school with over 500 student-athletes and how Coach Tucker treats each team as their own with programs and exercise selection. It was a pleasure having Coach Tucker on. We hope you all enjoy the podcast and, as always, HAIL 2 PITT.
Pitt Sports Performance Instagram
@pitt_sportsperformance
Pitt Sports Performance Twitter
@pitt_science
Michael Tucker Contact
Instagram-@coach_tucker13
Email: mtucker2@bridgewater.edu
Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Talkin’ Pitt Episode Twenty-Six, Director of Olympic Sports Aaron Duvall is our guest host for this week's episode. Coach Duvall has the pleasure of talking with Coach Rockford of the University of Montana. Coach Rockford is the Director of Athletic Performance, he implements training for men’s basketball, volleyball, and track. In this week's episode, our guest dives into what it is like going from director to director at different schools and what that looks like, from making changes to keeping some systems the same. We want to thank Coach Rockford for coming on the podcast this week. We hope you all enjoy the podcast and HAIL 2 PITT.
Pitt Sports Performance Instagram
@pitt_sportsperformance
Pitt Sports Performance Twitter
@pitt_science
Zach Rockford Contact
Instagram-@coachrockford22
Email: zach.rockford@mso.umt.edu
Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Talkin’ Pitt Episode Twenty-Five, Coach Young has a chance to talk with in-state rival Coach Will Otto of Penn State in this week's episode. In this week's episode, Coach Otto dives into all aspects of how he ran his past off-season with the softball program at Penn State. At the beginning of the episode, Coach Otto gives a detailed breakdown of how he plans out training blocks and creates his annual plan. We get an insight into the technology and the KPI tracking that Coach Otto uses at Penn State and how he is building out softball usage of sports science. At the end of the episode, Coach Young asks Coach Otto how he was able to implement his speed training. It was a pleasure having Coach Otto on the podcast. We hope you all enjoy the podcast and HAIL 2 PITT.
Pitt Sports Performance Instagram
@pitt_sportsperformance
Pitt Sports Performance Twitter
@pitt_science
Will Otto Contact
Instagram-@coach_otto_45
Email: who5019@psu.edu
Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Talkin’ Pitt Episode Twenty-Four, Coach Young is back as this week's host to kick off the podcast for 2024. For this week's episode, Coach Young has a chance to talk with Matt Mitcheroney. Coach Mitch is currently at James Madison University as the Associate Director of Olympic Sports Strength and Conditioning Coach, overseeing all aspects of training for baseball & softball. During this conversation, Coach Mitch dives into how he was influenced by his early mentor, Sean Foster, during his time at American University in DC. Got bit by the weightlifting bug and how it has made him a better coach when working with his athletes around positions and movement standards. Later in the episode, Coach Mitch gives his view on periodization, when he has found ways to plan out long stretches of training, and when he needs a plan that is more fluid depending on the sport, the season of that sport, and the training age of his athletes. We want to thank Coach Mitch for coming on the podcast and look forward to having him on again. We hope you all enjoy the podcast and HAIL 2 PITT.
Pitt Sports Performance Instagram
@pitt_sportsperformance
Pitt Sports Performance Twitter
@pitt_science
Matt Mitcheroney Contact
Instagram- @coach_matt_ryan
Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Talkin’ Pitt Episode Twenty-Three, Coach Young is back as a guest host. For this week's episode, Coach Young has a chance to chat with Ryan Wysocki. Coach Wysocki and Young met as undergrads at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. Coach Wysocki is currently with the Arizona Coyotes of the NHL. His position is Assistant Performance & Reconditioning Coach. During this podcast, Coach Wysocki breaks down his role with the Coyotes and his experience from working in the private sector at MBSC to pro sports. Later in the episode, Coach Wysocki breaks down how they use their sports science to gain baseline information on their guys and how they will bring athletes back from injury using that baseline as a reference. We want to thank Ryan for coming on the podcast; and we look forward to having him back on in the future. We hope you all enjoy the podcast and HAIL 2 PITT.
Pitt Sports Performance Instagram
@pitt_sportsperformance
Pitt Sports Performance Twitter
@pitt_science
Ryan Wysocki Contact
Instagram- @ryanwysocki_57
Music Credit
Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro.”
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