What can you be doing to minimise things going wrong when you return to sport? How can you make sure your you dont fall away from the pack? Worried about doing too much or not enough? We cover this and more as Head coach Matt discusses how you can still train through lockdown intelligently and what to focus your energy on.  Matt chats about how and what aerobic exercise to include in your training. How to keep up strength work without equipment  As well as how you can increase your power and explosiveness through jumps training.  If you found this podcast useful and want some ..read more

With Tokyo only days away we couldn't not provide some insights into our thoughts on the track and field events.  Fortunately we are joined by Track and Field analyst Toby Plant who provides incredible insight into what athletes to keep an eye on, who could break records and what Aussies are a chance for the ultimate glory.  We also dive into the topic of 'Mechanical Doping' and the super shoes.  What the Olympics means to us and what mark Tokyo 2020 will leave on history.  Enjoy and go the Aussies.  ..read more

Wow how lucky are we to continue our coaching masters series with the wonderful Derek Hansen.  Derek is an International Sports performance consultant who has over 30 years of experience working in a range of collegiate, professional sport and Olympic settings.  Derek is a master of making the complex simple and applying training to athletes that actually makes a difference.  In this conversation we explore the work and relationship Derek had with the late great Charlie Francis.  We touch on how Derek starts the training process when it comes to speed development and explor ..read more

What can we say? What a pleasure it was to spend 1 hour chatting with one of the most influential figures in the Sports Performance space.  Doctor Michael Yessis is a world leader in sports performance. He is an author, Bio mechanist, Teacher,  Having worked in sports performance for over 50 years  Dr Yessis is well known for his work translating the soviet sports review and bringing this training information and research to the western world.  Dr Yessis has worked and continues to work with a range of world class athletes and programs and has worked with the LA rams/Raider ..read more

In this episode Jay and Matt dive deep, well as deep as the pool is on the current literature and research that looks at gyms and their ability to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic. We look at some key research from NSW, America, the UK, Singapore and Norway which both supports and refutes our thoughts. We brake down the good, bad and ugly and try to shed some light on what the data and findings actually mean. In short... Are gyms safe? Well it depends. Can gyms be safe? Absolutely. Will i catch COVID if i go to the gym? highly unlikely like .00026% unlikely? Can training and being physical ..read more

Check this out. Ever heard of DNS? If yes, you probably haven’t heard much. If not you need to. DNS makes up a big part of our program and in this podcast we delve into why. Check it out and let us know what you think ..read more

In this episode we break down injury prevention and protection. How can the current injury prevention model be improved? We discuss how we focus on injury prevention through performance enhancement. Listen in to hear some absolute gold. One for the physios and allied health professionals too ..read more

A psycho social look at why athletes and coaches are they way they are. In this episode Matt dives into why we are the way we are from an education, experience and environmental experience. This episode will be a reference point for future conversations so you may want to check back time after time. As always if you enjoy our episodes please let us know and leave a review or subscribe. If you want to connect please reach out to us @athleteperformance_ed ..read more

One for the sport science students and the transitioning athletes. Matt gives his top book recommendations for anyone wanting to get into reading. He covers all areas from career, personal development and Of course the ‘science’ stuff. We hope one of these recommendations resonates with you and starts you on your reading journey. If you have any questions please connect with us on social media @athleteperformance_ed or email is info@athleteperformanceeducation.com ..read more

Wow. Where do we start with this one.  In this episode Matt is joined by S&C, Sport Scientist and Exercise Physiologist Loris Bertolacci.  Loris has a resume that simply does not fit into this description. He has coached across four decades with multiple AFL clubs, Olympic level athletes and squads including the Australian women's volleyball team and currently works as a Strength and Conditioning coach with the Shanghai institute of sport.  Loris was also quite that athlete in his early days having competed internationally in Hammer throw.  If you are a strength and con ..read more