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8 JUN 2020 · I am a former 3-time All- American football player and Hall of Fame member from Ohio. I originally moved down to NC to Teach and Coach. I have been a wrestling coach for 22 years and have acquired over 500 dual wins, produced 4 national champions, 7 high school All-American, over 40 state champions, hundreds of state placers and qualifiers. As a football coach I coached several dozen athletes into the collegiate ranks, and I coached several athletes that played in the NFL, CFL, and AFL. In 2008, I started my own sport specific training facility. During that time I used the conjugate method, made famous by the great Louie Simmons, and I trained olympians, and professional athletes from the: UFC, Bellator, WEC, NFL, CFL, AFL, MLB, the 3-time world strongest woman, powerlifting world champions, pro & amateur bodybuilders, Jui-Jitsu champions, and general populations from all walks of life. I have accomplished a lot in this life and almost all of it has come from the world lifting. I have trained entire teams at my facility and online and contributed to 12 state championships in a multitude of sports, 18 state finalists, and a multitude of other sports.
5 JUN 2020 · Dr. Annaccone has over 15 years of educational and clinical experience, serving as a Board Certified, Licensed Athletic Trainer, a Corrective Exercise Specialist and a Performance Enhancement Specialist. His expertise is in clinical diagnosis of musculoskeletal pathologies, human movement assessment, neuromuscular manual therapy and corrective/performance exercise programs, conflict management/resolution and leadership in Sports Medicine. He is an active member of the profession of athletic training, serving on various local, regional and national athletic training committees; most recently as District 6 Representative for Texas and Arkansas for the NATA Government Affairs Committee and the Chair of the Workgroup for Sports Science, Health and Data Analytics for the NATA. In 2013, he was recognized by the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) with the NATA Young Professionals' Committee National Distinction Award.
1 JUN 2020 · Andrew Langford is a leading Strength & Conditioning and Sport Performance Consultant, and Director of the International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association (IUSCA). Over the past 15 years he has worked with several international organisations including Great Britain Basketball, England Basketball, and GB Ski and Snowboard, as well as providing consultancy for a variety of professional teams in many sports. During this time, he has helped teams and athletes to compete at major international competitions and world championships. He also currently leads the S&C support for boxing World Champion, Josh Warrington. Andrew has a degree in Biology and a master's degree in Sport & Exercise Physiology and is accredited through the UKSCA.
29 MAY 2020 · Devan McConnell is the Director of Performance Science and Reconditioning with the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. In this role, he oversees the integration and application of sport and performance science technologies, systems, and practices. In addition, he assists with the day-to-day performance training of all National Hockey League athletes within the organization, oversees the return-to-play training of injured athletes and assists with the organizational vision and directive of the Performance department, at both the NHL and AHL levels.
Prior to his appointment in New Jersey, he was the Head of Hockey Performance and Sport Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. In this role, he was responsible for the oversight and development of all aspects of physical development for the Ice Hockey team, including strength, speed, and power development, energy system development, nutrition, recovery and regeneration, physiological monitoring, sport science, technology integration, as well as coordination of analytics, long term athletic development, and tactical periodization. In addition to this role, he is responsible for the physical development of the Field Hockey team.
Prior to joining UMass Lowell, McConnell served as the Sports Performance Coordinator at Stanford University from 2008-11. He worked closely with the women's basketball team, along with men's and women's volleyball, all of which were regulars in the NCAA Tournament. During his tenure, Women's basketball competed in 3 straight Final Fours, the Women's volleyball team competed in two Final Fours, the men's volleyball program won the 2010 NCAA Championship.
4 MAY 2020 · Mike McGurn, International Strength and Conditioning Coach, has the prestigious honour of training three National Senior Irish Teams in different codes and winning two World Titles in two different sports.
McGurn competed for Ulster and Ireland in cross country and athletics events. For his efforts was awarded a scholarship to study Sports Science in the USA for four years.
McGurn has been a professional strength and conditioning coach for over 20 years, having presided over the physical preparation of teams and athletes at 3 World Cups, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World Boxing Champions and European Championships.
Performance Talk addresses key issues, opinions, theories within the field of strength and conditioning. Our guests are recognized for their aggressive approach to improving the world of fitness.
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