Paul Robbins - Sport Performance Specialist at Biocore - joins us for the 73rd episode MTN. Paul has spent the last 15 seasons overseeing in-game data for the NBA while bringing similar expertise to the NFL, NHL, German Sports Leagues, and USTA. Previously, Paul was the Executive VP of Sport Performance at Kinexon, the Director of of Performance for STATS , and spent 11 years with EXOS as their metabolic specialist. Today's episode, we dive into decel and accel within the NBA and the implications involved. An incredibly insightful episode, Paul gives us a masterclass in the data the NBA gets from every single game.

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Lumin continues to change the game within the AMS realm and recently launched their new strength builder platform. Head on over to luminsports.com - and mention Move the Needle at Check out to receive 20% off your first full year. & a huge Thank You to our sponsor, Hawkin Dynamics:Hawkin is the world leader in force measuring, and continues to put forth the tools for high-performance practitioners to be exactly that, high performers. If you haven't yet checked out Hawkins - head over to their website at: https://www.hawkindynamics.com/ and check out everything they have to offerMake sure to check out our sponsor, Samson Equipment: Samson is a leader in manufacturing elite weight room equipment (and have been for nearly 50 years). Founded by Dave and Linda Schroeder, Samson is weight room equipment made by coaches for coaches. Check them out at samsonequipment.com for more informationShoutout to our sponsor, 1080 Motion. The 1080 Sprint is the single best piece of training equipment in the world & has continually changed the game for training speed, strength, and power. Go to 1080motion.com to learn more.

Lauren Green - Hawkin Dynamics - joins us for the 72nd episode of MTN. Lauren has extensive experience of sport science and coaching with time with the LA Dodgers, Brooklyn Nets, UC San Diego, and LSU Men's Basketball. This episode was a great blend of research, data, and practical coaching within the team and individual setting.

Find Lauren on social media @greenhouse_ps

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Big Thanks to our sponsor Lumin Sports:

Lumin continues to change the game within the AMS realm and recently launched their new strength builder platform. Head on over to luminsports.com - and mention Move the Needle at Check out to receive 20% off your first full year. & a huge Thank You to our sponsor, Hawkin Dynamics: Hawkin is the world leader in force measuring, and continues to put forth the tools for high-performance practitioners to be exactly that, high performers. If you haven't yet checked out Hawkins - head over to their website at: https://www.hawkindynamics.com/ and check out everything they have to offer Make sure to check out our sponsor, Samson Equipment: Samson is a leader in manufacturing elite weight room equipment (and have been for nearly 50 years). Founded by Dave and Linda Schroeder, Samson is weight room equipment made by coaches for coaches. Check them out at samsonequipment.com for more information Shoutout to our sponsor, 1080 Motion. The 1080 Sprint is the single best piece of training equipment in the world & has continually changed the game for training speed, strength, and power. Go to 1080motion.com to learn more.

Ben Hollander - Sports Performance Coach at the University of Arizona - joins us for the 71st episode of MTN. On today's podcast we discuss a handful of topics that Ben has been diving into of late. We talk weight room training for track and field athletes, neurology implementation within team training, coiling core, and much more. This was an interesting conversation into some ideas that we have discussed on the pod before and some that we haven't. Regardless, many great takeaways

Make sure to follow Ben on social media @coach_benh

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Scott Leech - Associate Director of S&C at the University of Rhode Island - joins us for the 70th episode of MTN. On today's episode, we dive into two main categories: Contact Prep and Small-Sided Games. Within this conversation, Scott covers both topics in detail and provides actionable takeaways & examples for any coach. Make sure you check out Scott's Contact Prep Course available at the link in his IG and be on the lookout for his next course covering games which will be dropping before the end of the year

Follow Scott on Instagram @sleech72 and on X @ScottLeech72

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Big Thanks to our sponsor Lumin Sports:

Lumin continues to change the game within the AMS realm and recently launched their new strength builder platform. Head on over to luminsports.com - and mention Move the Needle at Check out to receive 20% off your first full year. & a huge Thank You to our sponsor, Hawkin Dynamics: Hawkin is the world leader in force measuring, and continues to put forth the tools for high-performance practitioners to be exactly that, high performers. If you haven't yet checked out Hawkins - head over to their website at: https://www.hawkindynamics.com/ and check out everything they have to offer Make sure to check out our sponsor, Samson Equipment: Samson is a leader in manufacturing elite weight room equipment (and have been for nearly 50 years). Founded by Dave and Linda Schroeder, Samson is weight room equipment made by coaches for coaches. Check them out at samsonequipment.com for more information Shoutout to our sponsor, 1080 Motion. The 1080 Sprint is the single best piece of training equipment in the world & has continually changed the game for training speed, strength, and power. Go to 1080motion.com to learn more.

Matt Tometz - joins us for the 69th episode of MTN. On today's show we dive into conversation around creating individualized programs within speed work, when it would be necessary to do so, and we look into the in-season microdose model that Matt has utilized in the past. We finish with a little reflection on social media within the field and Matt gives us his two cents as someone who has found success within that realm.

Make sure to follow Matt on social media @coachbigtoe and check out his podcast: Matt Tometz Performance Podcast

Find us on social media @mtn_perform and check back each Wednesday for a new episode

Big Thanks to our sponsor Lumin Sports:

Lumin continues to change the game within the AMS realm and recently launched their new strength builder platform. Head on over to luminsports.com - and mention Move the Needle at Check out to receive 20% off your first full year. & a huge Thank You to our sponsor, Hawkin Dynamics: Hawkin is the world leader in force measuring, and continues to put forth the tools for high-performance practitioners to be exactly that, high performers. If you haven't yet checked out Hawkins - head over to their website at: https://www.hawkindynamics.com/ and check out everything they have to offer Make sure to check out our sponsor, Samson Equipment: Samson is a leader in manufacturing elite weight room equipment (and have been for nearly 50 years). Founded by Dave and Linda Schroeder, Samson is weight room equipment made by coaches for coaches. Check them out at samsonequipment.com for more information Shoutout to our sponsor, 1080 Motion. The 1080 Sprint is the single best piece of training equipment in the world & has continually changed the game for training speed, strength, and power. Go to 1080motion.com to learn more.

Dr Adam Petway - Adjunct Professor at Mississippi St University - joins us for the the 68th episode of MTN. Adam has an incredible background in high-performance sport and we were incredibly lucky to get him on today to chat about deceleration and change of direction. He's recently been diving deep into basketball deceleration (traveling all around the country visiting different programs) and we got to pick his brain about some of his findings, takeaways, and ideas for future research. Basketball or not, this episode has phenomenal takeaways for any sport involving decel and COD

Make sure you follow Adam on social media @adampetway

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Big Thanks to our sponsor Lumin Sports:

Lumin continues to change the game within the AMS realm and recently launched their new strength builder platform. Head on over to luminsports.com - and mention Move the Needle at Check out to receive 20% off your first full year. & a huge Thank You to our sponsor, Hawkin Dynamics: Hawkin is the world leader in force measuring, and continues to put forth the tools for high-performance practitioners to be exactly that, high performers. If you haven't yet checked out Hawkins - head over to their website at: https://www.hawkindynamics.com/ and check out everything they have to offer Make sure to check out our sponsor, Samson Equipment: Samson is a leader in manufacturing elite weight room equipment (and have been for nearly 50 years). Founded by Dave and Linda Schroeder, Samson is weight room equipment made by coaches for coaches. Check them out at samsonequipment.com for more information Shoutout to our sponsor, 1080 Motion. The 1080 Sprint is the single best piece of training equipment in the world & has continually changed the game for training speed, strength, and power. Go to 1080motion.com to learn more.

Trevor Abshire - Sport Science Analyst for the Cleveland Guardians - joins us for the 67th episode of MTN. On today's episode of the podcast, we break down some of the data coming out of the world of baseball performance and try to tease out what is actually worthwhile. Trevor also breaks down some of the ways that any coach can create actionable change within their situation regardless of bandwidth or available technology.

Follow Trevor on IG @ktrev123

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Tim Kettenring - High Performance Director of NOLA Gold Rugby - joins us for the 66th episode of MTN. Today on the show, we dive into speed and conditioning. Two topics that are typically looked at on the very opposite ends of the spectrum. Today's episode was a phenomenal conversation around developing speed within the game of rugby and adding answers to conditioning within team sports.

Make sure to follow Tim on X @timkettenring and IG @timkettenring13

Find us on social media @mtn_perform and check back each Wednesday for a new episode.

Big Thanks to our sponsor Lumin Sports:

Lumin continues to change the game within the AMS realm and recently launched their new strength builder platform. Head on over to luminsports.com - and mention Move the Needle at Check out to receive 20% off your first full year. & a huge Thank You to our sponsor, Hawkin Dynamics: Hawkin is the world leader in force measuring, and continues to put forth the tools for high-performance practitioners to be exactly that, high performers. If you haven't yet checked out Hawkins - head over to their website at: https://www.hawkindynamics.com/ and check out everything they have to offer Make sure to check out our sponsor, Samson Equipment: Samson is a leader in manufacturing elite weight room equipment (and have been for nearly 50 years). Founded by Dave and Linda Schroeder, Samson is weight room equipment made by coaches for coaches. Check them out at samsonequipment.com for more information Shoutout to our sponsor, 1080 Motion. The 1080 Sprint is the single best piece of training equipment in the world & has continually changed the game for training speed, strength, and power. Go to 1080motion.com to learn more.

Tim Kettenring - High Performance Director of NOLA Gold Rugby - joins us for the 66th episode of MTN. Today on the show, we dive into speed and conditioning. Two topics that are typically looked at on the very opposite ends of the spectrum. Today's episode was a phenomenal conversation around developing speed within the game of rugby and adding answers to conditioning within team sports.

Make sure to follow Tim on X @timkettenring and IG @timkettenring13

Find us on social media @mtn_perform and check back each Wednesday for a new episode.

Big Thanks to our sponsor Lumin Sports:

Lumin continues to change the game within the AMS realm and recently launched their new strength builder platform. Head on over to luminsports.com - and mention Move the Needle at Check out to receive 20% off your first full year. & a huge Thank You to our sponsor, Hawkin Dynamics: Hawkin is the world leader in force measuring, and continues to put forth the tools for high-performance practitioners to be exactly that, high performers. If you haven't yet checked out Hawkins - head over to their website at: https://www.hawkindynamics.com/ and check out everything they have to offer Make sure to check out our sponsor, Samson Equipment: Samson is a leader in manufacturing elite weight room equipment (and have been for nearly 50 years). Founded by Dave and Linda Schroeder, Samson is weight room equipment made by coaches for coaches. Check them out at samsonequipment.com for more information Shoutout to our sponsor, 1080 Motion. The 1080 Sprint is the single best piece of training equipment in the world & has continually changed the game for training speed, strength, and power. Go to 1080motion.com to learn more.