Angus McEntrye is a Chiropractor, Athletics coach and Strength & Conditioning Coach. He works out of his practice AM Health & Performance in Sydney and specialises in injury diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation. Angus has worked with several different athletes and teams and has coached athletes competing at World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in athletics. Angus is also an accredited Level 4 Athletics Coach and ASCA Elite L3 Strength & Conditioning Coach.
QUOTES
"So what is VBT to me? It's all about speed output. So moving the bar or the body as fast as we can."
"The most important part about the competitive season is that they're competing. We're not trying to be Olympic lifters. We're not trying to be power lifters. We want to make sure that their transfer to the sport is as high as possible. That's submaximal loading, accelerative strengthening, power on the force velocity curve. 60-70 % 1RM comes in as the heavy and then we muck around with 50-30 %; lighter, faster, ballistic tosses, jumping, loud noises, trying to get things moving as fast as we can..."
"How many sports generate force up and down like a squat? There aren't too many. In track and field, it's the hammer throw, skiing, rowing, a couple of examples there, but most of what we do is we're generating force in a split based position"
"So then, you know, going into those lighter loads, and doing it with a snatch, Cameron can lift up to four meters per second with 30% 1RM on the bar"
“I've always been somebody that likes to be creative and just think outside of the box and how might this work? How might this better the output that we're trying to achieve? And then in the gym, it just bolsters that as well. So, you know, as long as you're not being stupid, think being creative in your environment … especially with VBT”
SHOWNOTES
1) Angus’ journey in strength and conditioning, athletics coaching and chiropractic influences
2) Velocity based training (VBT) basics and split snatches in Tokyo
3) Periodizing VBT across general prep, specific prep and competition phases
4) Different exercises, including Olympic lifting variations, that Angus will use in his coaching
5) How VBT metrics and speeds can be adapted for power development, including lifts above 3-4 meters per second
6) The benefits of different coaching cues combined with VBT feedback
7) Being creative in your environment as a coach and the use of different exercises to influence technique
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Cam McEntrye
John Mitchell
Nick Winkelman
John Manenti
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Angus McEntrye is a Chiropractor, Athletics coach and Strength & Conditioning Coach. He works out of his practice AM Health & Performance in Sydney and specialises in injury diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation. Angus has worked with several different athletes and teams and has coached athletes competing at World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in athletics. Angus is also an accredited Level 4 Athletics Coach and ASCA Elite L3 Strength & Conditioning Coach.
QUOTES
"So what is VBT to me? It's all about speed output. So moving the bar or the body as fast as we can."
"The most important part about the competitive season is that they're competing. We're not trying to be Olympic lifters. We're not trying to be power lifters. We want to make sure that their transfer to the sport is as high as possible. That's submaximal loading, accelerative strengthening, power on the force velocity curve. 60-70 % 1RM comes in as the heavy and then we muck around with 50-30 %; lighter, faster, ballistic tosses, jumping, loud noises, trying to get things moving as fast as we can..."
"How many sports generate force up and down like a squat? There aren't too many. In track and field, it's the hammer throw, skiing, rowing, a couple of examples there, but most of what we do is we're generating force in a split based position"
"So then, you know, going into those lighter loads, and doing it with a snatch, Cameron can lift up to four meters per second with 30% 1RM on the bar"
“I've always been somebody that likes to be creative and just think outside of the box and how might this work? How might this better the output that we're trying to achieve? And then in the gym, it just bolsters that as well. So, you know, as long as you're not being stupid, think being creative in your environment … especially with VBT”
SHOWNOTES
1) Angus’ journey in strength and conditioning, athletics coaching and chiropractic influences
2) Velocity based training (VBT) basics and split snatches in Tokyo
3) Periodizing VBT across general prep, specific prep and competition phases
4) Different exercises, including Olympic lifting variations, that Angus will use in his coaching
5) How VBT metrics and speeds can be adapted for power development, including lifts above 3-4 meters per second
6) The benefits of different coaching cues combined with VBT feedback
7) Being creative in your environment as a coach and the use of different exercises to influence technique
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Cam McEntrye
John Mitchell
Nick Winkelman
John Manenti
Ivi is an expert in women's football and the founder of Casagrande Coaching, a UK based consultancy practice. A former professional player, Ivi has also worked as a performance coach with teams like Orlando Pride, Brighton & Hove Albion, Ireland Women’s Team, Brazil Women’s Team and US Youth National Teams. She now focuses on both early career and seasoned coaches via international coach education programmes, grassroots projects and progressive frameworks that create better environments for everyone to thrive. As such, Ivi delivers coach education for the Football Association of Ireland via a grassroots programme supporting young female football players, and with FIFA and UEFA as a Technical Expert delivering workshops for teams around the world. Since 2020 Ivi has also run her own Mentorship programmes to educate and empower coaches.
QUOTES
“So I think the best environments that I've been in, they have constant feedback loops between staff members and also players where they have debrief in forms of feedback surveys or a lot of conversations with players about what they need”
“if you're in an international team environment with camps, for example, at the end of each camp with Ireland, we would survey the players and it was very successful, we're going to do this debrief and we're going to see the trends”
"What are the non-negotiables for us as coaches, but also what are the things that we will allow the players to have more freedom, more creativity with and allow them to do different things in their training”
"I think on top of everything that we talked about in terms of creating an environment for players to thrive, we also have to create our own environment for ourselves to then thrive. Because if we're not creating that, we are not going to be able to have mental space to create that environment for the players”
SHOWNOTES
1) Ivi’s journey from professional soccer to coaching elite female football.
2) Zooming out to observe environments that are conducive for players and staff to thrive.
3) The importance of frequent feedback loops in high performance, including reflecting on every session you coach.
4) Observing athletes and their interactions in their daily environment.
5) How speaking the same shared language as coaches impacts high performance.
6) Creating autonomy in playing groups and the practical tools to use.
7) How to implement an education process with athletes to improve culture.
8) The importance of staff having boundaries with players and protecting their time.
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Dan Pfaff
ASCA Podcast
Angus McEntrye is a Chiropractor, Athletics coach and Strength & Conditioning Coach. He works out of his practice AM Health & Performance in Sydney and specialises in injury diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation. Angus has worked with several different athletes and teams and has coached athletes competing at World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in athletics. Angus is also an accredited Level 4 Athletics Coach and ASCA Elite L3 Strength & Conditioning Coach.
QUOTES
"So what is VBT to me? It's all about speed output. So moving the bar or the body as fast as we can."
"The most important part about the competitive season is that they're competing. We're not trying to be Olympic lifters. We're not trying to be power lifters. We want to make sure that their transfer to the sport is as high as possible. That's submaximal loading, accelerative strengthening, power on the force velocity curve. 60-70 % 1RM comes in as the heavy and then we muck around with 50-30 %; lighter, faster, ballistic tosses, jumping, loud noises, trying to get things moving as fast as we can..."
"How many sports generate force up and down like a squat? There aren't too many. In track and field, it's the hammer throw, skiing, rowing, a couple of examples there, but most of what we do is we're generating force in a split based position"
"So then, you know, going into those lighter loads, and doing it with a snatch, Cameron can lift up to four meters per second with 30% 1RM on the bar"
“I've always been somebody that likes to be creative and just think outside of the box and how might this work? How might this better the output that we're trying to achieve? And then in the gym, it just bolsters that as well. So, you know, as long as you're not being stupid, think being creative in your environment … especially with VBT”
SHOWNOTES
1) Angus’ journey in strength and conditioning, athletics coaching and chiropractic influences
2) Velocity based training (VBT) basics and split snatches in Tokyo
3) Periodizing VBT across general prep, specific prep and competition phases
4) Different exercises, including Olympic lifting variations, that Angus will use in his coaching
5) How VBT metrics and speeds can be adapted for power development, including lifts above 3-4 meters per second
6) The benefits of different coaching cues combined with VBT feedback
7) Being creative in your environment as a coach and the use of different exercises to influence technique
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Cam McEntrye
John Mitchell
Nick Winkelman
John Manenti
