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Eric Reed from Raymond S. Kellis high school located in Glendale Arizona. Coach Reed has been at the high school level for 10 years now but started out interning at Northern Arizona University, he coached at some junior colleges in the area, and spent 2 years working with the Arizona rattlers which is an arena football team located in Phoenix. He is CSCS certified with Distinction and an RSCC as well and served as the Arizona state director. He is currently the rocky mountain regional director for the NSCA. Coach Reed is also serving as the high school SIG vice chair for the NSCA. Make sure you listen closely to this episode because Coach Reed had a lot of great takeaways that may help you with your own program. Contact Coach Reed: Facebook: Eric Reed email: ericreedaz@gmail.com My info: My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able

De La Salle high school in California with Strength Coach Mark Wine. De La Salle has a great athletic program and has really excelled in football the last few years. They were ranked #1 nationally this preseason for football. Coach Wine talks about how De La Salle's strength program is different from every other high school program in the nation.  Here is a little about Coach Wine.  Mark Wine is the owner of Functional Muscle Fitness in Concord, CA. which is an elite athletic and fitness performance center with a client range from 6 to 72 years old. Coach Wine is also currently the head Strength & Conditioning Coach for De La Salle High School, team USA Synchronized Swimming, Walnut Creek Soccer Club and team Haiti Polo team. Coach Wine holds a BA from San Diego State University and is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist from the NSCA; a weightlifting coach from USA Weightlifting; and a performance enhancement specialist, corrective exercise specialist and personal training from the NASM. F

Coach Venable from Lincoln high school. Coach Venable has a big background in Olympic weightlifting and has some really great training methods when it comes to training the high school athlete. And since Coach Boyd Epley has returned to Nebraska, he has been able to use Coach Epley as a resource for his high school strength program. Coach Venable has a really cool background in training and is having great success in the high school realm. Coach Stewart Venable brings his passion, knowledge and three decades worth of experience to Lincoln Public Schools District.Venable’s resume is astounding, and includes ownership of Athletic Results; his duties as assistant strength coach at MidAmerica Nazarene University (’09­-’12) and Immaculate High School (’08-­’09); numerous certifications to include Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the NSCA, USA Weightlifting Level 2 Coach and numerous other certifications. Venable’s thirst for knowledge and passion for training has created relationships wit

Toby Jacobi from Strong Rock Christian school. Coach Jacobi has been at the college level for the past 14 years and has finally made a transition to the high school level. He has been able to use his extensive knowledge on training athletes now at Strong Rock.  But as you will hear in the interview, there are always challenges you will face at the high school level.   His journey into the strength field is very interesting and he has had a ton of great mentors and people to work with through the years.  There are many great takeaways in this episode so make sure you listen closely.  Here is just a quick look at who Coach Jacobi is. B.S. Physical Education, Cumberland University 2000 Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength & Conditioning Association Registered Strength & Conditioning Coach with Distinction by the National Strength & Conditioning Association Certified as a Sports Performance Coach by the United States Weightlifting Association Certified Level 1 Inst

In this episode I am going to talk about organization, safety, policies and procedures, and setup at the beginning of the school year that will ensure you are productive the whole year.  There are many topics covered in this episode. I talk about communication with athletes and sport coaches, trainers, campus security and the administration. I also talk about setup and organization of the weightroom when it comes to having a efficient function weightroom.   I also give examples on weight room polices and rules to follow that will help the weight room training day run more smoothly. A little later I talk about procedures whether they are for class or they are for emergency procedures.   How about the maintenance and cleanliness of the weightroom. These are two important factors when maintaining a good training environment where athletes can feel safe, clean, and ready to train hard. Along with cleaniless is the maintenance and I give a list of basic tools that are needed to maintain, fix and repair your weight

Ryan Johnson of Wayzata High school talks today in another awesome strength coach podcast. Coach Johnson is located in Plymouth, Minnesota. A Midwest strength coach on today's show and we will dive into questions about that region on strength training, strength competitions, and how to train the Minnesota hockey player. Here is a little about Coach Johnson.  Ryan Johnson, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D   Coach Johnson teaches physical education at Wayzata High School and is the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for Wayzata Public Schools. Wayzata Athletics have captured 36 team state titles in his tenure and Johnson works directly with the three-time state champion football team as Director of Operations and Player Development. He is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and is the Minnesota NSCA State Director. He also serves on the National High School Weightlifting NSCA Special Interest Group Executive Board. In 2010, he was named the NSCA Minnesota High School Strength and Condit

Coach Gary Schofield from Greater Atlanta Christian school located in Atlanta, Georiga. You may have seen Coach Schofield talk at many clinics and conferences and you know he has been in the business for a long time and has a  wealth of knowledge in strength coaching. He has a nationally recognized high school program down in Atlanta.  Entering his 21st year as a nationally certified and state licensed athletic trainer (NATA) and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist® (CSCS, *D) & Registered Strength & Conditioning Coach® (RSCC*D) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), Coach Schofield has had the opportunity to coach and assist in the athletic development of athletes with teams and organizations from the NBA, Arena Football League, East Coast Hockey League, United States Basketball League, WCW Wrestling, North American Soccer League, the Georgia State Olympic Development Program, USA Track & Field and many other pro and amateur organizations. During the past 20

Coach Jon Hersel from York High school, Coach Hersel has coached at many different schools and many different levels and has taken away some great experiences from each. He is starting his 2nd year at York high school and has already taken the program to new heights. York High school is a 4AAAA high school located in York, SC. Here is a quick bio about Jon Hersel:  Coach Hersel is a graduated from Jamestown college located in North Dakota in 2000, then went on to be a an strength intern at Miami, a grad assistant at LSU and a grad assistant at Mississippi. He then got the position of head strength coach at Baldwin county high school located in Alabama before being an assistant strength & condition coach at the university of south Alabama. Coach Hersel trained the athletes for 3 years before  getting the head strength coach position at York high in August of 2014.   Jon is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA. He also has his USAW certifcation as well as his USATF. (USA

Westside High school has an awesome strength program with Coach Arron Cottingham. He talks about Ram Strength & Conditioning and some of the great successes he has had so far.  He is currently in his 3rd year at Westside and they have had a great summer training program. Here is a little about Coach Cottingham. Coach Cottingham started as a sports performance coach at Velocity sports for 3 years before moving on to teaching and coaching football and basketball at west oak middle school over near Clemson, SC. After leaving West oak he went on to Westside high school where he has been for 3 years serving as director of player development and the outside linebackers coach. Coach Cottingham holds his CSCS through the NSCA, he is a Certified specialist in speed and explosion with NASE and he is a level 1 USA weightlifting coach through USAW. Contact Coach Cottingham at: twitter: @coach_c_23 Facebook: Aaron Cottingham Email: aaroncottingham@anderson5.net Westside Athletics: http://goo.gl/jmNZfW My info: My name

Kevin Kaga from Marlboro County, and we talk today about how his training has helped the players develop both physically and mentally for life.  Here is a little background on Coach Kaga. Coach K received his bachelors and masters in education from Western Carolina University and then also received a second Masters in Education from South Carolina state university.  He became a grad assistant strength coach at Appalachian state university in 1984. Coach K got his start in coaching at Conway high school with Chuck Jordan in 1987. He then moved on to North Myrtle Beach high school for 5 years. After North Myrtle beach he coached at Sumter high school for 7 years before making his current stop at Marlboro county for the last 13 years. Coach Kaga was just the 2nd person in the state of South Carolina to be hired strictly for strength and conditioning of high school athletes.    Coach K has so much knowledge in the strength & conditioning field and has been able to change so many student athlete lives. He is v

AC Flora in Columbia, South Carolina. Coach Micah Kurtz is in his 7th year at AC Flora and has had great success with the building and developing of his strength program and has really built a great athletic culture there. He goes to sleep every night thinking he has to be ready to be able to train the athletes the next day because they are relying on him to get them better. And he lives up to that motivation factor for sure! Here is a little bio on Coach Micah Kurtz: Micah Kurtz is in his 7th year as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at AC Flora high school in Columbia, South Carolina.  In his role, Coach Kurtz has developed the school’s first ever school wide strength and conditioning program and created a school wide culture of vitality and fitness which includes not only student-athletes, but also the faculty, staff, parents and community.  In the past year, AC Flora was named the #1 athletic program in the Columbia metropolitan area by the State Newspaper.  The baseball team has won 3 straight st

Fred Eaves from Battle Ground Academy in Franklin TN is on the show today. Coach Eaves has been named the national strength & conditioning coach of the year for 2015. He has done some amazing things with his athletes and he continues to change athletes lives every single day he trains. I was able to talk to him at the Sorinex Summer Strong 8 Clinic held at the University of South Carolina. Here is his bio:   Fred Eaves is currently in his 4th year as the strength and conditioning coach at Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee. He is certified through the NSCA as a CSCS and RSCC. He is also certified through USA Weightlifting and USA Track and Field. He has 17 years of experience that includes coaching at LSU, Tennessee, and Tennessee-Chattanooga. Eaves has been the strength and conditioning coach for multiple state champions in various sports as well of hundreds of college signees. He was voted the 2015 NSCA High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year as well as the 2013 Samson Equipme

Lon Record-Hammer Strength. He is the National Athletic Manager for Hammer Strength clinics.  I talk to him about the Hammer strength clinics schedule, who usually attends and why they are so important and crucial to High School Strength Coaches. You can learn so much from a Clinic or Conference about what other coaches in the strength & conditioning field are doing. Also if you are certifed with any certifcation board you need those CEU's too. Register for Hammer Strength Clinics Here: https://www.lifefitness.com/commercial/hammerstrength/hammerstrengthclinics/hammerstrengthclinics.html Contact Lon Record at the Hammer Strength Clinic Website   My info:  My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching.  Thanks for checking o

State Strength Meet episode in Lexington, South Carolina for the 2015 High School State Strength Meet. This state meet features the top 2 finishers from each weight class from the regional meets that were held in previous weeks. I talk to Coach Brian Jackson who has been operating the meets for many years. He knows a lot about the field of high school strength coaching as well as putting on awesome strength meets for high school athletes to compete in. Some very interesting details on how you can run your own strength meet or put together one for your state. Lots of state records were broken at this meet. You can check out the highlight video as well as two other Record breaking lifts on the High School Strength Coach Youtube channel here: HS STRENGTH COACH YOUTUBE   Contact Coach Jackson for more info on hosting a Strength Meet.   Email: brian.jackson@sumterschools.net   My info:  My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any

Dorman Strength Program with Eric Cash. The Cavaliers of Dorman just completed a giant investment in their athletic program and that was the 8,500 square foot weight room with 22 racks and a mondo floor. Before Dorman, Coach Cash coached at Clemson University, PC University, and Elon university before stopping at Dorman. He has a ton of experience coaching athletes from all levels. He is currently working on his Doctorate in Kinesiology.  Contact Coach Cash for more info on Block zero and the Tier System at: Facebook: Eric Cash Email: cashen@spart6.org Dorman High:  Dorman Athletics   My info:   My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching.  Thanks for checking out the website.  It would be great to connect with other strength

Coach Andrew Caldwell who is the head strength coach for the Spartanburg Vikings. He was most recently at Woodruff high school for the last 7 years. So he will be starting a new chapter in his life of being the new high school strength coach. Coach Caldwell talks about his program and an awesome athlete grading system he has implemented for his student athletes.  It works so well, he has not had to change anything since he first started it.     Contact Coach Caldwell for tons of knowledge and to just talk shop at: amcaldwell@spart7.org Spartanburg High School Website: http://shs.spartanburg7.org/athletics/strength-and-conditioning/     My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching.  Thanks for checking out the website.  It woul

  21 EASY TIPS you can use with your strength & conditioning class or weightlifting class on the first day of school. Besides the first day, these tips need to be implemented throughout the first week as well. Many are housekeeping issues, and some you may already do, but some may give you an idea on something new you may want to try. If you have more ideas and procedures and policies you implement, let me know so that I can spread the word to other High School Strength Coaches across the nation.   My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching.  Thanks for checking out the website.  It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes.  T

  Gaffney Indians Strength with Tony Smith. Tony Smith has been the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Gaffney High School for  last 7 years. He has helped win  five State championships; Football in 2012, Basketball in 2012, 2010, Baseball and Softball in 2009.  He has 14 years at the college level being at North Greenville, Gardner Webb, Clemson, University of Findlay, Ole Miss, and Florida Atlantic.  He has also helped those collegiate football teams go to numerous bowl games as well. He is a certified college strength and condition coach CSCCA, as well as a Specialist in Sports Conditioning by the international sports science association.     Contact Coach Smith for more Strength & Conditioning questions at:    Facebook: Tony Smith   Email: tmsrebels@yahoo.com   My info:   My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to

  TOP 10 TIPS on how to start a high school strength program. There are lots of different things that need to be done and many personnel in the school district need to be on the same page to have a successful and effective program to help the athletes perform at optimal levels. I am going to give you the my Top 10 tips on what you need in place first before starting.      Hello, my name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching.  Thanks for checking out the website.  It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes.  This is why I created this podcast. I hope  you find it useful and valuable!     Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com     Contact m

Michael Srock who is the Head strength coach for the Running Rebels of Byrnes High School. Coach Srock works and stays determined to train his athletes at  high levels. He has helped the rebels win 8 state championships in the last 12 years, as well as other various Olympic sport championships. He is NASE certified as well as on the board and he is a national coach for USA weightlifting. He is also the author of 101 fundamentals for football speed and has another book coming soon. Contact Coach Srock for Strength & Speed info at: michael.srock@spart5.net   My info: My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching.  Thanks for checking out the podcast and website.  It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and ta