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I talk with Coach Paul Kolody fron Hunterdon Central Regional high in New Jersey. I spoke with Coach Kolody at the NHSSCA conference and he was a great coach to catch up with. Lots of great things going on at HC that I had to have coach on and talk about. We talk about his programming , scheduling, movement exercises and all the other exciting things going on with his school and some upcoming conferences going on in his area that are going to be epic. Paul Kolody earned his Bachelors of Science in Athletic Training and his Masters of Science in Physical Education, with a concentration in Exercise Science as well. He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association, (NATA/ATC), as an Athletic Trainer, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, (NSCA/CSCS), as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, and USA Weightlifting as a Level One Club Coach. Paul started his career as an Athletic Trainer in 1995 at Metuchen high, then became the Athletic Trainer and Strength Coach for the Somerset

I talk with Garson Skelton from Harker Heights High school out in Texas. Had a chance to talk with coach over the weekend at the National high school strength coach association national conference down in Atlanta. Coach Skelton has a unique situation he is in being located right next to Fort Hood and having to deal with Military kids coming and going all the time. He needs to be ready for new athletes all the time at varying training ages. We talk about programming, motivation, being flexible, how to get the most out of your athletes and more. Very interesting stuff. Garson Skelton is in his 3rd year at Harker Heights High School.  He started his coaching career assisting the strength and conditioning staff at Baylor University in 2009, primarily working with Men and Women’s Basketball Teams. He also spent time working in the Exercise Biochemical Nutrition Laboratory. In 2011 he spent time at the University of Houston assisting their strength staff during the offseason for football, volleyball, women’s basket

I talk with Travis Lombardozzi from Brunswick high blue devils in Brunsick Ohio. Very excited to share this one with you. Coach Lombardozzi gives some great insights into his program and has some really good takeaways that you can use with your own program and athletes. Some topics we discuss are how to create your program from scratch, how to great relationships with admins, board members and other funding resources, using heart rate training tools, how to know if your programming is working and much more. Coach L also gives some great advice on how to keep the athletes motivated as well. Travis Lombardozzi enters his fourth season as Head Coach Strength & Conditioning coach with the Blue Devils.  Travis has been a prominent figure within the Cleveland Coaching/training scene in both high school and NCAA for over 8 years. Prior to his coaching career, Travis swam at Cleveland State University for four years. Outside of Brunswick, Travis is a CSCS certified strength and Conditioning coach with years of tr

I talk with Shawn Powell from Cannon School located in Concord North Carolina. If you are from the southeast region you may know of coach Powell and his background and it is a pretty cool one that a lot high school strength coaches haven’t had the chance to experience. Coach Powell brings a lot of knowledge in coaching to the high school level, but he says he is always learning and wanting to better himself and his program everyday. There are lot of great nuggets of info in this one, so you may want to listen to this one again.   Shawn Powell was named as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Cannon School in May 2014. Coach Powell joined Cannon after spending five years as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Penske Racing and seven years as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Carolina Panthers. Coach Powell, a North Carolina native, holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Kinesiology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an Associate of Arts in Health Fit

I talk with Tyler Weddle from Shiloh Christian high School located in Arkansas. Coach Weddle runs a great program and Shiloh is known for state championships not only in football but other Olympic sports as well. Lots of great things going on there. If you want to check out the football site, go to Shilohchristianfootball.com.  Coach Weddle enters his third season at Shiloh Christian. He graduated from OBU in 2012 with a B.A. in Kinesiology. In August of 2012, Coach Weddle joined the University of Arkansas football strength and conditioning staff. During his two years with the Hogs, he also completed another degree with a M.S. in Exercise Science. We talk about motivation for the athletes, programming, how to be a successful strength coach, and how to audit and adjust your program as you continue your coaching career Contact Coach Weddle: email: TylerW@ShilohSaints.org Twitter: Shiloh Strength Instagram: Shiloh Strength   My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created

I talk with John McKenna and get some valuable nuggets in this episode. Coach McKenna has so much knowledge and experiences and is very valuable to the strength and conditioning community. He loves the field and wants to not only get his athletes better everyday but also make the industry for high school strength coaches better as well.  John McKenna is in his 18th season as Athletic Performance Director at Notre Dame High School, and has been a strength coach and football coach for over 32 years. At Notre Dame High School in his full time role he trains all physical education classes and teams in season and out of season. Coach McKenna was the first strength coach inducted into the New Jersey Coaches Hall of Fame and just recently was honored by the National Football Foundation for his Contribution to Amateur Athletics, and was just inducted to The Sports Faith Hall of Fame in Chicago. Coach had received honors from the New Jersey National Guard and Trenton Fire Department for his service to these organizati

I talk with Gary Schofield in this episode about the new NHSSCA which is the National High School Strength Coaches Association. This new association is going to be epic and a huge game changer for the high school strength coach. There is going to be so much value given from this new association. The website is nhssca.us and check out the NHSSCA Facebook page as well! Don't forget Natcon 2017 located at Greater Atlanta Christian School in Atlanta. With a special guest appearance of ??? Ok I guess to find out you will have to attend this amazing experience!     Contact Coach Schofield: gschofield@greateratlantachristian.org Twitter: www.twitter.com/coachschofield Facebook: Gary Schofield GACS Facebook: GACS Strength  

In this episode I talk with Coach Patrick Nolan from Ponderosa high school in Parker Colorado. Coach Nolan is a strength coach for both a sports performance center and Ponderosa Mustangs. He has got a great program implemented and makes sure that each athlete is developing the way they should be with movement first.  Before his current position he was the head strength and conditioning coach at Glenbrook South H.S. in Glenview, IL. And he was also a sports performance coach at TCBOOST Sports Performance in Northbrook, IL. He received his B.S. in Exercise Science at Florida State University while playing club hockey.  He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA along with having his XPS through EXOS and the FMS cert as well. Contact Coach Nolan: email: pnolan@authenticperformancecenter.com twitter: www.twitter.com/coach_pman Train Authentic Youtube Ponderosa Strength & Conditioning   My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created t

I talk with coach Cody Ellet from Broken Arrow high located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Coach Ellet has some amazing facilities and the admins and parents of that district are definitely on board for the tigers. Lots of good topics we discuss like programming for tiger athletes, training tools he uses, speed and agility workouts, mobility drills, and recovery as well. Lots of good insight into his program.  Cody Ellett has been the director of Strength and Conditioning for Broken Arrow Public Schools since January 2014. As director, he works with all 20 varsity sports as well as many junior high sports in developing strength, speed, agility, conditioning, mobility, flexibility, recovery, and nutrition. Cody came to Broken Arrow in 2014 from The University of Tulsa where he spent two and a half years as a graduate assistant for strength and conditioning.   While at Tulsa, he assisted with the football’s training sessions, along with directing all facets of the women’s rowing, men’s golf, and both cross country

I talk with Coach John Garrish from North Broward Prep in Florida. Coach Garrish has a movement based approach program which means movement precedes strength. He really wants to make sure that strength is not loaded on top of mobility deficiencies as you will hear him talk about. He really has a passion for coaching and having a huge impact on the athletes he coaches to succeed later in college sports or in life. We talk about Hockey in Florida, the new facility coming, athletic development, training the mulitsport athlete, the APRE system, coaching cues, and the HS Roundtable with featured coaches. We had a great talk, here is more about Coach Garrish.   John Garrish is serving in his third year as the Director of Athletic Development & Performance. A graduate of Wagner College and the University of North Texas, he is certified through the NSCA as a CSCS and through USAW as a Level-1 Sports Performance Coach. In addition to his role at North Broward, John serves as the Director of Athletic Performance wi

I talk with Coach Michael Snyder from Trinity High in Louisville, Kentucky. He coaches at an all boys schools with all kinds of sports available to the athletes like bass fishing, archery, bowling, lacrosse, rugby, hockey, as well as all the traditional sports. In this episode some topics include, why coach Snyder is a strength coach, lessons he has learned, his school schedule, programming, fundraising, and advice to a new strength coach. Very cool interview and coach Snyder has some great insights into his program.  Mike was named Trinity's Strength and Conditioning Coach in 2012. He is a 2002 Graduate of Trinity, where he was a three-year varsity starter, two-time All-State selection and a member of the 2001 State Championship team. Mike graduated from the University of Louisville with a degree in Exercise Science. In 2010-11, he was a member of the United States National Bobsled team and competed internationally. Mike is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength

Matt Cates from Penn High school talks about the Want to, the have to, and the can't do athletes. And how do you coach each athlete differently. Penn High is located in Mishawaka, Indiana. This is one interview you are going to want to listen to again and again because Coach Cates has so many great ideas on training. Tons of great stuff that can be implemented with your athletes. Another great topic we talk about is the seniors role in being a leader for the rest of the team and other athletic teams in the weightroom.   Coach Cates Graduated from Portage High School in 2001, went on to play football at Manchester College where he was a 3 year letter winner.  Graduated in 2006 with a B.S. in Health and Physical Education for K-12.  He has coached sports and strength coached at the middle and high school levels and multiple schools at the same time too. He was at Martinsville high school for the past 5 years before coming to Penn High.  He has been a speaker at multiple strength clinics, seminars and summits mu

Erik Hansen from Cate school Rams located in Carpintaria, California. Coach Hansen is in a little bit different situation than most high school strength coaches since he works at a prep school , is the swimming coach, and lives on campus too. Cate school is a top 50 school in the nation for prep schools and focuses on academics for their students but with coach Hansen and the other sport coaches there, they have a great athletic program as well. They may have a small school population but they excel in their sports and extracurricular activities too.  In 2014 Hansen had the privilege of renovating the Harcourt Fitness Center to accommodate team practices. The first team to participate in the program was the girls’ volleyball, the second was football. Girl’s volleyball won a CIF title that year and, for the first time in Cate’s history, the football team did not lose any practice time in the pre-season due to injury and went on to be ranked first in the state. Prior to being the head strength and conditioning

I talk with coach Shane Trotter from the Mansfield Tigers located in Mansfield Texas. You may have heard of coach Trotter since he is an outstanding strength coach for the Tigers program and is also a writing contributor to many different places on the internet. He has several articles in on Stack.com website, Startingstrength.com and also Breakingmuscle.com too. He also has his own website with a lot of great info for the high school strength coach. . It is called amatuerstrength.com You can click on the links to go to those pages. Coach Trotter completed his undergraduate at TCU before becoming the strength coach at Mansfield high. He is certified with the CSCS and USAW level 1 certifications as well as the ISSA certification. At heart he is just a big kid who wants to play and coach and is passionate about bringing health and vitality to as many people as possible. He talks about so many useful tips and ideas that you can takeaway to your own program. Awesome interview and I hope you enjoy! Contact Coach T

In this episode I talk with coach Sam Ordung from Hillsboro high located in Nashville, TN. The Hillsboro Burros are a growing program in Nashville and Coach Ordung is the mastermind behind it all. He has changed and influenced a lot of athletes lives for the better at this inner city school. Coach Ordung has a pretty unique situation and a very busy life and coaching career. Sam received his BA from the University of Nebraska, his Masters in divinity from Vanderbilt divinity school and is CSCS certified through the NSCA. In college at the University of Nebraska he was a gymnast for the corn huskers in 2008 and 2009. He became the strength coach and coached football at Franklin High school in Tennessee before moving on to be the head strength coach at Hillsboro high in 2014. Coach Ordung has tons of very cool insights on some of the topics we cover and is excited about coaching kids at the high school level. He cares for the athletes he trains and wants the best for them during their high school career and aft

Tony stewart from North Scott high school in Iowa. Coach stewart has been coaching for while now and knows how to get that energy and drive out of his athletes to do big things. He really takes it slow when he starts to train 6-8th graders to ensure success later on. He also has a great program he uses when they first enter into Lancer strength. He also gives some great tips and techniques on how to test athletes without having to use expensive tech like Omega Wave. Coach Stewart has an awesome program and its about to get even aweseomer, yes aweseomer.. because we talk about his new strength facility that is currently being built that he had a major part in when it came down to the blueprints. Lots of cool stuff to talk to coach Stewart about. Some great takeaways for sure! Tony Stewart was a track and field thrower at Iowa State University, then went on to teach and coach at Winterset high school for 2 years before moving into strength and conditioning at Illinois State university. Then in 2009 he landed a

Doug Gle from Traverse city central Michigan has tons of great ideas and thoughts on training the high school athlete. He has a ton of knowledge and experience. As one topic we discuss is how he raised over $100,000 for equipment and supplies through grants and fundraising for his facility. Very cool stuff.  Coach Gle has taught life science, physical science, environmental science, science nutrition and physical education. He is also the strength and conditioning coach as well as coaching football, basketball and track. He implements and directs the strength program during the school year and summers. His undergrad was from Hope college in kinesiology and exercise science and then later got a masters from western Michigan university with an MA in kinesiology and exercise science. He has coached at the University of Northern Iowa, western Michigan University, and eastern Michigan university. He is NSCA certified, and also USA weightlfting certified since 1996 and 1998 respectively. Contact Coach Gle: email: g

I talk with Scott Meier from the Farmington Tigers located in Farmington Minnesota in the Midwest. Farmington high is in one of the toughest conferences in Minnesota and Coach Meier knows he has to have his athletes ready for every sport because of this high level of competition. Coach Meier has a lot of great things to share in this interview and he goes into depth about the tiger strength and conditioning program and I am sure you will be able to pull more than a few nuggets of info out of it to help mold and refine your own program. Scott Meier will be starting his 18th year at Farmington this fall, and was the head Strength & Conditioning coach at Lakeville High School two years prior to that while working as a personal trainer. Scott has a B.S. in Exercise & Sport Science from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, and did his graduate work and teacher licensure at the University of Minnesota. His additional certifications have included: Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (NSCA), Cer

Cal Dietz, Jeff Nichols, Brandon Lilly, Ron Mckeefery, Adam Nelson, Aaron Ausmus and Daniel McKim talk about training the high school athlete. What exercises should they be doing, what should they be competent at when entering college, what are mobility drills to perform, how to fix the deadlift, bench, and squat and many more. I got some pretty great answers and every coach had differing opinions on training which is always good so that you can gain a new perspective on training. I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think of it.    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 wh

Mark Hoover from Panther Strength talks APRE and VBT training in Monroe, North Carolina at Piedmont High School.  Coach Hoover has done some updating to his program and has some interesting insights to share into his programming. He has implemented the APRE readiness program and has also been training with some Velocity Based programs too from Bryan Mann. Mark Hoover is a 1996 graduate of Hiram College (OH) and received his teaching certification from Edinboro University of Pa in 2000. His current certifications include Health and Physical Education K-12, , NASM-PES, USAW Level 1 and Level 2 as well as the USAW High School Sports Performance program. Coach Hoover has been coaching for 21 years that includes 11 years as a head football coach and 2 as an assistant at the NCAA level.   Contact Coach Hoover: email: hoovermd@yahoo.com twitter: phspanthersfb Facebook: Mark Hoover   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