Just Kickin' It Pod

Terry Michler is the 2015 National High School Boy's Soccer Coach of the Year with Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also the founder of the CBC Dutch Touch website. You can check him out at http://www.cbcdutchtouch.com/staff.htm

Damian Roden is current fitness coach for Stoke City FC. He previously worked as the head of sports science at Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Australia, and Wales National Teams.

Andrew Flatt is a PhD student in Exercise Physiology at the University of Alabama conducting research on Heart Rate Variability and it's application to training readiness. Check out his blog at hrvtraining.com and follow him on Twitter @andrew_flatt

Roundtable discussion with the strength and conditioning staff from California University of Pennsylvania covering everything from strength training, movement efficiency, nutrition, and more.

This episode features insights by Raymond Verheijen and fellow delegates during and following the first 6-day football periodisation mentorship that took place last week at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Derek Salvador is a soccer strength and conditioning coach in the Toronto area that owns a company called Athletic Solutions Inc., he also worked with KW United of the PDL and helped them to the 2015 National Championship. Follow him on Twitter @ASI_Strength

Today we spoke with Raymond Verheijen, world renowned fitness coach.

Today we were joined by the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions Men's Soccer team, Bob Warming. Bob is also the founder of the Triangle Training Method which can be accessed for free at www.thetriangletrainingmethod.com. We speak with Bob about coaching education, evolution as a coach and educator, and how he has been able to produce over 20 professional players!

Today we were joined by Tim Gabbett. Tim has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and has presented at over 100 national and international conferences. He is committed to performing world-leading research that can be applied in the ‘real world’ to benefit high performance coaches and athletes. We speak with Tim about Training Loads in their relation to injury in field sports, analyzing data not just collecting it, and we talk about all the work he is doing with Gabbett Performance Solutions - http://gabbettperformance.com.au/. Enjoy!

Today we were joined by the host of the Guru Performance "We Do Science!" Podcast, Laurent Bannock. In addition to hosting a very successful and niche podcast, Laurent is also a sports nutritionist and physiologist. We speak with Laurent about "context" in it's relation to a lot of hot topics in the nutrition world, from skipping breakfast and intermittent fasting to demonizing carbohydrates, Laurent speaks on a lot of myths and misconceptions within nutritional science. You can check him out and his team at www.guruperformance.com. Enjoy!

Today we were joined by head strength and fitness coach for the US Women's National Soccer Team, Dawn Scott. Dawn has been in this role for the past 5 years and helped lead the US Women's National team to Olympic Gold in 2012 and the World Cup in 2015. We speak with Dawn about her process, philosophy, the importance of strength training and much much more! Enjoy!

Today we were joined by the head coach of the Houston Dash of the NWSL and former National Championship winning coach at Notre Dame University. Randy coached over 300 games at Notre Dame and won two National Championships, appeared in 5 NCAA Championship Games, Made the Final Four 8 times and went to the NCAA tournament 15 years in a row. Randy now coaches top players like Carli Lloyd and Meghan Klingenberg with the Houston Dash. We chat with Randy about the transition between the college and professional coaching ranks, success as a coach and what it really means, tactics, training methods, coaching education and much much more!

Today we were joined my Dr. Shawn Arent, an Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise Science and Sport Studies at Rutgers University. He is also the Director of the Human Performance Laboratory and Director of the Center for Human Performance in the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. He completed his doctorate in 2002 in Exercise Science at Arizona Satte University. Dr. Arent works with the US Soccer Federation, the men's and women's soccer programs at Rutgers University, and the New Jersey Deviles as the head of exercise physiology. We speak with Dr. Arent about Pre-Season periodisation, small sided games, training load, heart rate monitoring, in-season strength training, and much more!

Today we were joined by Head Development Coach for US Soccer, April Kater. April works very closely with the Head Coach of the World Champion US Women's National Team, Jill Ellis. April's focus is on progressing the development of our youth women's national teams and developing the next generation of National Team stars. Enjoy!

Today we were joined by a good friend of mine, a fellow GAIN member, and an unbelievable sports scientist and strength coach, Mathew Pell. Matty currently works as the High Performance Manager for the Northern Blues, the reserve team for the AFL's Carlton Football Club. Matty also serves on the Sports Science team for the AFL 1st team. In a fairly heavy Sports Science related show, we talk about player monitoring, re-thinking warm-up, dashboard collection, subjective load markers, and advice for coaches who want to start collecting data. Enjoy!

Today we were joined by the Owner and Founder of Athletic Lab in North Carolina, and former fitness coach for the NASL's Carolina Railhawks and MLS's Vancouver Whitecaps, Mike Young. Mike also coached 6 NCAA National Championship teams at LSU. He is a researcher and educator in addition to being a phenomenal coach and we spoke with him about pre-season training, pre-season strength training, small sided games vs running without the ball, player monitoring, and much more! Enjoy!

Today we were joined by Dr. James Morton of Liverpool FC. Originally from Belfast, he has been based at Liverpool's John Moores University for the last decade. After completing a degree in Sports Science in 2003, he achieved a PhD in Exercise Metabolism and Sport Nutrition before being offered a role on the university's staff, later becoming a senior lecturer in exercise metabolism and sport nutrition. James's responsibilities include liaising with the Reds' medical staff and club chefs to ensure all meals are designed to provide the players with the best possible nourishment, making certain players are correctly hydrated and energy provision is optimal. He also communicates with the players themselves to put individual strategies in place to meet the demands of training and matches in the season and determine if they need to be allocated specialist supplements. In the episode, we talk about nutrition for athletes, carbohydrate intake for soccer players, and much more! Enjoy!

Today we were joined by world renowned pioneer of football periodization, Raymond Verheijen. Raymond is currently the director of the World Football Academy and the author of football periodization books such as "Football Periodization: Always Play With Your Strongest Team" and "How Simple Can It Be". Raymond has been apart of World Cup teams in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 as well as Euro Championships teams in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. We chat with Raymond about his football periodization model, coaching education, player development, injury reduction, strength training, and more.

Today we were joined by a legend in the strength and conditioning, track and field, and athletic development world, Vern Gambetta. Vern is currently the Director of Gambetta Sports Training Systems and the Gambetta Athletic Improvement Network (GAIN). I had the pleasure of meeting Vern at the Seattle Sounders Sports Science Weekend last December and will be attending the GAIN conference in Houston, Texas next week. Vern is a wealth of knowledge and he truly coaches the best to be better. Enjoy!

Today we were joined by the head women's soccer coach of the Villanova Wildcats, Fran Kulas. In the episode we talk with Fran about youth development, the art of coaching, and parent-player relationships in sports. Enjoy!