In this episode of the Decoding Excellence show, I am speaking with Coach Derek Salvador. Derek is the Owner and Director of Sport Science at Athletic Solutions Inc., a company that specializes in strength and conditioning, athletic development and soccer specific fitness. Currently, Derek is the Head of Strength and

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence show, I am speaking with Vernon Griffith, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach and Co-Founder of Virginia High Performance. Vernon and I discuss: * How to build confidence in your female athletes. The greatest impact you have as a coach. * Balancing the demands of home

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence show, I am speaking with Dr. Mike Sonne, an ergonomist examining injury mechanisms surrounding muscular fatigue and part-time baseball enthusiast. If your interested in analytics, you do not want to miss this episode. Dr. Sonne and I discuss: * His background in ergonomics * The

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence show I am speaking with Brett Bartholomew, Strength & Conditioning coach, Co-Founder of Unbreakable, and newly author of Conscious Coaching. Brett and I discuss: * What "Conscious Coaching" means * How to increase athlete buy-in * How to improve your influence and coaching IMPACT

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence show I am speaking with Coach Matt Shadeed, the Director of Strength & Conditioning for Arkansas State University. Matt and I discuss leadership strategies, staff development, and the many lessons learned from navigating his career to his current position. We discuss: * His path

Section 1: Introduction to Slack Slack is a fast growing communication tool many are utilizing as an email replacement in Silicon Valley. Slack has enabled our distributed team of performance coaches to be constantly informed and available. The use of Slack within our performance team has been an incredibly valuable

This past weekend was the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, and if you happened to miss the event - it was full of great information regarding the latest in sport-science, athletics, technology, and analytics. If you don't already have that weekend booked for next year, I would highly recommend

Coaching, Technology, & Career Development Hundreds of thousands around the world have listened to Adam Ringler through the Decoding Excellence Show [https://adamringler.com/podcast]. Hundreds more have been impacted personally through Adam's nearly two decades of world-class coaching within elite athletics. Even more have read his materials

Leadership can be a tricky thing to work with. The conventional model is that that one person possesses it and everybody else wants it. It’s my belief that this is flawed model at best. When possible, you should try to do everything to move decision making abilities to those

> There's No Such Thing as a Poor Student. Only a Poor Teacher. - Michel Thomas Can teaching a squat be similar to teaching a foreign language? Could there be similarities between mastering a business concept and the performance of a deadlift? I would argue there are more

In a conversation with Mike Boyle, I was advised that I had two eyes, two ears but only one mouth; as a rule for interning, use a 4-1 ratio. This doesn't mean to always be a shy introvert who never speaks their mind, but rather learn to listen

100,000 words into my manuscript and I'm left still typing into this medium. It's a different medium with a whole different purpose. The manuscript, being a complete mind dump from the everyday lessons learned through coaching exceptional athletes and this one, a place to document