SMARTER Team Training

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The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more insights, tips, drills, and techniques to come from STT. Be sure to share the STT Audio Interview Series with coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes too. Visit STT at http://www.SMARTERTeamTraining.com . Listen to STT on iTunes and iHeartRadio at http://sttpodcast.com . Join STT on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/SMARTERTeamTraining ....

TJ Lynch was a Long Island football champion and has an extensive background as a collegiate lacrosse player. He attended Herkimer community college and completed his degree at Adelphi university. While attending Adelphi, he won a Division II National Championship in lacrosse and earned a degree in health and physical education. Unfortunately, his college lacrosse career was cut short due to a knee injury. The injury actually lead him into getting serious about leg training and soon fell...

Tom Palumbo received his undergraduate and master’s degree from the University of Georgia in 1995 and 1999 respectively. He also graduated from the police academy in 2015. From June 1999 to February 2001 Palumbo was the Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Georgia. In 2001 Palumbo made the jump to professional baseball with the Williamsport Crosscutters, a minor league affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. That year Williamsport won the division and league...

Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D. is Co-Founder and President of The International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA). He received his Ph.D. in the social sciences of sport from Temple University and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses related to sports psychology, strength physiology, and physical education at the University of Wisconsin, Newark State College, Bowie State College, University of Illinois and Temple University. He has been a consultant, to the U.S. Olympic Committee, the...

Matt Gifford is a sports performance coach at NX Level in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Gifford's expertise in sprint and sport speed has helped make NX Level one of the most successful midwest performance centers. Youth, high school, collegiate, and professional athletes, along with average Joe's have benefited from his cueing, programming and motivation. Coach Giff is a UW-Whitewater graduate and started for the 2007 National Champion Warhawks Football team at wide receiver. Gifford also appeared...

Bryan Miller is in his first year working at the United States Naval Academy as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football. Prior to Navy, Bryan served as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Oregon State University for over 9 years and oversaw the physical preparation and sports performance for all teams and was the Head Strength Coach for Football, Volleyball and Women’s Gymnastics. During his time at Oregon State University, Bryan was the NSCA State Director for...

Stacey Torman is a Sports Performance Assistant Director at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has served at UAB since 1988 and currently develops and implements programs for Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Indoor Volleyball, and Sand Volleyball. She came to UAB from Texas A&M University where she earned her Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Technology, in addition to being a three-year letter-winner and All-Southwest Conference Player for the nationally ranked Lady Aggie Volleyball team. A...

Buddy Morris is the Arizona Cardinals strength and conditioning coach. Previously with the Cleveland Browns where he worked with current Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians, Morris returned to the NFL after working at the collegiate level for 19 years. A native of South Park, PA, Morris has an extensive background in strength and conditioning dating back to his first job at his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, where he began his coaching career in 1980 in the first of his three stints...

Derek Hansen is a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist based out of Vancouver, B.C., Canada that has been working with athletes in speed, strength and power sports since 1988. Originally working with Track and Field athletes, Derek expanded his services to assist athletes in all sports with an emphasis on speed development, recovery and regeneration, specialized rehabilitation protocols and electrical muscle stimulation. He has since worked with some of the top performers in...

Jedd Johnson loves all forms of strength training, but his passion is Grip Strength. A 2-time North American Grip Champion, he has held multiple world records in various Grip Sport events and has produced dozens of training manuals and DVD's devoted to strength development. If you need stronger hands, check out Jedd's website, DieselCrew.com. The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more...

Scott Salwasser is the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of California Football. He is the lead assistant for all strength and conditioning activities exclusive to the Football program. A number of his specific duties include, but are not limited to: leading the linear speed development program which resulted in 80% of athletes' improving their 40 yard dash times during winter training, working primarily with the offensive and defensive skill position players...

As the Coordinator of Sports Performance of Salisbury University, Matt Nein looks to continue the progress of the Sports Performance Program with the concepts of reducing the student athletes risk of injury while enhancing player performance. Matt's responsibilities include the coordination of all 21 teams' training programs, speed and agility sessions, facility and equipment maintenance, and internship/volunteer supervision. Matt came to Salisbury University following a one year stint as a...

Mike Robertson is the President of Robertson Training Systems and the co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training in Indianapolis, Indiana. IFAST has been named one of the Top 10 Gyms in America by Men’s Health magazine three times in the past six years. Mike has made a name for himself as one of the premier performance coaches in the world, helping athletes in numerous sports achieve their personal and professional goals. In the past year, Mike has trained and coached professional...

Gary McCoy is a 30-Year veteran in the field of Athlete Performance Sciences. As the Director of Sports Science and Performance for world leader in elite wearable technology Catapult, McCoy has led the development of contextual athlete movement analytics in the NFL and NBA. Holding previous titles as Director of Education for CYBEX, as well as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for MLB's Florida Marlins and Houston Astros, the Australian native has developed programs for hundreds of...

Garrison Draper is a young, up and coming sport scientist with experience throughout Major League Soccer. Before coming to Philadelphia, Garrison spent time with the Chicago Fire, where he built and maintained an athlete monitoring system which followed players through physical testing, GPS and Accelerometry, Heart Rate monitoring during games and training sessions, as well as tracking the club’s non-contact injuries. With this data, Garrison was able to better understand the training...

Gary Schofield is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Greater Atlanta Christian School and serves as the National Strength and Conditioning Association Southeast Regional Coordinator and the Chair of the NSCA High School Special Interest Group. Schofield is entering his 21st year as a state licensed Certified Athletic Trainer through the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction as well as a Registered Strength and...

Fred Eaves is 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...

Mark Glazier founded NutraBio Labs in 1996. Since the day he opened a “No Compromise” commitment to producing the most effective pharmaceutical grade supplements has been a priority. NutraBio started out like every other supplement brand, trusting contract manufacturers to produce their products. The first few years were a real education as Mark learned the gimmicks and scams the industry used to hype products and rip-off consumers. By 2002 Mark realized it was time for dramatic change. He...

Tony Maddalone is the Founder and CEO of Hand Armor Liquid Chalk - The Best Sports Chalk on the Planet. As the CEO, Tony is responsible for strategic partnerships, company growth and expansion, sales, the company vision, and creating a culture of success, within his team of outstanding professionals.Tony is also a former Strength and Conditioning Coach from the University of Utah. He has his CSCS and USAW Certifications. He received his Bachelors Degree in Exercise Science from Weber State...