On today’s podcast we put a focus on how to best prepare your team for week one. As we face new challenges, now is a time to apply some of the best knowledge and science in sport to have our team and players performing optimally. Joining us are three Division 1 strength and conditioning coaches and a state champion on how they apply the science. 2:01 Louisiana Tech strength and conditioning coach Kurt Hester: Why old school conditioning is out of date 6:50Ryan Horton, Director of Applied Sports Science at Georgia Tech: Key things to look at to make sure kids are performing optimally, and adjusting practice to simulate game tempo 13:31Kirk Fridrich: Building into week 1 and mapping out camp accordingly 20:15 Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete High Performance at the College of William & Mary: The first game conundrum and coaching your team into shape Related: Kurt Hester Full Episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-new-systems-for-lifting-and-conditioning-in-season-w-la-tech-st-coach-kurt-hester?in=user-804678956/sets/training-camp-series Ryan Horton Full Episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-optimal-performance-during-preseason-wdj-callender-yusef-shakir-and-ryan-horton?in=user-804678956/sets/training-camp-series Kirk Fridrich Full Episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/week-1-preparations-with-kirk-fridrich-head-coach-union-hs?in=user-804678956/sets/training-camp-series Erik Korem Full Episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/scripting-better-practices-erik-korem-director-of-high-performance-at-william-mary Twitter: @CoachKGrabowski @TheKurtHester @CoachRyanHorton @coach_fred @ErikKorem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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