How One Coach Built the Future of Athlete Performance
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Girls volleyball players have a higher percentage of ACL tears than football players.
That's actually my first time hearing that.
That's incredible. Because they don't focus on strength and they don't focus on landing mechanics. I've kind of lived those like recovering from those injuries myself and it's a long road and it's not fun. Once they know that they've got that issue then we can train it out. We can work with them on building that out and one of the biggest things we have to do is that
Brad Tatum is a passionate, specialized, and results-driven athletic performance coach and the founder of The Jump Lab. Channeling his expertise in sports mechanics, he helps aspiring athletes maximize their physical potential and elevate their game, building a foundation of elite athletic capability, unshakable confidence, and lifelong discipline.
We had just acquired the Jump Lab and then the Eaton Fires happened. So we almost lost the business within a few months of being the owners of that business. And it was a really dark period. We were genuinely afraid we were going to run out of cash and might have to shutter the doors right before we really got started. We really believed in what what we were doing, what we were doing for these kids and what the jump lab, the potential of the jump lab has to be able to help even more kids. And so we wanted to, we wanted to do it because we believed in it. There's no guarantee it was going to happen. There's no guarantee that that all that money would have just gone right down the drain. Um, but we. It spans the globe like a super high school internet Elvis.
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What inspired Brad to acquire and relaunch The Jump Lab?
That's extraordinary. The impossible. Oh, that is sensational. Open. Chicago was the lead. Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet. You can live your legacy.
Welcome back, everybody, to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast. I'm your host, Jason Tyler, and I am joined today by Brad Tatum of the Jump Lab. Brad, welcome to the show.
Thank you.
I appreciate you having me. I appreciate you being here. So you just finished up your interview. First of all, how do you feel now on the other side of it?
Relieved a little bit. Didn't know what to expect. It was nerve-wracking. nervous, but getting into it, but it got very comfortable going throughout and like felt a lot more comfortable just telling my story throughout the journey.
How did the Eaton wildfires threaten The Jump Lab’s early survival?
That's what we aim for here. That's what we aim for. And you were with Kofi. So Kofi is a great interviewer. I think he does a fantastic job. So for the audience that's out there, they haven't been introduced to you yet. Give me just a quick breakdown on what the Jump Lab is and how it got started.
Yeah, so the Jump Lab is a sports performance training facility in Pasadena, California. It was founded by another gentleman. He built it up as a private coach up through, got very successful and kind of got beyond his capabilities. And he decided it got to burn out and as a lot of founders do, decided he wanted to sell it.
Flew a little too close to the sun.
Flew a little too close to the sun. And so we acquired the Jump Lab back in fall of 2024 from him. And so he had a good foundation for what it was, built up a really good brand, a good local following, and really identified the gap in the market for sports performance for 2020. youth and teens in this area. There's a ton of clubs. Club sports are really intense in Southern California, especially girls' volleyball. We have a ton of girl volleyball players. And so, you know, the Jump Lab, it was focused primarily on volleyball and basketball players when we took it over. We've
Elevating their vertical. Yeah. Gotcha. I was going to, I was going to ask too. I was like, what does the jump in jump labs stand for? But that just makes sense.
Exactly. At elevating their game. Right. And so, uh, we've, we've expanded it, uh, to, to be work with a lot other athletes, not just the volleyball and basketball players.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:53
2
What inspired Brad to acquire and relaunch The Jump Lab?
1:53–2:31
3
How did the Eaton wildfires threaten The Jump Lab’s early survival?
2:31–10:03
4
What is The Jump Lab and which athletes does it primarily serve?
10:03–20:47
5
How do three-dimensional force plates change performance testing?
20:47–23:45
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How does The Jump Lab use data to track progress and improve vertical jump?
23:45–24:19