Robertson Training Systems

This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast:

🎙 How to get assess and get GREAT results in return to play (RTP) with minimal tech and resources
🎙 The 6 "steps" every RTP athlete needs to go through to get back to 100%
🎙 An overview of my assessment process with both gen pop clients and athletes
🎙 How I've evolved my basketball assessment to dive in to the specific needs of hoopers
🎙 The technology and tools I use to evaluate my athletes 🎙 Specific tests and metrics I use for clearing athletes on my end in a RTP setting
🎙 The cadence that I've found works best when collaborating on an athletes injury
🎙 How to make an RTP collab work when the practitioners aren't in the same location
🎙 The Stack, Slide and Swivel approach to bulletproofing knees
🎙 What changes when I'm writing an R7 program for basketball versus a "standard" program
🎙 The physics of lateral movement, and why the medial heel and arch are such key pieces to the puzzle

Okay my friend, we're back for Round #2 this week!

Last week, I had some AWESOME questions for the show, so that made for a fun episode that got a ton of positive feedback.

But I got so many good questions about assessments and return to play, I wanted to put all those into a second Q&A episode for this week!

Here we'll not only cover my assessment process for both gen pop clients and athletes, but also take a deep dive into return to play - and how to navigate those waters with both a ton of OR minimal technology and resources.

There's a ton of ground to cover here so let's dive in!

This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast:

🎙 Are topics like flexibility and mobility covered in the Complete Coach Cert?

🎙 How do I integrate progression into my programs?

🎙 Building programs for hybrid athletes that cover strength, power, conditioning, etc.

🎙 Becoming a better communicator

🎙 Tips on becoming more empathetic and understanding with your clients/athletes

🎙 How I structure speed development sessions with groups of 12-14 year old athletes

🎙 The SDC (Skill-Drill-Compete) framework I use for speed training

🎙 How important is it to do an assessment with your clients/athletes?

🎙 Thoughts on improving thoracic mobility

🎙 Quick update/life recap on how I’m doing LOL

🎙 Recovery strategies for young athletes who are playing multiple times in one day/weekend

🎙 Structuring well-rounded programs for gen pop clients

🎙 How I define a “high stim” day

🎙 Helping athletes get faster in the 60-yard dash

🎙 Final (and most heated) question: Why do I charge for my mentorship?

I asked, and you answered the bell!

In fact, I got SO MANY questions from this Q&A podcast that I had to break it up into two separate episodes.

In today’s show, I put 45-minutes on the clock and knock out as many questions as I can get to.

So whether you’re interested in learning more about mobility, speed training for young athletes, or why I charge for my mentorship programs and services, I cover a TON of materials in this quick hitting and informative show.

Let’s dive in!

This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast:

🎙 Tanner's background and his current role with not one but TWO professional sports teams

🎙 His overarching training philosophy and focus on athletic adaptation

🎙 The assessment process he uses to onboard and test his incoming athletes

🎙 How he buckets athletes based on his assessment to drive better adaptations

🎙 Tanner's thought process on integrating and collaborating with the team sports staff

🎙 Navigating the (always tumultuous) in-season period

🎙 The power of isometric training in-season

🎙 Why he originally became fascinated with foot and ankle training

🎙 Low-hanging fruit with regards to improving foot and ankle function

🎙 And last but not least, some key takeaways for young and aspiring coaches!

Tanner Care is the Director of Performance for both the BC Lions and the Vancouver Bandits, and over the past couple of months, I've really enjoyed learning more about his thought process and approach.

So why not bring him on the podcast and dive a little deeper?

In this episode of the show, Tanner outlines his comprehensive approach to training basketball players.

Whether it's using force plate assessments to drive his program design, or simply being more effective with our in-season and foot/ankle specific training, I really think there's something in the episode of everyone.

Let's dive in!

This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast:

🎙️ Work updates: IFAST Basketball, podcast notes, and the Optimizing Movement Workshop videos are coming soon!
🎙️ Updated thought: Should you write all your programs at once?
🎙️ Programming plyos (especially deep tier) and a shout out to Matt McInnes Watson
🎙️ How I'm evolving my basketball-specific performance assessment
🎙️ Random thought: Are we really doing great work with our young athletes? And are we really developing them like we should?
🎙️ Using normative data to profile athletes and guide program design
🎙️ The power of the HEELS in sport
🎙️ Doing my best to focus more on the SIGNAL and less on the NOISE

I'm baaaaccckkkk!

Did you miss me? It's been a minute since I did a solo show, so I figured it was time to jump back in and hit you with some of the good stuff.

Here we're going to dive into seven things I've been thinking about lately, which are sandwiched between some random work and life updates as well. So without any further ado, let's dive in and talk shop!

This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast:

🎙 Austin's journey as a strength coach, personal trainer, and now physical therapist
🎙 How randomly deciding to intern at IFAST changed his career path - and outlook - forever
🎙 Why removing constraints can unleash your potential as a coach or therapist
🎙 The transformative power of mentorship, and why all of us should be looking to learn from others
🎙 Why traditional biomechanical models and "Dead Guy Anatomy" simply don't add up
🎙 The value of continuous learning, and specifically, diving into the core sciences
🎙 How he runs his cash-based PT practice and gets to blend PT and S&C
🎙 The power of individualized care and creating environments that lead to success
🎙 Austin's advice to aspiring physical therapists to create a career that they love!