Coach education for strength and conditioning coaches starts with better questions, better motor learning, and better transfer of training. In this podcast, Jeff Moyer and I break down play, neurology, athletic development, and why modern S&C often takes itself too seriously.
This is a coach-to-coach conversation on:
• Why play still matters in high-performance sport
• What most strength coaches misunderstand about transfer
• The legacy of Dr. Michael Yessis and Soviet sports science
• How motor learning, reflexes and development shape movement
• Why strength is an expression, not one thing
• How to think better about athlete development, not just programming
If you work in rugby, football, American football, or athlete development, this episode will challenge how you think about coaching.
0:00 The Sports Speed Universe, humour and taking S&C too seriously
4:07 Thanksgiving, football and cooking talk
11:12 Jeff’s biomechanics course and teaching live
16:04 Why coaches need history, not just social media
20:16 Michael Yessis, Soviet training and forgotten influences
27:49 General strength, transfer and team sport performance
33:12 Private coaching, football schedules and doing no harm
40:33 Strength as an expression, not one thing
44:35 Neurology, development and movement learning
52:11 Primitive reflexes, threat response and sprinting
59:36 Play, variability and solving movement problems
1:08:08 Why athletes can look great and still not transfer
1:14:48 How Jeff uses play and roughhousing in training
1:22:27 What coaches miss about long-term athletic development
1:29:30 What Jeff would change in team sport preparation
1:36:52 Education, complexity and better coaching questions
1:44:42 Where to find Jeff Moyer
Field Speed Toolkit
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The Best Coach Education Platform There Is
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Main Website
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