In episode #9, Roberto Iezzi, Head of Performance at Pallacanestro Brescia, join us.

In this episode:

- Structure of a professional team staff;

- Collaboration of the performance staff with technical and medical staff within the team;

- How to build strength and conditioning programs to meet the specific needs of individual athletes while also aligning with the overall team goals and strategies?;

- How is the approach of the performance department on injuries and rehabilitation processes?;

- How is the approach of the performance department with technical staff on load management strategies to prevent overtraining and optimize performance?.

About Roberto:

- Head of Performance at Pallacanestro Brescia, since 2021;

- Worked as Strength & Conditioning Coach on U20 Boys Italian National Team;

- Worked as Head of Strength & Conditioning at Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club;

- Worked with various other basketball teams as Strength & Conditioning Coach such as Moncalieri Basketball, Scaligera Basket Verona and Stella Azzurra Basketball Academy;

- Social Media: @roberto_iezzi34

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In episode #8, João Barreira, PhD Researcher & Physiologist of Portugal U17 Boys Football Team, join us.

In this episode:

- Why sleep is the main recovery method to optimize performance?;

- Sleep stages? How can them impact the quality of sleep?;

- Strategies for improving sleep duration and quality;

- How can performance coaches measure the sleep of the athletes?.

About João:

- PhD Reseracher;

- Work as Physiologist for Portugal U17 Boys Football Team;

- Speaker at several seminars of the Portuguese Football Federation;

- Worked with various other football teams as Strength & Conditioning Coach;

- Social Media: @joaobarreira_

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In episode #7, Rett Larson, Strength & Conditioning Coach of German Women's Volleyball Team, join us.

In this episode:

- Warm-Ups: Benefits? What are the components of a dynamic warm-up? Warm-up as an additional practice?;

- No-Zombie Warm-Ups!;

- Gamification of training: Why is it so important to compete in practice? Why is it so important to have athletes having fun during practice? How can we increase intrinsic motivation during weight room practices?

About Rett:

-Strength & Conditioning Coach for German Women's Volleyball Team;

- Worked as Strength & Conditioning for Netherlands Women's Volleyball Team;

- Worked as Strength & Conditioning for Chinese Women's Volleyball Team;

- Worked with EXOS as Project Manager leading a team of performance coaches who prepared the Chinese Olympic teams for the 2016 Games in Rio;

- Social Media: @rettasaurus

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In episode #6, Tomás Mota, Performance Coach & Teacher/Lecturer, join us.

In this episode:

- Isometrics: Benefits? How you can use it? Types of it? How can you adjust the variables dependent on your goal?;

- Training Specificity: What is? Why is important to work also with this type of movements on the gym?;

- Valgus Knee: Is it really a problem? What a coach has to do with this cases?

About Tomás:

- Sports Performance Coach: work individually with professional players since 2018;

- Worked as Sports Performance Coach in professional teams: Rayo Vallecano, Boavista F.C.;

- Track & Field Coach;

- Teacher / Lecturer since 2018.

- Social Media: @tomasmota_pfs

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In episode #5, Kostas Chatzichristos, Head of Performance on Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul & Team Greece, join us.

In this episode:

- How to plan & monitor in a 3 day game week schedule?;

- After game lifts: how to plan it, who is it for?;

- How does work the interaction within the staff in what concerns to weekly planning and load management?;

- Euroleague Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association - What is it? What are the main goals?

About Kostas:

- Head of Performance on Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul & Greek National Team since 2022;

- Director of the Euroleague Strength & Conditoning Coaches Association;

- Co-owner & founder of Performance 22;

- Coachef before clubes like CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos, Panionios BC, etc.

- Social Media: @kostas_chatzichristos

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In episode #4, Ricardo Oliveira, Strength & Conditioning Coach of Clube Propaganda Natação, join us.

In this episode:

- Injury Prevention: Do we really can prevent an injury?;

- ACL Recovery;

- Unstable surfaces, proprioception & instability exercises on improving performance.

About Ricardo:

- S&C Coach on Clube Propaganda Natação since 2019;

- Exercise Physiologist;

- Researcher.

- Social Media: @coach_ricardoliveira

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In episode #3, Luís Catarino, Performance Coach of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, join us.

In this episode:

- Load Monitoring - with & without technology;

- How we can implement monitoring in practice and games for optimizing performance of our players;

- How is the communication between Performance Staff & Tecnhical Staff to optimize and manage players in practices & games.

About Luís:

- Performance Coach since 2017 (Youth Teams and Professional Level);

- Speaker & Former at Basketball Coach Level 2 Course from Portuguese Basketball Federation;

- Basketball Coach since 2013;

- Invited Teacher in University of Coimbra.

- Social Media: @lncatarino

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In episode #2, Pedro Maio, Strength & Conditioning Coach of Clube Desportivo da Póvoa, join us.

In this episode:

- Integrative Approach: Strength & Coordination;

- How important is the context of training for optimizing performance;

-How can we applied this method in Youth.

About Pedro:

- Strength & Conditioning Coach since 2010 (Youth Teams and Professional Level);

- Speaker & Former at Basketball Coach Level 2 Course from Portuguese Basketball Federation;

- Has his own training studio, where he works individually with professional athletes from various sports.

- Social Media: @pedro__maio

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